The Doctor Will See You Now
Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis
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Publisher Description
Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium – the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus – sheds, but does not exit a woman’s body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically and emotionally insufferable that it can mercilessly dominate a woman’s life. The average woman with endometriosis is twenty-seven years old before she is diagnosed. It is one of the top three causes of female infertility. The pain it emits can affect a woman’s career, social life, relationships, sexual activity, sleep, and diet. It is incurable, but highly treatable. Unfortunately, though, it is rarely treated in a timely manner, if at all, because of misdiagnoses and/or a lack of education among those in the medical community.
This book gives hope to everyone connected to endometriosis. That includes every woman and young girl who has it, and the women and men in their lives – the mothers, fathers, husbands, children, and friends – who know something is wrong, but do not know what it is or what to do about it. This book is written at a level that everyone with ties to this disease can relate to and understand, but it is also for doctors with good intentions who lack the knowledge of how to diagnose or treat it.
The Doctor Will See You Now is for women determined to let the world know their stories so that every woman with this disease – from the thirteen-year-old girl who is being told that her pain is “part of becoming a woman” to the woman who has been misdiagnosed for decades – knows she is not alone.
Yes, her pain is real.
No, she is not crazy.
Yes, there is hope.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seckin, a well-known gynecologist and surgeon who specializes in treating endometriosis, brings valuable and long-overdue attention to this debilitating disease, estimated to affect 176 million women worldwide. Seckin explains that the condition occurs when the endometrium sheds and, instead of exiting the body during menstruation, spreads outside the uterus to other organs and nerves in the pelvic area. In separate, concise chapters, the author addresses potential problems experienced with periods, "killer cramps," sex, bowel movements, neuropathy, fertility, and fatigue. He also weaves in the case histories of a number of his patients, many previously misdiagnosed by other physicians. Diagnosis often takes more than a decade; endometriosis, Seckin points out, is not a required subject in most medical schools. Moreover, he feels that many physicians are unaware of what he considers the "gold standard" for endometriosis treatment: laparoscopic deep-excision surgery. The method, he claims, is preferable to laser surgery (which may allow the inflamed tissue to grow back) or hysterectomy, which not only thwarts the possibility of bearing children but also does not address the spread to other organs. This comprehensive text, as the author hopes, is likely to raise awareness among other physicians and among general readers, particularly women who will now have the knowledge necessary to become powerful self-advocates.
Customer Reviews
Wow! What a read!
I knew I had this condition before my drs did. Like many of the woman I read about in this book I was misdiagnosed (several times) and told to “just get in with it, there’s nothing we can do”
I am so grateful I found this book. It now helps me go forward and gives me pointers on what I need to know about going ahead and having my meeting with the clinic where I will hopefully have treatment to remove my endometriosis and restore some of my fertility.
It’s helped me better understand the disease and acknowledge that a lot of what I’m feeling may not necessarily be me but the condition acting on my behalf, cause me to behave in a way that I wouldn’t normally.
I read this book thinking I was going to read a lot of what I had already researched however it has also made me look st how this condition really affects me and notice that I have a lot more symptoms than I originally thought.
I praise Dr Seckin for this book and for pushing full steam ahead to get so much more recognition for this disease because as a woman I know that the way it effects your everyday life is both debilitating and exhausting and I truly hope that so much more awareness can be made for this disease and it’s effect on the female population.
Good luck, keep pushing and don’t ever let a dr tell you how your body is functioning - you know if something is wrong.
Thank you!
Kelly O’Regan