I got a hysterectomy 2 years ago and now Im having pain where my ovaries are ,and sometimes hot flashes.I kept both ovaries. What could be going on ?Could things simply be hormonal as I am not on hormones or maybe menopause. Beleive me Im going to go to the doctor,But I want some ideas to twirl around my head as its the holidays and it may take two weeks. If its hormonal I wonder if theres anything I could get from the health food store? Anyway what does happen to your ovaries after a hysterectomy?
I really wish some people would read my whole question.Its obvious from their answers that they only read the first sentence.

Since you still have ovaries, then they are still producing hormones and nothing happens to them unless something else develops like an infection, tumor, etc. It is possible that you are experiencing an early menopause, and it does happen naturally sometimes even to women without having female surgery.

I had a partial tubal/ovarectomy and several years later, started getting pains in my left side and sensitivity in my lower abdominal area. I went for almost 8 years and visited as many doctors (maybe more). None of the doctors found anything wrong. I finally went to a woman gynecologist. She said she couldn't find anything but sent me immediately for a sonogram and that lead to exploratory surgery. She found adhesion's from my previous surgery and a large tumor. She sat by my bed the day after surgery, said 99.9% of the time that kind of tumor is cancerous. Then she admitted that she was an athiest but had no explanation for my not having cancer except for a miracle. My point is, keep after the doctors about the ovary pain. Just because they don't find something doesn't mean something's not going on. Many of those doctors whom I consulted called me a hypercondriac, among other things.

There are natural remedies that can be used in place of hormone replacement thearpy, but you need to find out if you are in need of hormone replacement. Your doctor can run a test and make a determination.