Re: Dr. West & hysterectomy

[Guest guest]

I did not say that Dr. West had objections to UAE, however we

discussed my options and the risks involved with those options.

>

> > I discussed UAE with Dr. West briefly, since I had already decided

> > that it was not the right procedure for me. He said that the

risk is

> > that the entire blood supply could be blocked, resulting in the

need

> > for a hysterectomy.

>

> It's interesting to me that Dr. West would communicate this to you.

> While I know that he and other myomectomy docs simply prefer to

remove

> the tumors rather than leave them behind, Dr. West has not been one

of

> the doctors who responded negatively to my questions about UAE. In

> fact, in a soon to be published book called " Uninformed Consent " by

Lise

> Cloutier-Steele, Dr. West provided the foreword -- with the full

> knowledge that the only chapter in the book that talks about

alternative

> choices to hysterectomy is my own. And that chapter speaks quite

> positively to UAE. He voiced no objections whatsoever to any of the

> content in my chapter and indicated to Lise that he supported the

> content in the book.

>

> Carla Dionne