The single reason for joining FibroidRelief.org as their big-mouth blogger, was to try to end the needless suffering that is foisted upon 80% of the female population. When a women is diagnosed with a fibroid(s), the good news is that 75% of the time she will never even have a single teeny-weeny symptom. Yea!! The bad news, is that 25% of you with fibroids will be symptomatic. Boo! And that’s where the trouble begins and the suffering starts…but only, if you are not informed/educated as to the treatment choices that are available to women today. There is one option that OB/GYN’s are still insisting upon that has such devastating negative life-long effects, that I feel the need to talk about this in depth…now! HYSTERECTOMY, forsooth!!
Honest-to-goodness, I can’t believe that such a barbaric traumatic and brutal treatment for the benign condition of fibroids, is even ALLOWED in this day-and-age! It boggles the mind and frustrates my core, and yes, it angers me too. Here’s a look at the facts that surround the HYSTERECTOMY INDUSTRY!!

!!! Hysterectomies account for 17 Billion dollars a year, spent on doctors, hospitals and pharmaceuticals.

!!! U.S has 650,000 hysterectomies performed a year. The highest per capita in the world.

!!! 98% of all women DO NOT NEED a hysterectomy. 98% of all women do not need a hysterectomy…there are other treatment choices. Check Fibroidrelief.org for sensible choices.

!!! 73% of all hysterectomies result in castration. Castration is the removal of the ovaries. Unnecessary and dangerous.

!!! Loss of ovaries can result in higher incidence of heart disease and lung cancer. Less than 1% of women will have ovarian cancer, less than 1%, so why are they removed!!??

!!! The uterus and the ovaries are hormone responsive organs that function and are NEEDED for the entire lifetime. Their function is just different after menopause…but still essential.

!!! No hormone replacement patch, cream or pill can match the uterus/ovary hormone functionality. They produce the perfect amount of hormones at the correct time that your body requires in response to your bodies endocrine system signals. Orchestrated balletically in syncopated need ~~ the perfect give-and-take.

!!! With a hysterectomy, broad-banded ligaments are severed. This severing results in life-long pain to the lower legs, the back and the structural function of the pelvis area. And this is forEVER a problem.

!!! Osteoporosis is likely after a hysterectomy. Weight-bearing exercises are mandatory so as to stave off the inevitable.

!!! Hysterectomy results in drastic chemical imbalances that cause irritability, loss of sexual feelings, and severe loss of energy and vitality. It’s all chemistry, a fine-tuned balance that is summarily destroyed with a hysterectomy.

!!! There are over 22 million women living in the United States that have had a hysterectomy.

!!! Today, October 1st, 2009…a hysterectomy will be performed every minute of every hour of every day. Every day!! In the 21st century, we still tolerate and accept this barbaric treatment for a benign condition! Shamefull!!

I could bloviate for many many more pages about the horrors that comprise the HYSTERECTOMY INDUSTRY, but I do believe you “get” it, already! Please keep talking about the HYSTERECTOMY INDUSTRY and maybe in the not-too-distant future, we may eliminate HYSTERECTOMY as a treatment choice…because in my book, it is NO choice!!!