Hysterectomy Before & After: A Comprehensive Guide to Preventing, Preparing For, and Maximizing Health (Paperback)

~ Winnifred B. Cutler (Author) "A woman in her late twenties is told that her uterine lining has a tendency to be overgrown with excess tissue and that, since this..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Those who devote themselves to patient study of this none-too-accessible guide will be rewarded with some of the most up-to-date research available on hysterectomy. They'll receive an in-depth anatomy lesson and will be guided step-by-step through the diagnosis of diseases that can lead to hysterectomy. Cutlerfounder of the Stanford Menopause Study and the Women's Wellness Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvaniawill coach them in alternative treatments and advise them of post-surgical care. Most important, her readers may be spared the trauma of an unnecessary surgical procedure. However, only the most dedicated will wade through the author's welter of references, clinical charts and dense prose. Much of the text reads like a textbook, replete with documentation, scholarly apparatus and medical minutiae. Probably not for the average reader, Cutler's book nevertheless contains information useful in helping others through (or around) this controversial medical procedure.
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Review

"Must reading for all women advised to have a hysterectomy and all women who have had one." -- -- R. Don Gambrell, Jr., M.D., Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (February 28, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006091629X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060916299
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #921,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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74 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book Title is Misleading!!!, February 15, 2001

By	Judy S. Castle (Virginia) - See all my reviews

I bought this book PREVENTING, PREPARING FOR AND MAXIMIZING HEALTH AFTER HYSTERECTOMY seven days before my scheduled hysterectomy. I already knew my hysterectomy and ovaries/fallopian tube removal were necessary. In purchasing this book, I was looking for some positive ways to deal with emotions before the operation; additionally, I was looking for what to expect immediately after surgery and ways to reduce post-surgery trauma. I also was looking for concrete ways to help myself recover from this surgery. Unfortunately, what I found in this book was FEAR---yes, this book's contents led me to doubt my physician and myself. I felt the author was very biased against hysterectomy. I would not have purchased this book if I had known the author was basically anti-hysterectomy. I found the book extremely unsettling and do not recommend it to any one.

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Daunting For those that don't have a choice., June 21, 1999

By A Customer

I am 26 years old and HAD to have a hysterectomy to basically save my life. A lot in the book scared me, I felt like I was fated to shrivel up into an old woman, even though I'm still young. The nutritional advice was valuable, as was the section on what to expect from sex after the surgery.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gynocologist Hand out, May 30, 1999

By	B. Pealstrom "Figerre" (Gilbert, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!