Tag Archives: posts tagged as"hysterectomy"

Team Work

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Wendy

This past week I had the distinct pleasure and honor to speak with one of the finest people I have ever met…who, just so happens, is also my Focused Ultrasound radiologist/doctor. After our conversation, I just sat in my chair … Continue reading →

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Choices Choices Choices…Yipeeee!!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Wendy

As promised in the last blog that I posted, in THIS blog, I will list/describe  all of  the treatment options that are available for women  ladened with fibroids. I also promise: 1.To be brief with my descriptions (okay,stop rolling your eyes), 2.To be … Continue reading →

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“OOOPS!” Sorry

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Wendy

Time to admit the error of my ways! To quote my darling 17 month old granddaughter whenever any miss-take occurs in her world (ie: dropping goodies up-’n-over the highchair table,)  an expressive audibly-adorable reaction punctuates the air…”OOOPS!!” Well, I say, … Continue reading →

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Great Wall Street Journal Article on Fibroid Treatments Today

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Joy

There is a great focus piece in this mornings Wall Street Journal on uterine fibroids.  It’s main focus is on Radiofrequency (RF) ablation, a minimally invasive treatment which ablates fibroids in a manner similar to Focused Ultrasound, yet the author … Continue reading →

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A Year Of Words-On-’Roids…Fibroids That is!

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Wendy

A year revealed in one liners (taken from each of my weekly postings) is how I wish to culminate this, one of the wordiest-Wendy-years ever! So as we bid adieu to 2009 and anxiously start carving out “our” 2010, I … Continue reading →

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HIS-story becomes HER-story!

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Wendy

“Remember the ladies!” This quoted from the outspoken Abigail Adam’s as a directive to her husband (and then president) John Adam’s while he was revolutionizing the country, has been spinning in my head for the last week or so. Back … Continue reading →

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Patient Advocacy…A Good Thing!

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Wendy

Patient advocacy seems to be the cliched-phrase of the moment. And that is a good thing. We are seeing the new paradigm shift, in the ever-changing health care landscape, towards a more educative hands-on approach in dealing with preventive and … Continue reading →

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Testing One Two Three..Testing One Two Three…

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Wendy

The upper chamber of the hour glass is trickling more quickly…and I am actually excited about it! Last week one of my google alerts produced the most magnificent article; adding another peg to the ongoing quest to have ExAblate (FUS, … Continue reading →

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Reflections On (Two) Years Gone By

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Wendy

With, but a few days until my uterus and I celebrate our 2 year HIFU-treatment-anniversary on Nov. 2nd, AND combined with my nod to Halloween (festooned as a blogger with a ginormous heart and exploding head!)…I gotta tell ya, my … Continue reading →

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Fibroids in the New York Times

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Jade

An article was published today in the New York Times called “Options for Dealing with Uterine Fibroids”. “Fibroids are the most common reason women undergo hysterectomies; 300,000 are done each year just to remove them. All told, the cost of … Continue reading →

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