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If You Suffer from Pelvic Organ Prolapse
(Uterine Prolapse, Cystocele, or Rectocele)
and Want to Avoid Surgery
This May Be The Most Important Letter You Will Ever Read
The Most Comprehensive Volume on the Non-Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse is Now Even Better |
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Dear Friend,
My name is Christine Ann Kent. In 1992 I had surgery to remove small fibroids from my uterus. The surgeon suggested that "while he was in there" he do a bladder suspension to address a very minor stress incontinence. Foolishly, I agreed being assured that it was a state-of-the-art procedure and entirely routine.
Two weeks later I experienced stage three uterine prolapse. I was frantic. I called my surgeon. "Oh," he exclaimed, "Now this is very serious and hysterectomy is your only alternative." I knew I didn't want a hysterectomy so I struggled with the prolapse, the discomfort, pulling and bulging for years.
Finally I got angry.
A Revolution is Born
I am an Registered Nurse and know how to read the medical texts and journals and in 2001 I began what what to become a two year marathon of research at the University of New Mexico medical school library.
I was apalled at what I learned. First, the "state-of-the-art" procedure my surgeon recommended for the bladder suspension was developed in the 1940's and according to the medical literature virtually always results in uterine prolapse! No Board certified surgeon could be unaware of this.
I reviewed hundreds of surgical procedures, virtually all of them "experiments" undertaken on unwitting female patients. I studied the female anatomy and the geometry of the female pelvic support system.
When Saving the Whole Woman, Natural Alternatives to Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence was published in 2003, it was the first book of its kind. Astonishingly, today it remains the only such book to address this issue! It was a great beginning. It sold 6,000 copies, which is a very respectable number for a small publisher and a first-time author. And, it got noticed by a number of important people in the field. More importantly, it gave hope to thousands of women who had been told they had a “disease” that was only treatable by surgery.
Saving the Whole Woman blew apart the myth that prolapse is a disease and that surgery is necessary. I showed that surgery is not only unnecessary, it is seriously hazardous to your health. Click here to order.
During the ensuing three years my forum on www.wholewoman.com has been very active with currently more than 2100 registered members. As I strove to answer the flurry of questions posted by forum members week after week, I had to dig deeper into the anatomy and the literature for the answers. I spent long hours in the historical library at the medical school to find the medical wisdom that doctors had before pills and surgery became ascendant. I poured over the journals and consumed still more books (I have probably 1000 books in my personal library).
The result of that effort is a whole new level of understanding of the causes, prevention, and management of pelvic organ prolapse.
As time went on, it became painfully clear to me that Saving the Whole Woman was becoming seriously dated and the information, while sound, had become very incomplete. In early 2006, I embarked on a major rewrite. For a time I thought it would be a companion volume to Saving the Whole Woman, but later realized that much of what I had written before was of real value and only needed clarification, expansion, and full explanation of the current state of knowledge.
As a result, the second edition of Saving the Whole Woman includes:
A completely revised anatomy section that fully explains the amazing design and structure of natural pelvic organ support
The Whole Woman™ Workout
I think the crowning jewel in the book, however, is the Whole Woman™ Workout. The exercises from the first edition have been completely replaced. I have developed a whole new program that is specifically designed to reinforce the Whole Woman™ posture. This workout is intended to restore normal spinal curvature by strengthening the female core and reducing the unnatural hump at the base of the neck – a very common feature in today’s female population.
After extensive study I found that classical dance offers many of the exercises necessary for pelvic organ support and I have drawn on that tradition. The Whole Woman™ Workout is fun and exhilarating. Each set of exercises is choreographed to specific music which I’ve included on a CD with the book. The music is wonderful solo piano by Michael Roberts, a well known ballet studio accompanist.
Resources for Women With Prolapse
The resources list and glossary have been expanded and updated and I’ve included four appendices as an extra bonus. These are articles on:
With 179 technical illustrations and photographs, 327 citations, a comprehensive Table of Figures and index, Saving the Whole Woman will be a useful ongoing reference book for you.
I have sent a number of early editions of the book out to well known authors and experts for their feedback and have been thrilled with the responses.
Take a Look at These Testimonials...
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This updated version of Saving the Whole Woman is a breath of fresh air for thousands of women who have been diagnosed with uterine, bladder, or rectal prolapse. In truth, every woman should know the information in this book to help preserve her innate pelvic power.
Empowering women with accurate knowledge allows them to make informed decisions regarding their healthcare. For those women who are contemplating urogynecological surgery and for those healthcare practitioners who are advising these women, this new edition of Diane Lee Christine Ann Kent is on a mission to expose the continuing tragedy of surgical mismanagement of pelvic problems. Her exhaustive and scholarly chronicle of the attempts to improve on female anatomy sends a serious warning: Avoid unnecessary or questionable surgery! Her detailed holistic approach to maintaining and restoring pelvic health reframes perceptions of female anatomy from “faulty” to “wondrous,” and gives women the key to their own pelvic well-being. Penny Simkin, PT After over 36 years as an occupational therapist, I had an acute prolapse including difficulty with elimination. I greatly benefited from the exercises in only one session at the Whole Woman™ Center. The posture is very helpful. Your book is extremely thorough anatomically, practical and honest about a very real problem to untold women. The sensible self-help instruction and lifestyle ideas are extremely helpful. Jan Harrison OTR/L, Saving the Whole Woman is a scathing account of the way the medical field uses and abuses women’s bodies with regard to surgeries and procedures on the pelvic floor. These medical procedures parallel the mistreatment of women’s bodies in the childbearing year, and in both cases money is often the motivating factor. Christine gives us hope by teaching us about our bodies and how we can prevent or solve problems without medical intervention. Give a copy to every woman you know, old or young. Jan Tritten As a former gynecologic surgeon who came to see the error his ways, I passionately read Saving the Whole Woman. Christine's work is medically accurate and will bring hope to millions of women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse and who want to avoid surgery. I hope mothers will share this work with their daughters to help them avoid the kind of childbirth experience that sets them up for problems later in life. Michel Odent, MD As a surgeon who became enlightened to natural health, I recommend avoiding surgery for the treatment of chronic disorders if there are natural approaches that work just as well, if not better. Christine Horner, MD FACS Saving the Whole Woman is a one of a kind book. It provides natural, helpful solutions for women and takes away the stigma often associated with pelvic floor problems. The original research in this book could be lifesaving. Peggy O'Mara |
The cost of the Second Edition of Saving the Whole Woman and Whole Woman™ Workout CD is $39.95 and is available right now through the secure Whole Woman™ store. Click here to order.
