On January 4, 2007, I am having a radical hysterectomy through laporoscopic surgery due to a mass that is growing in my uterus. Advice or information anyone? To say I am nervous, anxious and simply terrified is understatement. In my 58 years I have managed to stay out of hospitals except to set a few broken bones. I really like the doctor who is doing the surgery but I've never turned my body over to anyone to do such a critical change.