Hysterectomy Before & After: A Comprehensive Guide to Preventing, Preparing For, and Maximizing Health: Amazon.ca: Winnifred B Cutler: Books

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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.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

-- R. Don Gambrell, Jr., M.D., Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia

"Must reading for all women advised to have a hysterectomy and all women who have had one."

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"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 can lead to cancer, she will ultimately need a hysterectomy." Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference book, Jan 23 2002

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

I must say that I do agree with "a reader from California's" review in that some of what Dr. Cutler had to say scared me because I bought the book right after my surgery and everything was already taken out. I couldn't go back and change that. As I began reading the book I became anxious about what might happen to me now that I have had this surgery, but as I read, I realized what she was doing with this book. So many women have had hysterectomies in the United States when there might have been better alternatives. Dr. Cutler is trying to make women understand that it is a very serious thing that you do to your body when you have this operation. She addresses HRT therapy and diet, exercise and other areas that can help if a hysterectomy is needed. This is really a very comprehensive and informative book and I intend to keep if as a reference book for the future.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Required -If Slightly Outdated - Pre-Op Reading, Jan 18 2002

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smeehle (Florida, United States) - See all my reviews

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

This book should be handed out by OB/Gyn's to all their patients considering hysterectomy. It explains in detail what all the fuss is about, and doesn't pull any punches when relaying to the reader exactly what to expect from the procedure, before during and after. Cutler's advice on self-care is invaluable, and this book has become standard reading for women considering the procedure.

However, I found much of the information Cutler provides related to making a decision about hysterectomy to be outdated and irrelevant. I was somewhat taken aback by Cutler's anti-hysterectomy rhetoric. And I had to laugh at her bemoaning the way the procedure is over-performed - it took me 10 years to find a doctor who would even discuss it with me, regardless of my level of pain and desire to remain child-free! I think that when she wrote the book in the 1980's the attitudes about hysterectomizing women were considerably different than they are today. And a woman has more surgical choices than she used to, giving her more incentive than ever to partner with her physiscian rather than fight him.

Perhaps it's time for Cutler to revisit the issue and revise the book that set the standard.

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

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

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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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Daunting For those that don't have a choice.
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... Read more

Published on Jun 21 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Gynocologist Hand out
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... Read more

Published on May 30 1999 by Figerre