-- TONYA FLEMING>From: "Helen Dynda" <olddad66@runestone.net> >Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org >To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS ><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> >Subject: NovaSure...Is the NovaSure procedure entirely safe???.......for >Tonya >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:57:36 -0600 > >Dear Tonya, > >I have read that "D&C" (scraping of the womb) procedures - frequently done >in the past - are NO longer suggested!! WHY? Because too many women, who >had D&C's, had problems with the walls of their uterus becoming adhesed >together!! > >Has your Dr. told you that the walls of your uterus might become adhesed >together following the NovaSure procedure? I have not read any information >about NovaSure; but I suggest that you READ, READ, READ as much as >possible about NovaSure!! > >I have the best luck doing research at: http://www.google.com/ . Don't >count on your Dr. being totally honest about the possiblity that the walls >of your uterus may become adhesed together!! > >Tonya, you said: "I am going in for a procedure called NovaSure to >"cotterize" the inside of my uterus." > >1.) "cotterize" = cauterize. Mosby's Medical Dictionary gives the >following definition for cautery..."1. a device or agent that scars and >burns the skin, as in the coagulation of tissue by heat or caustic >substances. 2.) a destructive effect produced by a cauterizing agent." > >2.) Based on the definition of cauterize: When the surgeon uses the >NovaSure technique, he/she "burns" the uterine walls. "Burning" will >produce "scarring"....and the scarring may cause the walls of the uterus to >stick together! > >The cauterizing will weaken the walls of the uterus!! That's why your Dr. >wants to put in an IUD - to make sure you won't become pregnant!! If you >were to become pregnant, the walls of your uterus will not nourish an >unexpected fetus...and since the walls of the uterus have been weakened by >NovaSure, your uterine walls could rupture. > >DO NOT PROCEED WITH THIS PROCEDURE UNLESS YOU CAN FIND EVIDENCE THAT >NOVASURE IS ENTIRELY SAFE!! > >Helen D. > >~ ~ ~ ~ > >From: Tonya Fleming (rainchild_35@hotmail.com) ; Tue Jan 21 09:22:10 2003 > >Mary Lou, >Are all IUDs bad now? I am going in for a procedure called NovaSure to >cotterize the inside of my uterus and then my doctor wants to put in an IUD >to make sure I don't get pregnant. (The chances of getting pregnant are >very slim with the NovaSure procedure, but if you do for some reason, it >can be very complicated and will always end in miscarriage or necessary >abortion. The baby wouldn't live anyways and could cause major problems for >the woman.) I am concerned about IUDs because my mom had one at age 45 and >she had horrible cramps and pain from it. But that was over 20 years ago. >Are they any better? Just wondering... > >Tonya >