Mei (not real name) came to see us on behalf of her sister who has just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Mei also told us that her mother died of the same cancer many years ago. That put Mei in a very precarious position — would she end up having the same problem? After all, according to the doctor this evil trait runs in the family! I told her, No!
Mei is only 40 years old. But to her, the future is rather scary. She went to see a gynaecologist who did a Pap Smear and examined her. Everything was normal. But due to her family history, the doctor suggested that Mei remove her healthy ovaries as a preventive measure!
During our conversation we thought Mei has PMS (premenstrual syndrome) problems which can be easily taken care of by taking PMS pill and Utero-Ovary tea.
If you say “YES” to many of the questions below, the chances are you have PMS problems.
- Do you have blood clots in the menstural discharge?
- Do you suffer any of the following before the periods?
- Breast pain / sensitive?
- Backache?
- Bloatedness of the stomach?
- Mood swing?
- Craving for certain food (e.g. chocolate, sour food, etc.)
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Okay ladies, do you want to take the Angelina Jolie’s pathway? Have all your female organs removed because you are afraid of getting breast or uterine/ovarian cancer.
The following are some medical terminologies you may come across relating to the removal of the female reproductive organs.
- Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the uterus.
- Oophorectomy is a surgical procedure to remove one or both of your ovaries.
- Bilateral Salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) refers to the surgical removal of both ovaries and the tubes.
- Radical hysterectomy refers to the excision of the uterus en bloc with the upper one-third to one-half of the vagina. The surgeon usually also performs a bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection. Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes is not part of a radical hysterectomy; they may be preserved if clinically appropriate.
- TAH/BSO means total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomoy.
Angelina Jolie removes female organs after cancer scare
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/opinion/angelina-jolie-pitt-diary-of-a-surgery.html?_r=0
Why I disagree with Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy decision
- When I heard about her double mastectomy, my heart sank for her because I’m sure she was paralyzed by fear. After all, nobody wants to hear the “C” word leave their doctor’s lips. Her decision was based on the doctors she trusts, but I disagree with it. She’s supposedly removing her ovaries next.
- Preventive breast removal is a disturbingly popular trend that is being hailed as a reasonable, if not celebrated, choice. Angelina’s story makes me admire Suzanne Somers even more. She was diagnosed with breast cancer years ago and was forced to make a life or death decision. She chose well. The author of “Bombshell” still thrives today and is as vivacious as her old character of Chrissy from TV’s “Three’s Company.”
- Mastectomies and breast implantation generate trillions of dollars for surgeons, radiologists, hospitals, pharmacies and drug companies. Lifestyle factors, diet, persistent organic pollutants, vitamin or mineral deficiencies and your body’s innate ability to detoxify poisons all play a role in developing cancer.
- Common sense will tell you that if remove your breasts, or ovaries, or whatever … you’re still a delicious host to cancer in your lungs, uterus, pancreas, wherever.
- It’s a dangerous trend. Don’t remove body parts to prevent cancer, instead make your body an inhospitable host!
Removal of Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes Wrong Anticancer Option for Most
- Removing the ovaries triggers menopause and all of the symptoms that come with it. For women under 45, removing the ovaries can also result in bone thinning and increased risk of heart disease because of reduced estrogen levels. Women who have the procedure often have to undergo hormone therapy to reduce these effects. And although having a salpingo-oophorectomy does reduce the risk of developing cancer, it does not remove it completely.
Below are quotations from books written on hysterectomy. They can shed some light on the problems facing women today.
In What Doctors Don’t Tell You, Lynne McTaggart wrote:
- If you are a woman in America, you’ve got a one in three chance of losing your womb by the time you’re 60.
- Hysterectomy outranks all others when it comes to the most unnecessary of surgical procedures.
- Three-quarters of all hysterectomies are performed on women under 50 for highly dubious reasons.
- In abdominal hysterectomies, side-effects can occur in more than 40 percent of operations. These side-effects include bowel problems, incontinence, risk of fatal blood clot.
- One-third to nearly one-half of all women report a decrease in sexual response.
- If a woman’s ovaries are removed at the same time, she will experience severe menopausal symptoms.
In The Hysterectomy Hoax, Dr. Stanley West, M.D.; wrote:
- More than 90 percent of hysterectomies are unnecessary.
- Only 10 percent of all hysterectomies are done for cancer. Unless you have cancer, it is unlikely that you need a hysterectomy.
- Hysterectomy can have long-lasting physical, emotional, and sexual consequences that may undermine your health and well-being.
- It is no secret that many women develop serious health problems after hysterectomy. Depression, fatigue, urinary disorders, joint aches and pains, and unwelcome changes in sexual desire are the most common complaints.
- No man would agree to have his sexual and reproductive organs removed for anything short of life-threatening illness.
- The fact that women allowed this to happen (to themselves) attest to their lack of knowledge about the consequences of hysterectomy and about the availability of alternatives to surgery.
- I understand why doctors want to perform hysterectomies better than I understand why women agree to them.
- Hysterectomy is a relatively easy operation. It does not require the surgical finesse need to perform … many of the other alternative procedures. Many gynecologists simply do not have the experience to do all of the other operations that can be substituted for hysterectomy when surgery is needed.
- Gynecologists are surgeons. We make our living by performing operations. If hysterectomy is the operation a surgeon knows best, it is the one he or she will recommend and perform most often.
- Clearly, many doctors have an economic incentive to recommending hysterectomy.
- Your reproductive system is a beautifully crafted apparatus powered by the ebbs and flows of a variety of hormones.
- It is time for women to recognize hysterectomy for the threat it is and to refuse to have the surgery except when their lives are at stake.
(Who is this author, Dr. Stanley West? He wrote: At this point, you must be wondering who I am and why I am opposed to hysterectomy. I am a gynecologist … chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at St. Vincent’s Hospital, one of New York’s most prestigious medical institutions … I have helped hundreds of women avoid hysterectomy. I didn’t set out to crusade again hysterectomy. In medical school, I believe what I was taught: that hysterectomy is good for women. Then and now, prevailing medical wisdom holds that the uterus is a disposable organ that serves no useful purpose once a woman has all the children she wants. What’s more, it is regarded as something of a nuisance.)
In Sex, Lies & the Truth About Uterine Fibroids, the author Carla Dionne asked: Do physicians lie to their patients? Some do. Most don’t. Some aren’t aware that incomplete information is construed as a “lie” by their patients. Some simply don’t keep up-to-date on the latest medical information.
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