Thanks so much for posting this. I was given an unnecessary hysterectomy and my ovaries were removed after going to the Emergency Room in pain after being drugged into oblivion and pressured into surgery. I did ask questions and didn't even consent. However, I think most women are deceived by gynecologists they trust where they've been a patient for many years. If a doctor delivers your babies and helps you over a 20 year period, it's hard to imagine that the same doctor would push an unnecessary surgery on you. Another way is that women are often told they might have cancer and end up hysterectomized even when no cancer is found. I think the only way for a woman to protect herself is to be armed with the knowledge that HERS provides, and to understand that this has been done to 1 out of 2 women under the age of 65, and so it's dangerous for any woman to go in an operating room. For ACOG to deny they know anything about this is deceitful.
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Thanks so much for posting this. I was given an unnecessary hysterectomy and my ovaries were removed after going to the Emergency Room in pain after being drugged into oblivion and pressured into surgery. I did ask questions and didn't even consent. However, I think most women are deceived by gynecologists they trust where they've been a patient for many years. If a doctor delivers your babies and helps you over a 20 year period, it's hard to imagine that the same doctor would push an unnecessary surgery on you. Another way is that women are often told they might have cancer and end up hysterectomized even when no cancer is found. I think the only way for a woman to protect herself is to be armed with the knowledge that HERS provides, and to understand that this has been done to 1 out of 2 women under the age of 65, and so it's dangerous for any woman to go in an operating room. For ACOG to deny they know anything about this is deceitful.
May 28, 2010 - 8:44amThis Comment
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