Re: My Concerns re: FUS- weak logic

[Guest guest]

You raise a few good points but largely your logic seems weak to me.

During a second opinion appointment with a fibroid specialist who is

also actively involved in research, I learned that focused ultrasound

is not new. It has been around some years in the subject of fibroid

treatment. What is new is that the ultrasound technology had become

very advanced in recent years. Just look at the 3d,4d and color

options that are available to pregnant women now.

Certainly women need to take responsibility for any drug, procedure

that is recommended to them. This is a good point and I think too

many women just sign up for myos with docs that may not have the

expertise and hysterectomies because they don't choose to look into

things on their own. It is certainly easier to keep your head in the

clouds. I should think that women who choose to participate in

studies look at the risks and benefits and make their decision

accordingly.

The points you make about pregnancy and FUS seem uninformed and

remind me of " the sky is falling " story. Please name one study where

during the early stages they recruit pg women or women who desire to

achieve pregnancy. All the procedures and drugs exclude these groups

in initial studies that I have seen. Pregnancy is very stressful on

the uterus and frankly I do not think that all docs that perform myo

procedure have the qualifications and expertise to assure the patient

that they will be able to carry a healthy pregnancy. It really takes

a surgeon with great expertise to perform a myo that will leave the

uterus inshape to handle a pregnancy. These comments seem plain

silly to me,

" Could it be because being benign tumors – fibroids are

considered " harmless "

– and because it's not a disaster if you don't get the whole tumor

completely gone?

Could it be because it's easier to get a treatment approved

for " harmless "

tumors located in " useless " organs? "

I do believe that the individuals involved in fibroid research do

care about providing some new, less invasive approach. Their are too

few researchers and their is far too little money being spend on

fibroid research.