What kinds of comments from doctors are clues to women that they need a second opinion?
Such as, you’re just a few years from menopause, it will get better. You need a hysterectomy, no other options offered. You get a better outcome with an open abdominal hysterectomy. Well, again, I think you have to go in knowing the information, knowing what is available and I think it’s totally legitimate to ask as many questions as you need to ask. Do you do this procedure. I’m think about ablation. Do you do it? How many have you done? How many have you done in women like me? Have you had any complications? And that’s totally legitimate and women need to ask their doctors those questions. And if they’re not happy with the answers, time to go find another doctor. You have published research that found women should not routinely have their ovaries removed during hysterectomy. Please tell us about that research and what women should know. So in 2005 we published an article that was a computer model for many studies that have been done over 30 years looking at the outcomes after taking
What kinds of comments from doctors are clues to women that they need a second opinion?