To encourage you to get everything you need to live a full, productive life with prolapse, you will find Saving the Whole Woman bundled with the following products at special discount.
The Importance of Diet
For those of you who don’t already have a copy, I highly recommend Diet for the Whole Woman. Every week women write the wholewoman.com forum with issues that are clearly diet related. Diet for the Whole Woman is a comprehensive manual that will help you transform your diet to one that will support the health of you and your family for a lifetime.
Pelvic organ prolapse is in many ways a disorder of civilization: fast life, fast food, busy schedules, microwave ovens, multi- tasking. Our bodies evolved in a different time. There were no chairs; we sat on the ground. The acquisition and preparation of food were primary tasks that were shared by all in the family and village unit.
Today we suffer from the loss of more natural ways of living. Environmental degradation and genetic engineering have changed the very nature of food. Over ninety percent of the food varieties our grandparents raised in their backyard gardens are extinct.
Today, more than ever before we need to be educated and informed about our health and most importantly, the ultimate source of our health: our food. Our bodies recreate themselves constantly. Our entire skeletal system replaces itself every three months, our liver is brand new every six weeks. This miracle is accomplished atom by atom by our DNA.
Where do all the building blocks for this amazing renewal come from?
Our food, of course. We live in a river of nutrition. If that river is fouled with poisons or is bereft of nutrients, our bodies suffer, especially over time. We know that degenerative disease such as cancer and heart disease are almost always preventable, primarily through better nutrition.
Diet for the Whole Woman is much more than just a cookbook. It is a guide, a manual for creating total health through proper understanding, purchasing and preparing foods that enliven, nurture, and feed the spirit as well as the body.
Diet for the Whole Woman provides you with a broad and detailed overview of the challenges and opportunities for health that food provides. You’ll find a detailed shopping list for the staples you’ll need and weekly shopping lists for perishables.
You’ll learn what to look for and what to avoid, what looks pretty on the shelf but may have little nutritional value. You’ll learn not just how to prepare recipes by rote, but how to use your imagination to combine your ingredients in new and interesting ways.
Research shows that it takes about a month to establish a new habit. Diet for the Whole Woman gives you a full month’s menu, recipes and ingredients. By the time you have followed the manual for the month, you’ll be on your way to a whole new and healthier diet.
We all know we should eat better. Now you’ll know how easy and fun it is. In Diet for the Whole Woman you’ll learn that a healthy diet takes no more time and effort than an unhealthy one. And the cost of good food is remarkably low relative to what most people spend on packaged foods and high protein diets. The manual even addresses how to get children excited about healthy food.
For women with pelvic organ prolapse, a healthy gut is critical to restoring natural pelvic geometry. This means a healthy diet that is low in fats and animal products and high on live foods and whole grains to facilitate regularity and to cleanse and keep the gut healthy and toned.
Diet for the Whole Woman is 257 pages of practical, useful information, beautifully illustrated and carefully indexed. The colorful three ring binder makes it easy to lay flat on your kitchen counter when preparing meals.
Being a Whole Woman requires the right posture, movement, and lifestyle. The Whole Woman diet is a cornerstone in the foundation of your healthy life.
Diet for the Whole Woman by Christine Ann Kent is US $29.95 and is available at the Whole Woman™ Center Store. Click here to order.
An important adjunct to the Whole Woman™ Workout is the Whole Woman™ Workout Baton.
Custom turned for Whole Woman™ from heavy Eastern rock maple in rural
When doing the center floor exercises in the Whole Woman™ Workout,
As an added bonus, the Baton acts as a wonderful back and foot massager after your workout. If you lie on your back with the center knobs on either side of your spine and push your self backward and forward with your feet, the baton will give you a deep spinal massage. The turned ribs on the shaft of the baton are stimulating for the soles and arches of the feet, improving circulation and massaging muscles and tendons necessary for strong, healthy feet – the foundation of the Whole Woman™ Posture.
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The Whole Woman™ Baton will last a lifetime and is the perfect complement to your commitment to being a Whole Woman™.
The Whole Woman™ Baton by Christine Ann Kent is US $34.95 and is available at the Whole Woman™ Center Store. Click here to order.
The sad reality in today's world is that we must take charge of our own health. We cannot rely on the medical system to do what is right for us. Doctors are under more and more financial pressure and it is just too easy to recommend expensive surgery for a condition that can be improved dramatically with simple and easy lifestyle changes.
Sadly also is that research in women's health issues remains inconsistent, incomplete and often slipshod. Way too often, women wind up being the experimental guinea pigs for the surgeons without ever being told all the potentially life-shattering risks to which they are being exposed.
Take charge of your life and health. Get educated. Knowledge is power. Act today so you can enjoy a rich and active tomorrow.
Wishing you well,
Christine Ann Kent
Whole Woman Inc.
PS. Please come join the community of women who are finding their own way toward total health without surgery. The web site at www.wholewoman.com has lots of information and a warm, loving, supportive community of women.
CAK