TERRY TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEXT WEEK

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 26, 1993                   TAG: 9301260174
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By BONNIE V. WINSTON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Medium
TERRY TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEXT WEEK
Attorney General Mary Sue Terry, who is set to formally announce her bid for governor in March, is scheduled to undergo a hysterectomy next week in Atlanta.
Doctors recently discovered a uterine tumor, which Terry's Richmond gynecologist, Dr. Herbert Claiborne Jr., said likely is unrelated to her previously diagnosed endometriosis.
A biopsy showed the growth is benign, Claiborne said. The surgery should prevent another growth, he said.
Terry, 45, will undergo the surgery in a private Atlanta hospital. A doctor there pioneered a laparoscopically assisted technique that allows patients a shorter recovery time, Claiborne said. Surgery and recuperation should take 10 days to two weeks, he said.
"I suspect there are a number of women out there who can identify with these not-so-unique problems. It comes with the territory if you're between 40 and 90," Terry said.
Deborah Love-Bryant, a senior aide to Terry, said her boss opted for the new technique rather than a traditional hysterectomy or drug therapy to shrink the tumor because of her desire to avoid a long hospital stay and recovery.
The normal recovery time for a hysterectomy is four to six weeks.
Love-Bryant stressed that Terry's health is not a factor in her continuing consideration of whether to resign to devote full time to the governor's race.
Terry is consulting with senior Democratic legislators and has met with Gov. Douglas Wilder to discuss her possible resignation, Love-Bryant added. Republicans have called on the attorney general to quit.
Terry has made no decision and has no timetable for making one, Love-Bryant said.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB