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Hysterectomy Risks and Alternatives
My guest this week is Nora Coffey, president of the HERS Foundation.
Nora was a guest on the show about a year ago. You can listen to that interview here. Now she joins us again to talk about her new book (co-authored with Rick Schweikert).
The H Word: The diagnostic studies to evaluate symptoms, alternatives in treatment, and coping with the aftereffects of hysterectomy.
If you think you don’t need to listen to this interview because noone is telling you to get a hysterectomy (castration) right now, I respectfully disagree.
Every woman should inform herself NOW before she’s faced with the decision.
photo credit: cliff1066™
After talking with Nora these two times, reading her book and from my own life hearing stories of women and their experience with hysterectomy (castration), I am convinced that there is a dreadful LACK of appreciation and understanding of the purpose of the female organs – on the part of medical professionals and we women ourselves.
The H Word tells you why hysterectomy is so commonly recommended, the diagnostic studies that should be performed first to evaluate suspect diagnoses, the treatment alternatives that exist, the benefits and risks of those treatments, and probably most importantly – the lifelong functions of the uterus and ovaries, and the lifelong consequences of their removal (castration).
I urge you to listen to this interview and spread the word amongst women you care about!
I was lied to by a jealous woman who told me the truth after she deceived me about hysterectomy. An unnecessary hysterectomy has ruined my life. To all intact women reading this: Don’t believe a woman who says sex is better after hysterectomy/sex organ amputation, she is not being honest with you. Women saying things like “it’s the best thing I ever did” are trying to protect their self-image and may be jealous of you, because you are sexually intact. A woman can not achieve a uterine orgasm after being given a hysterectomy or female castration (ovary removal). There are loop-holes in all gynecological surgical consent forms allowing for sex organ amputation hysterectomy and female castration for benign conditions. 22 million women, alive today, didn’t become de-sexed in the U.S by being told the medical truth by gynecologists or their personnel. Please read all of the information on the HERS Foundation website, it is the accurate medical information. Read “The H Word” and tell every person you know. This legally false operation called hysterectomy is really sex organ amputation and it is epidemic in the U.S.A for benign medical conditions. Gynecologists are using cancer scare tactics to lure women into their operating rooms.
Thank you HERS, keep up the good work warning women.
This podcast just came out of the blue – not something I have ever spent any time thinking about but I am so glad you did this topic! Thanks and keep up the good work!
I have uterine prolapse and cannot have sexual intercourse.
How can I correct these problems wirhout the hysterectomy?
Good to hear about all this, given this proceedure has been recommended to me by a doctor. It’s information I never heard of before. Thanks so much for getting this information out. I’m going to do some more research.
Thank You so much for this information. Although, I really wish I could have read it 5 years ago before my hysterectomy. I’m only 33 and experiencing so many of the listed symptoms……I guess I feel a little better knowing I’m not going crazy!
Thank You
Thank you for interviewing Nora Coffey. Her message is so important. I was given an unnecessary hysterectomy/castration operation without my consent. As these doctors are continually allowed to do this to women, they get more bold, even to the point of altering consent forms which was done in my case. I adamantly refused, but that did not deter the doctor. These doctors are legally protected and there is no recourse for the victim and no one listens or cares. The HERS Foundation’s message is vitally important for the well being of all women. If any woman takes the time to do her own research, she will find that every thing Nora says is true. They’ve been doing this to women for over a hundred years, and no one will stop them.
MI DOCTOR WANTS TO DO A NOVASURE PROCESURE. IM NOT SO SURE THAT THATS SO SAFE OR IF THERE IS ANY SIDE EFFEC. SHOULD I GO AHED AND DO IT.
hI, i HAD A PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY ABOUT 6m AGO..
i WISHED i HAD REALIZED THERE WAS AN ALTURNITIVE TO MY PROBLEM.,, i DIDNT KNOW HOW TO USE COMPUTER AT ALL HARDLY WHEN . i WAS FEELING TERRABLY BLOATED, AND KNEW IT WAS FROM PHIBROIDS, THAT WERE IN MY uTERUS GROWING. i LOOKED UP PHIBROIDS ON NET AND ABOUT THE ONLY THING i SAW ON y_TUB WAS HOW THEY TOOK OUT LARGE UTERUSES OUT FOR THEM AND THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT i PROBABLY NEEDED, ESPECIALY SINCE I HAVE HEARD OF IT ALLOT WHEN YOUNG. yoU WERE SO RIGHT THE DOC. NEVER GAVE ME AN INFORMED CONSENT OR EVEN, TOLD ME OF AN ALTERNITIVE THING i COULD DO FOR THEM.. aLL HE KEPT DOING WAS ENCURADGING WAS TO HAVE IT OUT AN TELLING ME HE DIDNT THINK THIS OR THAT WOULD WORK BECAUSE OF MY AGE.. HE NEVER TOLD ME , i MAYBE DIDNT NEED TO DO IT.. AND NOW FOUND OUT THERE WAS ALOT OF OTHER THINGS i COULD HAVE TRIED.. hE SAID “WHY DONT YOU GET RID OF THIS HUGDGE MASS. hE SAID THEY PROBABLY WON’T SHRINK THAT MUCH AFTER MENO. nOT THOSE.. i HAVE FOUND OUT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS i COULD HAVE DONE BY RESEARCHING NET. i REALLY THINK A LIST OF SOME TYPE OF CONSENQUENCES OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN . WOULD ENCURAGE ME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND TO LOOK AROUND. i THINK DOCTORS DONT WANT YOU TO DO THAT CUZ. THEY MIGHT LOOSE BUSINESS.. BUT, AN IUD WITH PRODJESTRONE HORMONE MIGHT HAVE MADE THEM SHRINK OR THE LAZAR TREATMENT.. EVEN IF IT SHRANK JUST A SMALL AMOUNT I WOULD HAVE SAID NO.. TO HAVING IT DONE.. NOW I HAVE NUMBNESS IN MY BODY. AND WEIGHT GAIN PROBLEMS. i WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT ANY THING BAD THAT WOULD OR COULD HAPPEN.. BEFORE OR AFTER.. jUST A COMENT ONE OFFICE VISIT “WELL MAYBE YOU ‘LL BE HAPPY” WITH NO OTHER EXPLANATION.. SO I DIDNT THINK TO SAY WHY DID YOU SAY THAT.. i LIKED MY SELF JUST THAT MY UTERUS WAS TO LARGE .. BUT MAY HAVE SHRANK IN MENO .. i HAD A BUNCH OF PHIBROIDS INTRIMERIAL ONES , MY UTERUS WAS PRERECTLY ROUND WHEN I SAW PIC .. INTERNE SHOWED ME. iT HAD BEEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. AND I WAS NOT IN MENO. PAUSE AT 56 YRS OLD AS MY MOM STOPED AT 62. THE DOC. ASKED ME HOW OLD I WAS, AND CERTAINLY I SHOULD BE IN MENO.. I HARDLY LOOKED AS IF I AGED , AND GUESS I WAS FULL OF ESTROGEN.. HE SAID NOT TO TAKE ANY HORMONS AFTERWARDS.. AND I COULN’T STAND THE LET DOWN FEELING.. SO I FOUND ANOTHER DOC. AND GOT SOME ANYWAY.. IT HAS HELPED SOME BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THE TINGLING FEELING IN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE {NUMBNESS } iT FEELS LIKE MY BODY IS BURNING , ESPECIALY AFTER EXERSIZE IN BELLY AREA, AND SOME EVEN DOWN ARMS.. i EXERSIZE AND REALLY WATCH MY DIET AND PUT ON WIEGHT ANY HOW , BEFORE i WAS LOOSING FIVE LBS A MONTH… i CAN SEE MY SKIN DRYING AND STARTING TO GET WRINKLES.. i HAVE SOME BACK PAIN.. i WAS TOLD THATS WHERE THE NERVES WERE CUT. i M GLAD YOU HAVE PUT STUFF LIKE THIS ON HERE BECAUSE , i WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN HOW OTHER WOMEN FEEL AFTER WARDS,, i HAD ASKED MY FAMILLY AND HARDLY NO ONE TOLD ME OF SIDE EFFECTS EVEN A RN.. THAT I VISITED UP NORTH AT MY SISTERS PLACE.. SHE HAD SAID SHE HAD IT DONE SOMETIME AGO FOR A FEW VERY LARGE PHIBROIDS AND THAT WAS ALL SHE SAID. YA AND i LOOKED AT HER AND SHE LOOKED IN BAD SHAPE AND i BET ALLOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH HAVING THE UTERUS REMOVED SHE LOOKED OLD AND HEAVEY IN WIEGHT GAIN.. SHE PROBALY DOESNT EVEN KNOW THAT HAVING THAT DONE MAY HAVE MADE HER WORSE. SHE DIDNT EVEN RIDE THOSE HORSES SHE OWNED AT MY SISTERRS BORDING RANCH. AND SHE HAD FOUR HORSES THERE.. AND ANSWERS MEDICAL QUESTIONS ON A PHONE AS HER JOB.
