Balanced Advice Q & A: Hoping for Help with my Hoo Ha

Dear WIBI Doc I had a hysterectomy in 2011 and since then I have been having what I think is recurrent yeast infections.  I have consulted with several doctors and have not received any effective treatment recommendations.  Since my hysterectomy I have generally felt “out of balance”.  I’m just not sure how to get back …

Hysterectomy: Ready or Not?

Contributed by Barbie Taylor, MD Remember when you were a kid playing Hide and Seek? The kid who was “it” hid his or her eyes and waited for everyone else to go and hide. After counting to ten, he or she hollered, “Ready or not, here I come!” And whether or not you were ready, …

Hysterectomy and Hormone Imbalance

Over 600,000 women annually undergo a hysterectomy. Reasons for having a hysterectomy are uterine fibroids, endometriosis (condition in which cells of the uterus have migrated to pelvic organs where they should not be, causing painful inflammation and bleeding), and uterine prolapse (dropping of the uterus into the vagina). According to the National Women’s Health Information …