Second Opinions
For the third time in recent memory, I have talked to friends whose doctors were very insistent that they needed full hysterectomies, but who were able to find alternatives that were less invasive, less emotionally fraught, and equally successful in treating the problem.
If a hysterectomy is really the solution to the problem, then how wonderful that we have that option. I also know at least a couple of women for whom that was the right answer and I am very pleased for them. But it seems like many doctors have the "take off and nuke 'em from orbit; it's the only way to be sure" approach to many issues with women's bodies and I think the word should be spread that there may be other options and if you don't want a hysterectomy, you should be sure to know the options before you have one.
If a hysterectomy is really the solution to the problem, then how wonderful that we have that option. I also know at least a couple of women for whom that was the right answer and I am very pleased for them. But it seems like many doctors have the "take off and nuke 'em from orbit; it's the only way to be sure" approach to many issues with women's bodies and I think the word should be spread that there may be other options and if you don't want a hysterectomy, you should be sure to know the options before you have one.