The Ultimate Rape: What Every Woman Should Know About Hysterectomies and Ovarian Removal - Hardcover

Plourde, Elizabeth L.

 
9780966173505: The Ultimate Rape: What Every Woman Should Know About Hysterectomies and Ovarian Removal

From the Author

I wrote the book I wish had been available . . .
before I said "yes" to this "life-changing" operation. I know now that if the information contained in this book had been accessible to me, I would have explored other options.

When my surgery created both physical and emotional devastation, every doctor I saw told me all my problems must be in my head, and that I should see a psychiatrist. Fortunately, when I finally found a doctor who recognized my hormone-deficient state, she placed me on a hormone replacement program that gradually returned me to my original self.

After I bounced back to life, I wanted to know more about what had happened to me. Part of my professional career involved researching medical journals to assist busy doctors in quickly accessing the latest research, so I decided to use this knowledge and expertise to find help for my surgically-altered state.

As I started reading the research and medical journals published world-wide, the information dumfounded me. I was astonished to find out how much the medical community knows, but does not convey to women about their own bodies. I was equally amazed to discover that every symptom I experienced had been linked to hysterectomies since the 1930s.

Article, after article, led me to many new forks in the road forks which revealed there are a multitude of possible consequences that can arise out of this surgery, some immediately apparent, and some that take years to silently develop. When my literature search proved that altered biochemistry creates these devastating effects, and that they potentially place every surgically compromised woman's health in jeopardy, I knew I had to bring this information to the awareness of all women, everywhere.

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