tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post5027323439513214500..comments2024-01-29T23:40:39.265-05:00Comments on Hysterectomy - the Experts Speak Out: The Hysterectomy Marketplace - Research and DevelopmentHERS Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624611382874234485noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-34256631495810634032011-09-07T22:46:36.662-04:002011-09-07T22:46:36.662-04:00Yes If you look at their forum rules, they actally...Yes If you look at their forum rules, they actally say that free speech is not allowed.I have been censored a few times and now I have been banned for trying to speak the truth about hysterectomies and pap smears. If you want to know about the other huge hoax of the 20 and 21st centuries read about pap smears at:<br />http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/unnecessary-pap-smears/<br />and <br />http://patientprivacy.blogspot.com/2009/05/womens-privacy-modesty-concerns.html<br /><br />(Anonyomous has been replaced with an alias so that others can follow your comments. Please choose a name or alias when you comment. Thank you.Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-67449397604819957982010-04-01T21:53:34.900-04:002010-04-01T21:53:34.900-04:00You're right anon. That hystersisters website ...You're right anon. That hystersisters website is not open at all. You can't post in the sexual dysfunction section until it's been six months post op. You can't add links to other websites, and you can't post unless you've had a hysterectomy or are going to have one. It has to be one of the most censored forums around.Abigailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-87519744470184708412009-07-12T03:09:20.088-04:002009-07-12T03:09:20.088-04:00Has anyone seen the Hyster Sisters website? http:/...Has anyone seen the Hyster Sisters website? http://www.hystersisters.com/<br /> It is clearly a website to encourage women to have a hysterectomy and supported by ads for the Da Vinci technique. They know what they are doing in falsely acting like they are supporting women with hysterectomies when in reality they are encouraging women to have a hysterectomy website. This website is not on the up and up and appears to be a hysterectomy support group. One bit of evidence is that they ask those using the website to report if any other websites are saying negative things about them on the WEB, if so to give the web address. Well, if they were really a hysterecomy support group would they care? After using their service, it is clearly a way to manipulate women to have a hysterectomy by saying there is nothing to be afraid of and we are here for you. A lot of good a blog does you when you are in so much pain from a hysterectomy or LEEP that you can't sit up to log into your computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-52793839617720488872009-05-06T01:29:00.000-04:002009-05-06T01:29:00.000-04:00There is an excellent book out called "What you do...There is an excellent book out called "What you doctor may not tell you about PRemenopause" that goes into the risks of synthetic hormones or bio-identical. And they are absolutely not the same. I agree with the woman's information above. People think they are the same, but they are not. I am sorry you have that understanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-39938146772275608682009-05-03T22:46:00.000-04:002009-05-03T22:46:00.000-04:00To the last anonymous,
When you say that "progest...To the last anonymous,<br /><br />When you say that "progesterone is the first hormone to go. Without it, a woman becomes estrogen dominant...", women might think that you mean after menopause they no longer produce progesterone and therefore they become estrogen dominant. But that's not accurate. In fact, post-menopausal women continue to produce progesterone, and they do not become estrogen dominant. <br /><br />In the years before menopause women produce more estrogen and less androgens. Postmenopausal women produce less estrogens, and more androgens. <br /><br />There are many factors that can cause endometrial hyperplasia, a thickening of the lining of the uterus. Among them are diet (foods that stimulate high estrogen like soy, tofu, ginger, and others can cause hyperplasia. Excess weight can also cause it, and make it very difficult to reverse hyperplasia. <br /><br />It's also important to note that all exogenous hormones, those not produced by the ovaries, put women at increased risk for breast cancer and blood clots that can cause a stroke. It doesn't matter whether they're manufactured by a pharmaceutical, or whether they are so-called bio-identical, or whether they grow on a plant in your back yard, the risks are the same.HERS Foundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624611382874234485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-76048725702715522372009-05-03T21:40:00.000-04:002009-05-03T21:40:00.000-04:00I am so glad I found an OB/GYN that was for saving...I am so glad I found an OB/GYN that was for saving a woman's organs. I have a hormone imbalance that I am taking care of with the bio-identical hormone prometrium. It keeps my lining from getting too thick because progesterone is the first hormone to go. Without it, a woman becomes estrogen dominant and the uterus lining builds up.. resulting in excessive and irregular bleeding. I agree with the woman's note above.. we have to help each other with what has helped us and avoid this surgery unless it is truly necessary. I am thankful I found a handful of books out there to read before forging ahead with an irreversible surgery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-61023655683933413892009-04-08T11:16:00.000-04:002009-04-08T11:16:00.000-04:00My hysterectomy was 6 years ago. I have aged 10 ye...My hysterectomy was 6 years ago. I have aged 10 years, my mind feels crazy.This once vibrant person is a shell of her former self and so suicidally depressed it is a battle everyday. I have spent well over 50k to get myself better. If I believed your article that this is permanent, I would have committed suicide long ago. There is an answer out there and I will find it. You cannot give hopeless people no hope. My friend had one and is on the right bio identical combination and has gotten herself back. We have to stick together and let each one of us know what works. Do I wish my doctor dead? probably. He went on with his life while I am sentenced to a prison within. Do I understand why I'm going through this. No, but I have a big mouth and therefore it will be my life's mission to make changes so it will NEVER happen to anyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-15024140879204380562009-01-18T15:49:00.000-05:002009-01-18T15:49:00.000-05:00The obgyn.net survey and the way that the gyns in ...The obgyn.net survey and the way that the gyns in general are trying to use the Internet is very scary to me. Not for myself as I was victimized long ago and have nothing left for them to take. No, scary for all the innocent intact women out in cyberspace who still don't understand that they and their organs are no more than bank deposits to hospitals and surgeons alike. Whenever I have "access" to a woman, I try to warn her and I encourage the list to do the same. Sure, you run the risk of being brushed off, but, even so, who is not to say that, when confronted with hysterectomy, that her mind will not go back to the urgent warning of a stranger or a friend. It is all about empowering women in the same way that men are empowered when it comes to their sexual, reproductive, and endocrine organs. To that end, I have some info. that I would like to share with the list concerning how much alike men and women really are. <BR/> Take a moment out to think about this: both the clitoris and the penis have erectile tissue. Something else, the first gynecologist, Curtis, that actually thought female anatomy revelant to gynecology, detailed the female sexual nerves as being much the same as a man's. Later, another noted gynecologist, Dickinson, did female anatomy drawings showing the clitoris as being much larger than is normally portrayed in today's medical texts. Dickinson's drawings show the clitoris as bearing an undeniable likeness to a penis with most of the organ internal. It was only later that the clitoris was widely medically illustrated as being much smaller. <BR/><BR/> Here allow me to quote from a Feb. 1993 "Self" article by Lynn Snowden, "The truth of the matter is that lurking beneath the tiny pea shaped organ that is visible externally is a giant network of bulbs, valves, ducts, and spongy tissues, not to mention two long clitoral "legs." What this means is that when the clitoris is viewed as a cutaway anatomical drawing, it looks as if someone had deconstructed a penis and arranged it internally. This view is only confirmed in other drawings showing how the spongy tissue of the legs becomes blood engorged and how the glans and shaft of the clitoris become erect (sound familiar yet?) and stay erect "until resolution."" The book that Snowden was writing about is titled, "A New View of a Woman's Body" by Gage and Rothman.<BR/> At this point, you can call me "unmanned".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-6561697195307451492009-01-07T17:17:00.000-05:002009-01-07T17:17:00.000-05:00Dr. Shalodi, gyn-onc at Cleveland Metro Health Hos...Dr. Shalodi, gyn-onc at Cleveland Metro Health Hospital did the hysterectomy and my useless 2nd opinion from Dr. Peter Rose, Director of Gynecology Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic as well as Cleveland Metro Health Hospital (Shalodi's director) could have prevented this from happening, but went along recommending abdominal hysterectomy and whose office called and left messages twice to schedule surgery by him. I'm sobbing as I'm writing this, even though I was hysterectomized almost 3 years ago. If I could relive that moment...I would RUN not walk out of both offices!