Preface
Part I: Basic Facts About Hysterectomy
Part II: Psychological and Emotional Impact of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Pain: Is Hysterectomy Always the Right Solution?
Part III: Understanding How Healthy Reproductive Organs Function
Part IV: Reproductive Organ Disorders: Fibroids
Part V: Reproductive Disorders: Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain
Part VI: Additional Pain Symptoms
Part VII: Reproductive Disorders: Uterine Prolapse
Part VIII: Reproductive Disorders Part: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Part IX: Reproductive Disorders: Pre-Cancerous and Cancerous Conditions of Reproductive Structures
Part X: Getting a Diagnosis and a Second Opinion
Part XI: When Hysterectomy is Planned: Understanding the Procedure and Your Hospital Stay
Part XII: Life After a Hysterectomy
Glossery
Appendix
Index