Hysterectomy to treat depression – Deborah’s story
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I have had problems with my periods all my life. My first period lasted 10 days, and I soon got into the routine of 2 weeks of bleeding, and 2 weeks of crying. My Mother took me to the Doctor, and I was on the pill at the age of 14. This helped a lot, but I still had painful and heavy periods, but at least they only lasted 5 days, and the PMT wasn’t as bad. Came off the pill at 19 due to DVT scares, and carried on suffering. Doctors didn’t believe I had heavy periods as I was never anaemic.
The fi...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 11, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Tags: Your Stories depression fibroids Source Type: news
Virtual Colonoscopy A Less Invasive Option For Colon Cancer Screening
BOSTON (CBS) – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and doctors are urging people to get screened.
But many don’t want to go through the uncomfortable procedure known as the colonoscopy.
However, there are less invasive options, including CT colonography, which is also known as the virtual colonoscopy.
“Virtual colonoscopy is a great test. It’s a good data-supported test that performs the essential function of allowing people to get screened for an entirely preventable disease, which, as you know, is colon cancer,” Dr. Michael Zalis of Massachusetts General Hospital told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Wednesday.
For th...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: miketoole Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Syndicated Local Watch Listen Colon Cancer CT colonography Deb Lawler Dr. Michael Zalis Screening virtual colonoscopy Source Type: news
Waiting for diagnosis
I have just joined this group. Just over 2 years ago I had a polypectomy (removal of polyp) following months of constant bleeding (I had been on low dose HRT but had stopped several months prior).
I had a follow-up scan prior to which I had been told if I didn’t hear anything then everything was fine. Last week I saw my GP because of night sweats. Night after night I would be woken 8 or 9 times and it was getting me down. Whilst there I mentioned I was having some pain in my left abdomen and that I had a large hard swelling. I could only describe it as it felt like a pregnant uterus.
He examined me and referred me ur...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 5, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories polypectomy Source Type: news
Waiting for diagnosis
I have just joined this group. Just over 2 years ago I had a polypectomy (removal of polyp) following months of constant bleeding (I had been on low dose HRT but had stopped several months prior).
I had a follow-up scan prior to which I had been told if I didn’t hear anything then everything was fine. Last week I saw my GP because of night sweats. Night after night I would be woken 8 or 9 times and it was getting me down. Whilst there I mentioned I was having some pain in my left abdomen and that I had a large hard swelling. I could only describe it as it felt like a pregnant uterus.
He examined me and referred me ur...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 5, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories polypectomy Source Type: news
Waiting for diagnosis
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I have just joined this group. Just over 2 years ago I had a polypectomy (removal of polyp) following months of constant bleeding (I had been on low dose HRT but had stopped several months prior).
I had a follow-up scan prior to which I had been told if I didn’t hear anything then everything was fine. Last week I saw my GP because of night sweats. Night after night I would be woken 8 or 9 times and it was getting me down. Whil...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 5, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories polypectomy Source Type: news
Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia – Reethah ’ s Story
My story took off in October 2013 during an appointment with my doctor for something else entirely unconnected – eczema behind the ears. A chance mention in passing to my doctor that I had had an unexpected period the month before after a long gap caused her to prick up her ears. When was your last period before that? she enquired.
I looked back at my diary where I log all my periods and body changes. I knew it had been more than a year and yes, it wasn’t in that diary’s calendar. So it must have been the previous year. And I had also known I was going to have this period. For several weeks before, my body had been d...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 23, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health complex hyperplasia hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia – Reethah’s Story
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My story took off in October 2013 during an appointment with my doctor for something else entirely unconnected – eczema behind the ears. A chance mention in passing to my doctor that I had had an unexpected period the month before after a long gap caused her to prick up her ears. When was your last period before that? she enquired.
I looked back at my diary where I log all my periods and body changes. I knew it had been more than ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 23, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia endometrial cancer Source Type: news
Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia – Reethah ’ s Story
My story took off in October 2013 during an appointment with my doctor for something else entirely unconnected – eczema behind the ears. A chance mention in passing to my doctor that I had had an unexpected period the month before after a long gap caused her to prick up her ears. When was your last period before that? she enquired.
I looked back at my diary where I log all my periods and body changes. I knew it had been more than a year and yes, it wasn’t in that diary’s calendar. So it must have been the previous year. And I had also known I was going to have this period. For several weeks before, my body had been d...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 23, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health complex hyperplasia hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia – Reethah ’ s Story
My story took off in October 2013 during an appointment with my doctor for something else entirely unconnected – eczema behind the ears. A chance mention in passing to my doctor that I had had an unexpected period the month before after a long gap caused her to prick up her ears. When was your last period before that? she enquired.
I looked back at my diary where I log all my periods and body changes. I knew it had been more than a year and yes, it wasn’t in that diary’s calendar. So it must have been the previous year. And I had also known I was going to have this period. For several weeks before, my body had been d...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 23, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health complex hyperplasia hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
My Dad has Melanoma of the Colon
My dad recently had a polyp removed from his colon and the lab said it's melanoma. We've spoken with five doctors in our area and it has them all stumped. Your article is the first thing I have been able to find concerning it. I want more information.... (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - November 21, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
5 Things Your Gynecologist Can Tell From A Basic Exam
Wondering if you should make an appointment? Those 20 minutes could reveal more about your health than you realize.
By Corrie Pikul
Only 17 percent of women see their gynecologist for an annual exam. And while the American College of Physicians recently said that healthy-seeming women don’t really need a pelvic exam, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, along with many doctors, still believes in the value of a full workup. We asked Lauren Streicher, MD, an associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s medical school, to give us some great reasons why the ot...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Minimally Invasive Uterine and Fibroid Morcellation Warnings
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In recent months there have been a number of warnings issued about uterine polyp and fibroid morcellation during laparascopic hysterectomy or myomectomy, most notably by the FDA in the United States. It’s come about because in a small number of cases the fibroids being removed were shown to be malignant after the surgery, something that was not known prior to the operation. In a few of these cases women went on to develop leio...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 22, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Alternatives to Hysterectomy laparascopic hysterectomy morcellation myomectomy Source Type: news
Study Questions Surveillance Colonoscopy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Removal of adenomatous polyps--without follow-up surveillance colonoscopy--led to a colorectal cancer mortality similar to that of general population, results of a large Norwegian cohort study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 28, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