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-72584660262410135052009-01-06T16:23:00.000-05:002009-01-06T16:23:00.000-05:00Gracie, I don't see Dr. Jerome Gundersen or Gunder...Gracie, I don't see Dr. Jerome Gundersen or Gundersen Hospital Clinic defending themselves, because all these criminal doctors know there is no defense to their hideous attack on women. The biggest scam of the 20th century, and now into the 21st century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-80302739951886539802009-01-06T06:00:00.000-05:002009-01-06T06:00:00.000-05:00I would be glad to name my perpetrator. Dr. Jerome...I would be glad to name my perpetrator. Dr. Jerome Gundersen of Gundersen Hospital Clinic in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is now retired and I am sure has enough money from castrating women to have a wonderful life unlike the women he has hysterectomized and castrated! This doctor along with so many other doctors across the nation have destroyed so many vibrant women's lives. <BR/><BR/>If there are women reading this blog and are still thinking about having this surgery, think again! Read what we are saying because we are the experts, not the doctors. <BR/><BR/>Find a doctor that does alternative surgeries such as a myomectomy to remove fibroids. A polypectomy that removes cysts or polyps. Most doctors find it is easier to just clean house! They are getting by with it so why not. LETS RAKE IN THE MONEY WHILE WE STILL CAN! Why else would you become an Gynecologist?Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963629715157154526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-54249486668272064602009-01-06T00:52:00.000-05:002009-01-06T00:52:00.000-05:00Female genital mutilation refers to the mutilation...Female genital mutilation refers to the mutilation of external genitals, e.g. labia, clitoris, etc., and not the internal female organs. Thus, it would be more accurate to state it as 'mutilation of the female internal organs' to give visibility to that which is not visible. While the word "mutilation" emphasizes the gravity and horrific nature of the act, there is also an allusion to the existance of remnants. "Something" remains, however disfigured "it" may be. With hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy, the uterus and/or ovaries are removed, extracted, amputated. Nothing remains, only emptiness, as you have become newly hollowed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-34641887868863692342009-01-05T03:01:00.000-05:002009-01-05T03:01:00.000-05:00I think that sounds legal, of course, it would be ...I think that sounds legal, of course, it would be absolutely legal if you had an M.D. after your name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-87743073327293407622009-01-04T23:49:00.000-05:002009-01-04T23:49:00.000-05:00I want to cut the reproductive organs off the doct...I want to cut the reproductive organs off the doctor who did this to me and then tell him it's all in his head when he say's he feels numb now and can't orgasm. Would this be legal because the doctor made me insane?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-75240043603547359352009-01-04T21:45:00.000-05:002009-01-04T21:45:00.000-05:00Today I was flipping through a magazine at a laund...Today I was flipping through a magazine at a laundrymat while waiting for my clothes to dry. I stumbled across an article in "the Ladies Home Journal" January 2009 issue titled "The Health Problem Women Dont Talk About" on urinary incontinence, written by a Janis Graham. I skimmed through the section on causes of urinary incontinence thinking hysterectomy would be overlooked as usual. So imagine my surprise when I read the line "A hysterectomy can also damage the pelvic floor nerves and muscles". I was so elated just to know that a mainstream magazine for women is now acknowledging the damaging effects of hysterectomy, even if only for a brief line. The article goes on to discuss the effects of loss of estrogen due to menopause as a cause, and also surprisingly that estrogen replacement therapy has been shown to actually make the problem worse by decreasing collegen around the urethra opening. Of course, if you have been castrated this is a double whammy for increased risk of urinary incontinence. Take it from a 36 year old woman who had everything removed three and a half years ago at 33 years of age and who has wet her pants since then on more