continuing my story…
So I read a bunch of books and websites. (I will continue to add my research here in upcoming posts) but with only a month to come to terms, I decided my best next step was to get a second opinion. Here in Canada, I can’t just call another ob/gyn and [...]

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One of the books I found in the local library on the subject of hysterectomy was Misinformed Consent: Women’s Stories About Unnecessary Hysterectomy
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Lise Cloutier-Steele assembled stories, one of them her own, from 13 women who had unnecessary hysterectomies. In my opinion, before [...]

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Sorry I’ve been missing the past few days. My dad had surgery in another city. I had to be there. Some things are more important than blogging, right? I’ll be back as soon as the suitcases are unpacked and the laundry is done.
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When faced with a difficult decision, I sometimes make the old Pro & Con lists. Not original, but hey, it works. But to do so, I really needed to know a whole lot more about hysterectomies in general and TAHBSO in particular. Nothing like some good, old-fashioned research.
The internet is a sometime confusing [...]

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A little something more to look forward to….

Margaret Munro

CanWest News Service

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Older women with heart failure and other critical conditions receive less life support and die more than men in intensive care units, according to a disturbing new Canadian study.
This difference was most pronounced among women over age 50, who were 32% [...]

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From Rueters:

By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most women in the United States who undergo a hysterectomy for a noncancerous condition will have surgery with the traditional, “open” abdominal method, which is more invasive and requires a longer recovery than hysterectomies performed with laparoscopic or vaginal techniques, according to a report in the [...]

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Continuing my story from here:
Usually when I get a bit of uncomfortable or unhappy news, I throw myself into some kind of busy-work–a big project like spring cleaning or reorganizing all the closets in the house (simultaneously) or cooking something very large, you know–”for the freezer.” Seventy-leven quarts of spaghetti sauce or chili. [...]

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From the Toronto Sun, via Canoe.ca
I have refrained from commenting on news items I’ve posted just because I’m just trying to understand all of this, and maybe because I haven’t entirely decided for myself if my particular ailment gives me “permission” to mouth off about the system as a whole–even though I’ve already mouthed off [...]

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From The Canadian Press:
TORONTO - A new Statistics Canada study says nearly half of all health-care providers suffer a high degree of on-the-job stress.
The federal agency says nurses, doctors and lab technicians have the highest levels of stress related to their jobs. The 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey found that among health-care providers, 45 per [...]

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From today’s National Post:

Health care spending to reach $160 billion: report

Meagan Fitzpatrick

CanWest News Service

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
OTTAWA — Spending on health care in Canada is expected to reach $160.1 billion by the end of the year, according to the latest data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
In an annual report on health care [...]

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