I am 40 years old and considering getting a hysterectomy....?

I know I don't want any more children, I really like , have NEVER needed KY and have a very womanly shape to me (so I have been told)....I have heard horror stories from several people that if I get a hysterctomy that my will dry out and will either be painful or a chore, that I may grow a beard, put on weight, act bitchy all the time, constantly be warm or sweat, lose interest in and that my size 38D will become like deflated flour sacks and that I will be "destroyed" as a women? I am not trying to offend anyone here who has had a hysterectomy, but I want to know from women who have had one, if you experience any of these things that I just described? Were some things permanent or just ping, did it change your life? Did you feel "less than" since you no longer have all your female parts and what about the ies, did they deflate? Also, did you feel better or "liberated"? All perspecitves welcomed.