Jeanette’s response to the letter from the hospital that enabled a gynecologist to forever change her life. She did not and will not keep quiet. Dear Dr. Betrayal, I was asked to share with everybody the meaningful impact your self-proclaimed heroes have had on my life. Along with this letter they’ve also asked me to a identify the Doctor… Read More…
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Hysterectomy: Hands Off My Uterus!
Hysterectomy: Hands Off My Uterus! An interview with Nora W. Coffey, the founder of Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation. Nora Coffey went into surgery for a straight-forward procedure to remove a benign cyst and left without her uterus and ovaries, a startling medical event that changed her life, compelling her to found… Read More…
Hysterectomy not tied to greater depression risk?
This article has made the media rounds. If something is repeated often enough it will be believed. HERS Response is awaiting ‘approval’ as of the date and time of this post. This is the HERS Foundation’s response to this “study”: Among my observations of flaws in this study is the disparity in the number of… Read More…
The tide is turning!
The tide is turning! “I am still hoping to hear more about women who are past it all because they said no. It would be comforting to know there are women out there who had the same horrible symptoms, a big fat confused uterus, lived with it, resisted hysterectomy and are now through menopause and… Read More…
Uterus
u-ter-us 1. mammalian womb 2. a powerful muscle and sex organ located between the bladder and the bowel in the female pelvis; continuous with the cervix which is continuous with vagina, much in the way that the head is continuous with the neck which is continuous with the shoulders; provides lifelong functions that are vital… Read More…
Elizabeth Taylor was also one in three women
Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The media remains focused on her legendary life, but Elizabeth Taylor was also 1 out of 3 women who was hysterectomized, and 1 out of 3 women who died from heart disease. Women who undergo hysterectomy before the age of 50 have a 3X greater incidence… Read More…