YES I AM ANGRY FOR NOT ANYONE TELLING ME MYBE I SHOULDNT HAVE THIS DONE.. OR TO CONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE EVEN WHEN i ASKED. tHE TEST INSIDE OF MY UTERUS WAS NEG FOR CANCER.. THE LADY AT THE SONGRAM MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS IN BAD SHAPE. AND EVEN THE INTERNEST UP STAIRS, i WAS SENT TO ,SAID” HAVE IT ALL CLEENED OUT… i WOULD WANT MY MOM TOO”. a YOUNG MALE DOC. HAD SAID THAT.. . i HAD NO ONE TRYING TO TELL ME HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. OTHER THAN WELL YOU NEED TO HAVE IT OUT . EVEN FAMILY . tHE ONLY ONE THAT MADE ME THINK WAS MY NINTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHEN SHE SAID “, MONEY MOM..”. WHEN i WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR. KNOWING AFTER MY HUSBAND TOLD HER. AND EVEN MY HUSBAND DID NOT LOOK UP SIDE EFFECTS OF A HYSTERECTOMY.. HE CAN USE THIS COMPUTER FORARDS AND BACKWARDS AND DOES ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR HIMSELF. BUT NOT ONE THUGHT OR CARE ABOUT ME.. AFTER I HAD FIVE OF HIS CHILDREN AND HELPED RAISE OUT GRANDAUGHTOR. EVEN NOW HE DOEN’T WANT TO HERE ME TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE SAYS WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW. ? HE JUST DOESNT SEEM TO WANT TO HERE ABOUT IT.. BUT DID TELL ME ONE HORABLE STORY A MALE FRIEND HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT WHAT HIS WIFE WAS LIKE AFTER SHE HAD IT DONE.. SHE EVEN WAS A PROFESTIONAL . A VETENARIEN. DOG DOC. SHE HAD A PERSONALITY CHANGE, AND WAS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SEX AT ALL.
I HAD ASKED MY DOC. ABOUT THAT,BECAUSE IT WAS IMPRORTANT TO MY HUSBAND STILL AND HE JUST SAID , ABSOLUTLY NOTHING.. BUT BET IF IT WERE HIS WIFE , HE WOULDNT LET HER HAVE IT DONE.. SO WHY DO THEY NOT TELL US ? tHATS WHAT GETS ME. WHEN HE JUST SAID TO ME , WELL MAYBE YOU’LL BE HAPPY.. WAS I SUPOSE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECITION OUT OF THAT GENERAL COMENT OR WAS IT TO TAKE THE GUILT AWAY FOR HIM LIKE HE HAD TOLD ME.. I GUESS WERE SUPOSED TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES.. WELL WISHED I NEVER CAME BACK .. HE WAS AN OLDER DOC. AND DIDNT THINK THE OVERIES WERE WORTH ANYTHING.. I DID READ OR PIC UP ON THAT THAT THEY DO GIVE LIFE LONG SOMETHING AND HIS COMENT WAS WHEN HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR WAS NOT MUCH.. HE DID NOT WANT TO SAVE THEM. THEN WHEN I WNET TO ANOTHER DOC AFTER THE PROCEDURE HE TOLD ME WELL IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR DOCS TO REMOVE THEM FOR ANYONE UNDER 45.. YRS OF AGE AND SAID HE WOULD HAVE LEFT THEM. FOR ME.. i HAVE THE FEELING IF i GOT OTHER OPIONONS , I WOULD HAVE FOUND SOME DOCS NOT ENCURAGEING ME TO HAVE IT OUT AND WELL WHY DONT YOU DO THIS OR THAT.. PERHAPS OTHER PLACES THAT COULD HAVE SOLVED MY PROBLEM A BIT.. lIKE MEYO CLINIC. THAT IS USING THE NEW EQUIPMENT , I THINK MIR AND LASAR TREATMENT.. YOU JUST LAY ON THE TABLE AND ZAP. IT IN RIGHT PLACES.. EASY.. ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE SHRANK EM A BIT.. THERE WERE SO MANY , IM SURE THAT SOME WERE NOT THAT BIG AND WOULD HAVE SHRANK. BUT YOUR RIGHT AN SIMPLE iud doesnt charge much… mine was just a bunch of phibroids….but i did look like i was six months pregnant.. i wasnt realy that much over wieght.. think the uterus was bloating and i was not exercising.. that made it hard to live with.. When i went swiming in the Ocean i noticed the pull of water or moving around made it much smaller.. i told the doc . but he didnt even look at my blelly, like the apt . was set . and didnt want to change it. Well thanks for listening .. yes I think if we change the laws that a concent of being imformed ,.. would definetly be well worth fighting for..and should be done. It will make women think about looking into the latter technology of checking out to an alternitive.. You have to be smart enough to find the person doing that typ of needed service.. Now I have to live with this terrable conquenses for the rest of my life, i notice i sleep allot. and dont think its deprestion. its the chemical change.. from having that out.