Product Description
Combining personal stories of women's surgical experiences with the most recent medical data, this book offers a unique exploration into the issues surrounding hysterectomy, ovary removal, and hormone replacement. This book provides much needed information to clarify the confusion around HRT since the WHI study was released in July 2002. Women do not need to suffer needlessly. Well-documented with scientific references, it argues against the common belief that women's reproductive organs are dispensable after their childbearing years and looks at the full impact of reproductive organ removal on women's health. Detailed information on the side effects that can arise from these surgeries is provided, including high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis, depression, fibromyalgia, sexual dysfunction, and bladder and bowel problems.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 17 reviews)

I wish I would have had this book before my surgery. by RSL (Pontiac, MI USA)

5 Stars
May 23, 2009
I sure could have used this book before my surgery. My doctor told me I needed this surgery and like many others I trusted her. Everything I read at the time was so positive about hysterectomies....your sex life will be the same if not better, mild side effects, your life will be better. I had fibroids and bleeding. There were other options. My doctor still to this day denies that my lack of orgasms, no uterine contractions, depression, anger, tiredness, muscle aches, skin dryness, hair falling out etc. comes from this surgery. I have to take so many vitamins to try to help myself. Aside from bleeding prior to surgery my life was fine. Now I have marital problems... yes lets talk about how many marriages break up because of all of these problems...and lack of sex.I am going through menopause for God's sake...with my 60 year old mother..I am not even 40 yet. Now I have to get hormones...and these hormones can give me breast and ovarian cancer and other problems.You get rid of one problem and get 20 more. I know some women need this surgery for cancer or other serious issues but if your problem is less serious don't do it. Research and find other options...exhaust all other options. Once you get this surgery there is no going back.

Almost scared me to death by S. Easley (portland, or)

1 Stars
August 16, 2008
When my doctor discovered cysts on my ovary, she wanted to do a hysterectomy. I bought this book to get information on hysterectomies, and subsequently refused to have the hysterectomy. Finally, after my doctor used the word "cancer," I agreed to the removal of the cyst only. It was stage 1C ovarian cancer. I then had a hysterectomy which saved my life. Listen to your doctor who knows you! I am 10 months post-hysterectomy, and I am doing great--and, most importantly, I am alive.

This Book Could Save your Life! by Popcorn (San Francisco, CA.)

5 Stars
January 20, 2008
If only I had this information 12 years ago, I would have definitely NOT had a total Hysterectomy! At the time, I had a small fibroid tumor and was past the age of having children so my doctor convinced me to do it. She said that because I wasn't planning to have more children, removing the uterus and my ovaries would save me from getting Ovarian Cancer or Uterine Cancer, which, of course, scared me. She said I would be taking HRT -(hormone replacement therapy) and I would live happily ever after. Until I read this book, I thought I was going insane and so did everybody I know. I had NO idea that I was being CASTRATED and automaticly lost 50 different chemicals that your body makes on its own when you have all your female parts. This book is full of information for any woman who has been told she needs a Total Hysterectomy. Judge for yourself after you've read it. The woman who wrote it is a medical researcher and had the procedure so many years ago and suffered greatly until she started using bio-identical hormones like I am now. One more thing - I WANT THOSE TWELVE YEARS OF MY LIFE BACK!!

Wish I had it sooner by A. L. Willis

5 Stars
August 31, 2006
Just like my title, I wish I had found this book before my hysterectomy, but it was still a great find afterwards. It gave me knowledge about how the body works in relation to the different hormones produced by the ovaries and the blood; whereas lack of hormones can result in stroke, heart attack, weight gain, osteoporosis, sexual dissatisfaction, depression, and more. I was very prepared to talk to my doctor about HRT after reading this.

Me thinks.... by MagnoliaBlossom (smyrna,ga)

5 Stars
March 31, 2006
Me thinks thou protests too much, GYNECOLOGIST. As one who has experienced years of painful periods due to endo, I finally had a hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy at age 45. I would gladly go back to that. At least I knew what to expect every month--pain. Since the hysterectomy my health has gotten WORSE, not better. I never knew that there were consequences of hysterectomy accept loss of periods. Had I known what was in this book, had I read it beforehand, I might have made a different choice. No doctor ever gave me a balanced view of what a hysterectomy might do. Women must be given adequate information in order to make intelligent choices.

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