New Book Exposes Untold Side Effects of Tubal Ligation

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New Book Exposes Untold Side Effects of Tubal Ligation

 

A new book titled " What Doctors Don't Tell You About Tubal Ligation

and Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) " exposes that there is a

hysterectomy-menopause connection with tubal ligation called post

tubal ligation syndrome (PTLS). The book, the first of its kind,

explains what post tubal ligation syndrome is, that women are not

being properly informed about the risks of tubal ligation, and

details the need for informed consent laws.

 

Chicago, IL -- Tubal Ligation (TL), sometimes called tubal

sterilization or " tying the tubes " , is a surgical procedure in which

a physician seals shut a woman's fallopian tubes for the purpose of

birth control using coagulation (burning the fallopian tubes), or by

using a devise such as a clip or a ring. It's estimated that more

than a million tubal ligations will be performed this year. A new

book titled " What Doctors Don't Tell You About Tubal Ligation and

Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) " exposes that women are not

being properly informed about the risks of tubal ligation, explains

what post tubal ligation syndrome is, and details the need for

informed consent laws.

 

The book, authored by the founder of the Coalition for Post Tubal

Ligation Women, Susan Bucher, points to studies that show as a

direct result of their sterilizations more than 15% of women

experience excessive bleeding that required curettage procedures or

complete hysterectomies. Other studies show a menopause connection

due to blood supply being affected to the ovaries causing

anovulation (ovaries failing to normally function and to ovulate) in

more than 30% of women.

 

Explains Bucher, " The aim of the book is to educate women pre and

post tubal ligation and the public as a whole. " The text outlines

the history of tubal ligation, the symptoms of post tubal syndrome,

how women are diagnosed with PTLS, and proposed actions that women

can take to advocate for their health and rights. The book includes

copies of letters that the Coalition has received and a proposed

informed consent law.

 

Bucher herself suffered untold side effects of her 1995 tubal

ligation. She created the Coalition for Post Tubal Women to inform

women of the risks of tubal ligation and to network with women to

work towards creating an informed consent law. Bucher wrote " What

Doctors Don't Tell You About Tubal Ligation and Post Tubal Ligation

Syndrome (PTLS) " to aid in the Coalitions " Campaign to Inform " . The

book is available for purchase at www.Amazon.com,

www.barnesandnoble.com, and other popular book stores. For fastest

shipping order direct from the publisher, www.lulu.com/Bucher. For

more information about post tubal ligation go to www.tubal.org.

 

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