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Summary: Gynocologist Hand out
Review: This book should be the first thing your gynocologist gives you on your fisrt visit! After purchasing a copy 3 days prior to my own hysterectomy, I learned more than I had previously learned in 25 years of reading whatever I could find about my own painful, excessivly heavy flowing menstral cycles.I followed the advice given and both doctors and nurses couldn't get over how quickly I recovered from this major surgery. In the 9 years since, I have recommended this book, lent my own copy (and have had to forcibly retrieve it!!!) to friends and workmates -- all who went out and purchased their own copy after returning mine. Upon showing this book to my surgeon, he said it looked terrific and could he borrow it to read, at which point I reminded him that with his fees he could purchase his own, and hand them out to every patient at their first PAP smear and STILL be ahead financially. He laughed and sent his receptionist out to the book store. Easy to understand and clearly written, this is the book every woman should use to make decisions about her reproductive organs. Pain is not inevitable and neither is hysterectomy. My only complaint is the title, which might discourage someone from getting this book, if hysterectomy is not a choice for them. Other than that --- this is a 5 star winner!
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Summary: the comprehensive reference work on hysterectomy
Review: This is a comprehensive reference work, the result of reviewing 3,000 journal articles and including references to 1,000 articles. There is a clear and understandable explanation of how a woman's body works and why each part of the female reproductive system is indispensable. Cutler includes sections on health risks following hysterectomy and how a woman can work to offset these risks. I find this information to be invaluable in a serious effort to make the best of a bad situation--the loss of uterus and ovaries. The text has a tendency to become very dense and sometimes requires a reread to grasp meaning. Generally, she has succeeded in making technical information on hysterectomy available to the educated layperson, while maintaining the scientific integrity that makes the book equally valuable to physicians and other medical professionals. A bonus is her casual mention, in two or three places, of the importance of spiritual health in managing one's physical health. W! est's excellent book, "Hysterectomy Hoax" is easier to read, but if you want ALL the details, Cutler has done the job beautifully.
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