than one occasion, despite being slim and fit. <BR/>At any rate I thought this was worth mentioning. It isnt just a bunch of "radical, hysterical" women (said with tongue in cheek) from places like this blog complaining about the effects of hysterectomy. Doctors, nurses, lawyers, the media all are well aware of what is going on and the mainstream media is beginning to substantiate what we have known all along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-10820561518693005582009-01-04T18:56:00.000-05:002009-01-04T18:56:00.000-05:00Here's a few more: www.ucomparehealthcare.com, ww...Here's a few more: www.ucomparehealthcare.com, www.vitals.com, www.revolutionhealth.com<BR/><BR/>If you google your predators name, sites come up that you can comment or rate the doctor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-59633467076274431162009-01-04T17:52:00.000-05:002009-01-04T17:52:00.000-05:00Anyone know of any other sites besides ratemd to r...Anyone know of any other sites besides ratemd to rate doctors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-48849691964350602462009-01-04T15:01:00.000-05:002009-01-04T15:01:00.000-05:00I would like to name my perpetrator, but I am invo...I would like to name my perpetrator, but I am involved in a lawsuit. I think it's important for women to name these criminals who are portraying themselves as "healthcare professionals". You might save the next unsuspecting innocent woman from being de-sexed and mutilated. Regarding pain, I have had a lot of lower abdominal pain from walking, sitting and bending that I never had in my life. Sometimes it radiates down my legs too, and I have almost constant hip pain. I am bloated almost constantly. I had none of these symptoms prior to being hysterectomized and castrated. What these so called "doctors" are doing to women is an atrocity. I don't know why the sun keeps shining when this hideous crime is allowed to go on. There will never be another "Happy New Year" for me or my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-75733152541217559582009-01-04T14:27:00.000-05:002009-01-04T14:27:00.000-05:00Although we're all hoping and working toward getti...Although we're all hoping and working toward getting a law passed, in the meantime, let's expose the surgeons and hospitals that mutilated / castrated us.<BR/><BR/>Please post the names of your perpetrators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-10771463314420991302009-01-04T14:12:00.000-05:002009-01-04T14:12:00.000-05:00As a castrated woman, I agree that it's very hard ...As a castrated woman, I agree that it's very hard to say "Happy New Year" but I have to somehow "accept" this new tortured life and go on for the sake of my loved ones. It's very difficult as I frequently think about suicide in spite of having been in therapy off and on since this nightmare began (almost 3 years ago). I can only say that I do not live with physical pain so I'm thankful for that and my heart aches for those that do.<BR/><BR/>Let's make 2009 the year that a law is passed to stop this abominable mutilation of women!<BR/><BR/>As posted by HERS, please continue to educate every woman, man and child about the truth of hysterectomy and castration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-62928934126893971812009-01-04T09:46:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:46:00.000-05:00RE: tail & leg pain post-hysterectomy:Although...RE: tail & leg pain post-hysterectomy:<BR/><BR/>Although every woman does not experience tail and leg pain after the surgery, a large number of women do. <BR/><BR/>By tail pain do you mean in the tail bone? Women commonly report that they experience pain in and around their tail bone, their hips (most often the right hip), and pain in one or both legs. The leg pain usually travels along the nerve pathway either on the inside the thigh from the top of the thigh down to just above the knee, or on the outside of the thigh from the hip socket to mid-calf or down to their ankle.<BR/><BR/>Another common area where women experience pain after hysterectomy is in their back. It starts at the waist and travels down one leg to the buttock, the back of the leg to the ankle, or all the way down to their toes. <BR/><BR/>Other women have back pain that starts <BR/>midway up the spine and radiates throughout their lower back.<BR/><BR/>There is variation in the severity of the pain, but it is usually permanent. When it's slight it's an annoyance, much like having a splinter that's irritating, but not something that interferes in your activity. When it's moderate it's like have a large thorn that hurts every time you move, and sitting on it is painful. When it's severe it's like having a crushing clamp pulling on the nerve pathway. Women with severe nerve pain say it feels like someone's holding a hot poker to the affected buttock and leg.