Now available, the first comprehensive, user-friendly guide to an overlooked,
understudied epidemic:
FIBROIDS:
The Complete Guide to Taking Charge
of Your Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Well-Being
by Johanna Skilling
Foreword by Eileen Hoffman, M. D.
Book Description
Fibroids are the least studied but most common growth that human beings
can have -- but they ONLY occur in women. The Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology reports that they affect up to 80 percent of the female
population: one in every three women!
Yet there is little information readily available on this perplexing
malady, and very little mention of this epidemic in the press. Treatment
options vary from radical hysterectomies to vitamins. Fibroids are the #1
reason for hysterectomies... but up to 90% of these surgeries -- some call
them amputations -- are unnecessary.
When author Johanna Skilling was diagnosed with fibroids, she was
frustrated by the lack of data -- so she set out to close the information
gap, in the hope of finding some answers for herself and for other women.
The result is FIBROIDS: The Complete Guide to Taking Charge of Your Physical,
Emotional, and Sexual Well-Being.
Johanna addresses many of the common misconceptions about fibroids,
including the notions that they always require a hysterectomy (they don't);
that they destroy a woman's fertility (not necessarily) and that they are
malignant (generally not). Johanna explains simply and easily what fibroids
are, what influences their growth, what to expect after a diagnosis, and how
to live with fibroids if surgery isn't chosen. She discusses both
traditional and alternative treatments, the effects of dietary changes, ways
to improve emotional well-being, and frankly discusses the effect of fibroids
on a woman's sex life.
The book also provides a wealth of information on female sexuality and
the woman's reproductive system, from the complex role of estrogen and other
hormones to the impact of fibroids on pregnancy. The notes to each chapter
provide a comprehensive bibliography of articles and research available on
fibroids and related subjects.
While many women with fibroids have no problem at all, other women suffer
enormously, losing everything from their self-esteem and their sex drive to
their ability to have children. Johanna interviewed dozens of women to get
the total picture of life with fibroids: quotes from many of these women are
included, with stories that are inspiring, practical, sometimes tragic,
sometimes funny -- showing readers that they are not alone and, most
importantly, that they can recover from fibroids and take charge of their
lives again.
Ordering Information, USA
FIBROIDS can be ordered from your favorite bookstore. If you prefer, you
can order it on-line at Amazon Bookstore Inc., the oldest feminist bookstore
in the U.S. Their website is http://www.amazonfembks.com search for
"fibroids". You can also e-mail an order to them at [log in to unmask]:
the complete ordering information is below (cut and paste into the body of
the e-mail: be sure to include your shipping address, phone number and credit
card number for purchase).
Ordering Information, Canada
Contact the fabulous independent Women in Print Bookstore, Vancouver
Voice 604.732.4128
Fax 604.732.4129
Book Info
FIBROIDS: The Complete Guide to Taking Charge
of Your Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Well-Being
by Johanna Skilling
Foreword by Eileen Hoffman, M.D.
Published by Marlowe & Company, a division of the Avalon Publishing Group
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Trade paperback original; 277 pages; notes
ISBN: 1-56924-620-3
$15.95 U.S., $24.95 Canada
You can also check out the author's website at www.fibroidguide.com
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