| View Larger Image | Sex, Lies, and the Truth about Uterine Fibroids | Paperbackby Carla Dionne (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Avery | | Page Count: | 336 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 23, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 498,783th |
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Product Description
The most authoritative book available on uterine fibroids. Approximately one in four women in the United States will be diagnosed with uterine fibroids in her lifetime. And for many women, the only course of treatment they may be offered is hysterectomy. As a result, hysterectomy is the number-one surgical procedure undergone by women in the United States, with some forty-five percent of these operations performed because of uterine fibroids.Women do, however, have choices; and Carla Dionne, the founder of the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation (NUFF), is a compassionate advocate to millions of women looking for alternatives. Initially diagnosed with uterine fibroids at age twenty-eight, she was told that hysterectomy was her only viable option. Her journey and struggle to uncover the facts about her condition and to explore all of the alternatives to radical hysterectomy motivated her to establish a website, the foundation, and to write this book.Illuminated throughout with personal anecdotes from the author and hundreds of other women, Sex, Lies, and the Truth About Uterine Fibroids is a compelling and supportive guide to understanding the full range of treatments available-including uterine fibroid embolization, which has been widely successful. The book covers traditional, surgical, and alternative therapies and provides key information necessary to determine the best choices. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)
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It's about time!! by Heather Waters (Los Angeles, CA)  5 Stars
March 31, 2004
After living with a fibroid for nearly six years and coping with a myriad of inane and insane therapies, I was thrilled to find Carla and her book. I wish more people spoke up and out like this.
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If you have read any info on the internet... by gypsyoflove (Mesa, AZ United States)  3 Stars
February 07, 2004
regarding fibroids, then you don't need this. I got it at a used bookstore and did not read anything interesting, or that I didn't already know.
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Educate Yourself About the Fibroid Experiences & Treatments by MPB (CA United States) 5 Stars
April 15, 2003
Ms. Dionne does an excellent job of explaining fibroids and the options women have for treating them in her book �Sex, Lies and the Truth About Uterine Fibroids.� I highly recommend this book. I believe every woman with fibroids could benefit from this book. It is well researched, and the explanations are clear and concise.The perspective is great as Ms. Dionne not only seriously did her medical research, but she�s a fibroid patient herself. She relates to the fibroid patient in a very personal and realistic way. She knows that many women haven�t a clue what a fibroid is until diagnosed; that they will be horrified to hear their doctor utter the word �tumor;� that way too many women will hear that they �need� a hysterectomy when in fact they do not; that many women will not honestly and fully be told by their doctors about alternative treatments, etc.Ms. Dionne not only talks about treatment choices but also about choosing doctors and hospitals and making decisions. She takes the reader through her own fibroid ordeal, treatment and results. She bases her book on serious medical research and reporting � not on theories about what might be. She makes it clear that she has her own perspectives and that she made her own choices, but she also makes it clear that each woman has to choose for herself. Ms. Dionne does an excellent job of arming women with the information they need in order to know what�s what, and to be realistically able to make their own informed choices.
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Has a lot of good info, but presentation is *quite* slanted. by J. Carpenter (Fremont, CA USA) 3 Stars
January 30, 2002
Ms. Dionne presents a lot of information which is good, but she has obviously had difficulties with doctors and is all but hostile in discussing them. She is right in that you really should question whether your doctor is giving you advice based on your specific circumstance or based on his/her own preferences. Also, she does what she complains the doctors do in that her book is heavily slanted toward her own medical preferences. She does point out some things I hadn't thought of, but you need to read this book with the understanding that she is pressing her own agenda. Not that she's right or wrong, just that she may not be presenting all the information in an unbiased manner.Overall, not bad reading, I found more info on the web, but it took longer that way.
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Every woman should read this book 5 Stars
November 17, 2001
Ms. Dionne's tremendous efforts can pay off for all women if they read this book and educate themselves about the importance of keeping their uterus. Women have been too complacent about hysterectomies, probably out of ignorance about the purpose and function of the uterus. If all women had her attitude, I believe the medical profession would be encouraged to find more effective methods of dealing with common conditions such as fibroids. The tone of this book is appropriately angry, but balanced with a great deal of research and scientific information. You won't feel like you're reading a medical textbook because of the writing style, and you won't feel like Ms. Dionne is telling you what to do about your fibroids. Most importantly, after reading this book I feel I could talk more openly to other women about sex, lies and uterine fibroids.
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