<BR/><BR/>Pain in the tail bone, buttocks and back can make it difficult or impossible to sit, and walking can be painful too. Sitting for a few minutes alternating with walking for a few minutes may make it possible to continue functioning. It's amazing what women tolerate and push themselves to cope with when they have pain in their back and legs. <BR/><BR/>Although it can be painful to exercise and stretch, if you do as little or as much as you can tolerate, it may lesson the pain a little. The most effective pain management is with acupuncture.<BR/><BR/>This is a problem that's not only difficult for the woman experiencing it to understand and cope with, it's difficult for family and friends to understand it too. After seeing several doctors in an attempt to find out the cause so that it can be "cured", only to be told again and again that they're fine, everything looks "normal", it can become isolating to cope with the pain when no one seems to understand what you're experiencing. Family and friends who may have been concerned initially may start to wonder if, as doctors often tell women, "it's in your head". <BR/><BR/>Women who write on HERS blog and elsewhere about their experiences validate all of those women who have no one else who truly understand what it's like to live with these unexpected, unwanted, and unacceptable problems.<BR/><BR/>Sign HERS petition to stop this damage from being done to the next generation of women:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saynotilyouknow/HERS Foundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624611382874234485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-15408912397836734882009-01-04T09:05:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:05:00.000-05:00is it normal for ur tail to hurt after a hysterect...is it normal for ur tail to hurt after a hysterectomy . and leg painAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-75277405976816651692009-01-03T20:51:00.000-05:002009-01-03T20:51:00.000-05:00After having an unnecessary cesarean and 3 VBACs (...After having an unnecessary cesarean and 3 VBACs (vaginal births after a cesarean), I am very open to the HERS message about medical mistreatment of women. Thanks for being there. I have been able to pass on your message to others and thus prevented at least one unnecessary hysterectomy as well as a number of unneeded cesareans. Many, though thankfully not all, in the medical field neither understand nor appreciate women's bodies. They don't promote natural childbirth or breastfeeding, and they don't value the non-reproductive functions of the uterus and ovaries either. We women are all in this together. Thank you, HERS Foundation, for your essential work.<BR/>Carol Morrisey, member of ICAN<BR/>(Int. Cesarean Awareness Network)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-19871139641679074862009-01-02T23:12:00.000-05:002009-01-02T23:12:00.000-05:00Wishing everyone a good 2009! Holidays are often a...Wishing everyone a good 2009! <BR/><BR/>Holidays are often a challenge for hysterectomized and castrated women. "Happy" New Year no longer falls easily from our lips, yet here we are, so we say it. Best wishes, rings true.<BR/><BR/>I hope every intact woman who reads this blog will know how important her female organs are, all of her life, and that she will stay out of an operating room.<BR/><BR/>And for women who have undergone hysterectomy I know you will make the year the best it can be for you and yours, and you'll educate every woman, man, and child that you know.<BR/><BR/>All of us, women who have had the surgery and those who have not, will work together to bring us closer to creating a law that will end this once and for all. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes to all.<BR/><BR/>Nora W. CoffeyHERS Foundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624611382874234485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326528465005359200.post-8467783613872102912008-12-29T16:56:00.000-05:002008-12-29T16:56:00.000-05:00I have been reading with interest a lot of this bl...I have been reading with interest a lot of this blog- I have a uterus, without ovaries. So I am castrated, but not hysterectomized.<BR/>Does anyone have experiences with a uterus without ovaries?<BR/>I am taking estrogen, progesteron and testosteron to deal with the consequences of castration. I am now dependant on these hormones.<BR/><BR/>I would like to share experience with another lady who does have still the uterus. I fear that this is nearly impossible- because till now I could'nt find anybody with the uterus in.<BR/><BR/>Please, if you know such a lady, inform HERS so that I would be able to contact her.<BR/><BR/>Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com