How I Lost My Uterus And Found My Voice

Author : Michelle L. Whitlock
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491771464

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How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice by Michelle L. Whitlock Pdf

At age twenty-six, author Michelle L. Whitlock thought she had it all: her health, a promising career, and a budding new romance. Then she learned that she had HPV, and weeks later her worst nightmare became her reality: she was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer. Adamant to preserve her fertility, she refused a radical hysterectomy and chose a less extreme, fertility-saving procedure. The surgery was a success, but just years later—a week after the love of her life proposed—Michelle discovered her cancer was back. In this memoir, Michelle narrates her journey through and beyond cancer. She took charge of her health care by carefully choosing doctors and her treatment options. In just eight short weeks, she planned a destination wedding, harvested eggs, and with her fiancé, created embryos—their “maybe babies.” She got married and ten days later underwent a radical hysterectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiation. At twenty-nine, Michelle found herself with a new normal, which included menopause, hot flashes, a shortened vagina, and lack of sexual desire. She opens the door to her most intimate moments, frankly sharing how she worked to regain her sex life and providing other women in this situation a roadmap to do the same. This is one woman’s story of falling in love, battling HPV and cervical cancer, facing sexual dysfunction and infertility, and becoming her own best advocate. Inspirational, educational and honest, How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice tells the emotional story of love and loss, resilience and survival, empowerment and hope for the future. So if you have a vagina or love someone with a vagina, this book is for you! "Michelle Whitlock takes readers through a journey of loss and love and ends up giving a blueprint on how to make a comeback. How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice will make you laugh and cry and leave you wanting more. There will be no pages left unturned in this deeply personal memoir. This book isn’t just for those who have survived cancer—it’s for the masses. How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice is a thrilling look at life." —Tamika Felder, founder of Cervivor.org

Author : Tracy Maxwell
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781617051371

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Being Single, with Cancer by Tracy Maxwell Pdf

Filled with practical tips, resources and personal stories, an empowering and candid guide to dealing with cancer as a single person/p> Diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer seven years ago, Tracy Maxwell understands the unique swirl of hopes and fears, insecurities and triumphs of a single person with cancer. In Being Single, with Cancer, she combines her experience, other survivorsí personal stories, results of a survey of over 100 survivors, and advice from experts to help you navigate through each stage of your journey from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Maxwell shows you how to: Get the support you need Be your own advocate Manage the emotional impacts, including loneliness, stress, and negative thinking Address dating, sex, relationship and fertility issues And much more With honesty, humor, and hope, Being Single, with Cancer is a valuable reminder that you may be single, but you are not alone.

Author : Michele Berman,Mark Boguski,David Tabatsky
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780757319532

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Reimagining Women's Cancers by Michele Berman,Mark Boguski,David Tabatsky Pdf

Focusing on cancer of the breasts, ovaries, uterus, cervix, vagina and vulva - provides readers with that critical information to help them manage, cope, and recover through a concise, easy-to-read style and format. Beginning with a view of basic anatomy and an overview of how we view a particular cancer today, chapters flow easily into an explanation of signs, symptoms, diagnosis, scientific information and guidelines, and include a comprehensive survey of treatments and prevention.

Author : American Medical Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924067334353

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Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association Pdf

Author : Abby Norman
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781568585826

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Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman Pdf

For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands -- securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library -- that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015080183596

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Leonard's Illustrated Medical Scientific Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : International congress of medicine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555001007

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Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th congress by International congress of medicine Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015007091385

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Transactions of the International Medical Congress, Seventh Session, Held in London, August 2d to 9th, 1881 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24503285280

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Transactions of the International Medical Congress, seventh session, held in London, August 2d to 9th, 1881. v. 4 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Medicine
ISBN : IOWA:31858021446814

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The Lancet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555014774

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The Medical circular [afterw.] The London medical press & circular [afterw.] The Medical press & circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : New York Obstetrical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Obstetrics
ISBN : UOM:39015070481067

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Transactions - New York Obstetrical Society by New York Obstetrical Society Pdf

Author : Branton K. Holmberg
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539873455

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Agony and Ecstasy of Finding My Voice by Branton K. Holmberg Pdf

This memoir follows my life from the time I was born with a cleft lip and palate to the time I lost my voice to thyroid cancer. It tells of the despair of my childhood as I sought to hide from my tormentors, one being my 5th grade teacher. That despair led to my running away from home in my mid-teens, and creates the first of many turning points in my life. Each successive turning point leads me to a final self-revelation that saved me from what would have been a far different life than the one I'm certain I've been guided into. You will follow my life as it brings you to the present state of affairs where I now have no voice at all except an artificial one. My memoir ends with me again finding my way out of the despair of once again trying to clearly communicate to a world that has difficulty understanding me. This memoir is an example of that new pathway. It is only one of the many things I've written since finding my voice as writer. You will find that as I complete this life story.

Author : Ruth Redmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798218278564

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WITHIN the FIRE, I Found My Voice by Ruth Redmond Pdf

This book is 152 page memoir of my life's journey. It tells my compelling true story of my life's complexities starting from childhood to adulthood. It displays a visual reflection on health, love, happiness and of course disparities: dealing with female health issues at an early age- through adolescence. It goes in depth of my gender role as i navigated in a predominately male environment being a female firefighter to receiving my breast cancer diagnosis. My memoir demonstrates that even in my darkest moments, that the light of determination and optimism helped me find my voice.ly a

Author : Joanne Gallant
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1771089768

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A Womb in the Shape of a Heart by Joanne Gallant Pdf

I am the space between motherhood and longing for it, bit it's a space that doesn't exist. I can't be both fertile and infertile, our language doesn't have space for it. So, this is the space I have created for myself. This is where I love. Forever fertile and infertile. A mother to six, a mother of one. I am childless, with child. Barren and fruiful. Pregnant and then not. Luckly, unlucky.