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Welcome to Ovarian Samaritans
Have you been searching for a sight where you could communicate with other women experiencing women's health problems like endometriosis,menopause,breast cancer, ovarian remnant syndrome,hysterectomy,and ovarian cancer ? And the list goes on....
Maybe you just want information or advice from other women that have had a similar problem like endometriosis or even surgery, like a hysterectomy or oopherectomy? Maybe, you just need a place to go where you can ask,tell, or even vent, about female problems that you just can't seem to talk to your "loving(but just doesn't quite understand) hubby", your "super-busy best friend", your "retired and on-vacation Mom", or your "He will call you back when he has finished with his patients", Gynecologist!!
Well, look no further, you have found it.
Please feel free to go to our forums page and post. There are all kinds of categories about endometriosis, ovarian cancer, hysterectomies and menopause. When you post, someone out there answers, then someone else gets an idea...and that's how great sites are started that can and will eventually be our "virtual lifeline" when there's noone there to listen to you or to answer your questions.
So please, join in. What we women need to understand, is that we all eventually go through the same things in one way or another,(women's health issues) and that by starting a site like this we are enabling ourselves to reach out and touch and feel without ever leaving the safety of our laptops! WOMEN HELPING WOMEN...that's what we're all about. Now, love yourself, and go chat it up with your soon-to-be new best gal pals!!
"OVARIAN SAMARITANS"... Be a good samaritan, an ovarian samaritan, because sometimes the best information and help comes from each other to each other.:) |
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"I Don't Care" Do You? |
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 Letter from one "Angry Woman"
I don't know who wrote it but they should have signed it. Some powerful words.
This woman should run for president.
Written by a housewife from New Jersey and sounds like it! This is one ticked off lady. It's too bad that more Americans don't express themselves as she does.
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?
Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally
murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
Posted by dantanz on Tuesday, January 29 @ 12:17:47 MST (96 reads)
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Endometrial Ablation |
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 Endometrial Ablation
The most common reason for a woman in her reproductive years to see the gynecologist is because of abnormal vaginal bleeding. Most often, this problem is caused by one of two abnormalities, either altered hormonal function or a "mechanical disorder". By a mechanical disorder, we mean some problem such as a fibroid or a polyp in the lining of the uterus, which could cause the bleeding to occur. Hormonal Irregularities can be caused by a myriad of problems but regulation medically is usually successful.
After the diagnosis has been made, by sampling the uterine lining and looking into the uterine cavity with a telescope (hysteroscopy), the patient can choose a number of potential therapies depending upon the diagnosis. If there is no overgrowth of the lining (hyperplasia) and no evidence of large fibroids in the uterus causing the bleeding, then one method of treatment may be endometrial ablation. Of course medical treatment should first be tried but if these efforts fail to correct the problem and if pain is not a significant part of the patients symptoms then ablation can be performed.
Endometrial ablation s a simple procedure in which the uterine lining (endometrium, not to be confused with endometriosis) is removed either with the laser or electrosurgery while looking through the hysteroscope. The procedure can be performed under local anesthesia if the patient wishes or general anesthesia is available if so desired. The recovery is very rapid and most patients are able to leave the surgery facility in a few hours and are able to return to normal activity by the following day. There is frequently a vaginal discharge for several days but significant problems with recovery such as pain, infection, or bleeding are rare. Today, because endometrial ablation seems to be a very safe procedure, the procedure is beginning to be performed in the physicians' office with new types of devices made especially for this purpose. Cryotherapy (freezing) has now been used in this area to successfully ablate the uterine lining.
It's important to realize that these procedures are not guaranteed to produce ammenorrhea (cessation of menses). Most studies including our own have shown that the rate of absolute stoppage is 50%, while another 25% have very little bleeding, and 90% of the individuals are pleased with the result. Failures of the procedure have been ascribed to adenomyosis in most cases and patients with significant pain should be counseled against ablation.
Endometrial ablation gives today's women another alternative to hysterectomy when abnormal bleeding occurs and is persistent despite other treatments. This is a minimally invasive option, which spares the patients anatomy, allowing acceptable results and rapid recovery. If you have questions about abnormal bleeding, endometrial ablation, or other solutions call the Endometriosis Care Center or the Center for Women's Care & Reproductive Surgery.
Center for Women's Care & Reproductive Surgery© 2006
1140 Hammond Drive, Suite F6230
Atlanta, Georgia 30328.
Copyright 2005
Toll Free 1 (888) 545-0400
Metro Atlanta (770) 352-0037
Posted by dantanz on Saturday, January 26 @ 13:27:12 MST (64 reads)
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Laparoscopy: The New Alternative To Surgery |
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Laparoscopic surgery is the latest breakthrough in alternative surgery options. For decades women have had little to no options when it came to having abdominal surgery. Thanks to these caring doctors who are studying and perfecting the art of this procedure, we women now have the option of having laparoscopy done instead of a traditional abdominal surgery. They are using this procedure to treat endometriosis, uterine fibroids and cancer, hysterectomies, oopherectomies, treat scar tissue disease, remove cysts, even do and appendectomy.
I recently had this procedure done. And I am here to tell you that in comparison to my past partial hysterectomy and oopherectomy, the recovery time was about, well, as long as it took me to recover from the anesthesia effects and that was it! I was up and going the next day and haven't looked back since. If you are faced with the idea of having to have surgery for a female condition, I urge you to think outside the box. See if you can locate a surgeon that specializes in laparoscopic surgery. Be sure to find out what his turnover rate is, meaning for example: If he does 39 laparoscopic procedures, how many end up in a full laparotomy? The doctor I went to was less than 1%. In other words, you go in for laparoscopic, you wake up having had that procedure, only to find out that you "had to be cut open because it was a mess in there".
I understand that this procedure may not be for everyone, but don't you at least owe it to yourself to find out if it is for you? It sure beats 1 week in the hospital and 4-6 weeks recovery. My docotor told me before he released me, no restrictions, do what you would normally do. And so I have. It is such an empowering feeling when you take your health care into your own hands and demand that a doctor only does what is best for you and not what he thinks he can do. There's alot to be said for a doctor who is willing to say "I would rather you go to a surgeon who could handle this in a minimally invasive way", than for him to look at you as his next car payment. Good luck ladies, and remember, we do have options.
Posted by dantanz on Saturday, January 26 @ 08:46:17 MST (67 reads)
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Welcome to Ovarian samaritans |
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Welcome. Please be patient as we work to build "your" web site. Ovarian Samaritans is about women helping women waddle their way through a muddy mess I like to call "ovarianhood". We will have forums where you can post and other women can respond to you. It will be just like having your best friend on call 24/7, only about a thousand of them!!
Posted by dantanz on Friday, January 25 @ 09:30:36 MST (61 reads)
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