TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Foreword by C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D
    Preface
    Introduction

1.  Waking Up
       Hysterectomy Discoveries

2.  Morbidity and Mortality:
       Yes, You CAN DIE from the Surgery

3.  The Ovaries:
       Finely Tuned, ESSENTIAL Chemical Manufacturing Plants

4.  The Cervix IS Important:
       Why It Should Be Preserved

5.  High Blood Pressure:
       Unknown Risk

6.  Atherosclerosis:
       Inevitable Artery Plaque Build-Up

7.  Osteoporosis:
       Accelerates When Ovarian Function Declines or Stops

8.  Weight?
       Now a Life-Long Struggle

9.  Depression:
       I Can't Get Out of the House

10. Fibromyalgia Syndrome:
       How Can Muscle Pain Be Related?

11. Bladder and Bowel Problems:
       Increased Risk

12. Avoid Accidents:
       The Body Never Heals the Same

13. Sexual Enjoyment:
       Where Did It Go?

14. Hormone Replacement Therapy:
       Critical to Know Information for All Women

15. Social, Medical, Political and Economic Institutions:
       Why Is This Practice so Well Entrenched?

16. Whole Body = Whole Functioning