I am Nora W. Coffey, the president of the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services Foundation. I respect every woman's right to make the decision about hysterectomy and castration, and to not be judged for what she feels is right for her. This blog has been a wonderful opportunity for all of the readers to learn about how damaging hysterectomy is, and I applaud the courage of every woman who stepped forward to report their very personal, very private experiences with hysterectomy. It doesn't feel very good for any woman to say "Hysterectomy destroyed my sex life, I'm dead in bed". But because they want to be sure that other women understand the truth about the surgery, they've generously shared their tragic, but alarming common experiences. Loss of sexual feeling is but one of the myriad of common problems women experience after hysterectomy, but it is the one most women relate to, and the simple anatomical fact is uterine contractions that occur during orgasm will not be physically possible if the uterus is removed.
Anon, posted 2:29am, many women, like myself, do research prior to the surgery. Like the majority of women, I agreed only to exploratory surgery, and removal of my uterus and ovaries only if cancer was confirmed by frozen section during the exploratory surgery. I was married to a lawyer, and when he read the consent form he recommended that I not sign it because it was not clear that my uterus and ovaries would not be removed unless cancer was found. We delayed my surgery by two hours while a new consent form was written that reflected specifically the terms under which I agreed to surgery. It made no difference. I was hysterectomized and castrated, and I did not have cancer. The frozen section revealed a large but benign ovarian cyst. The Surgical Report showed that the gynecologist, Robert Giuntolli, removed the cyst entirely, then he removed my normal uterus and ovaries. The extensive steps I took to protect myself did not help me. I counsel a lawyer from California who added ten pages to her consent form, all of which was ignore, the gynecologist hysterectomized and castrated her. The onus of responsibility sits squarely on the shoulders of the doctor who removes the female organs from women in direct contravention to verbal and written consent. But a woman should not have to be able to do her own research to not be abused by a doctor. A woman who doesn't speak the language, or is retarded, or in what she is led to believe is an emergency situation, should be treated appropriately, she not be abused by a doctor, and in any and all circumstances women should be informed of the consequences of hysterectomy and female castration.
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I am Nora W. Coffey, the president of the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services Foundation. I respect every woman's right to make the decision about hysterectomy and castration, and to not be judged for what she feels is right for her. This blog has been a wonderful opportunity for all of the readers to learn about how damaging hysterectomy is, and I applaud the courage of every woman who stepped forward to report their very personal, very private experiences with hysterectomy. It doesn't feel very good for any woman to say "Hysterectomy destroyed my sex life, I'm dead in bed". But because they want to be sure that other women understand the truth about the surgery, they've generously shared their tragic, but alarming common experiences. Loss of sexual feeling is but one of the myriad of common problems women experience after hysterectomy, but it is the one most women relate to, and the simple anatomical fact is uterine contractions that occur during orgasm will not be physically possible if the uterus is removed.
Anon, posted 2:29am, many women, like myself, do research prior to the surgery. Like the majority of women, I agreed only to exploratory surgery, and removal of my uterus and ovaries only if cancer was confirmed by frozen section during the exploratory surgery. I was married to a lawyer, and when he read the consent form he recommended that I not sign it because it was not clear that my uterus and ovaries would not be removed unless cancer was found. We delayed my surgery by two hours while a new consent form was written that reflected specifically the terms under which I agreed to surgery. It made no difference. I was hysterectomized and castrated, and I did not have cancer. The frozen section revealed a large but benign ovarian cyst. The Surgical Report showed that the gynecologist, Robert Giuntolli, removed the cyst entirely, then he removed my normal uterus and ovaries. The extensive steps I took to protect myself did not help me. I counsel a lawyer from California who added ten pages to her consent form, all of which was ignore, the gynecologist hysterectomized and castrated her. The onus of responsibility sits squarely on the shoulders of the doctor who removes the female organs from women in direct contravention to verbal and written consent. But a woman should not have to be able to do her own research to not be abused by a doctor. A woman who doesn't speak the language, or is retarded, or in what she is led to believe is an emergency situation, should be treated appropriately, she not be abused by a doctor, and in any and all circumstances women should be informed of the consequences of hysterectomy and female castration.
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