‘Oh, well, if you’re having heavy periods, let’s do a hysterectomy.’ I said, ‘Hey, let’s put the brakes on, because we haven’t talked about anything else.’” (Her doctor is not the only one rushing to surgery. One study estimated, based on their numbers, that 18 percent of hysterectomies performed annually in the United States for benign conditions may have been unnecessary.)1
hysterectomy.
