Nora is awesome. She's the only one telling truth to power. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have known all of the adverse effects my so called "educated doctors" told me there were none. She is an office of one doing her best. No one else is out there doing this good work. Otherwise, I would have had to go to the medical library myself and look it all up. If you don't believe me, by all means read the Grays Anatomy book and read about how you are shredded during this operation. My issue is that I was denied this information. Otherwise, I would never, ever, had I ever given that doctor consent after he bullied me when I was not in a mental state to grant permission for that surgery. read more

BEWARE! I needed a doctor referal for a Pelvic pain Ob-Gyn specialist that the foundation claimed they could provide. after a phone consultation with Nora Coffey and her request that she needed my medical records, which I quickly forwarded to her I then waited 3 weeks. She told me she was too busy with other women's issues to read over the records. However I had explained my medical condition at length we her on the phone. After waiting 3 weeks I asked for a physician referal again and she then she emailed me back saying the HERS Foundation would not be able to provide a physician referal. Beware she wanted my medical records to set me up for some sort of litigation. It's not necessary to read medical records to provide a doctor referal. I trusted them and believed that they really focused in on helping women suffering from having had a hysterectomy. Beware of these people and this organization and Nora Coffey. Who says the information is for free. They never once mentioned about the cost of their consultations and other hidden fees. Which later they say they will waive. HERS is more focused on the legal aspects of making a case vs. getting the right help for suffering individuals post hysterectomy. BEWARE. read more

If you're a woman, love one, or were born to one, you've got to check out their video on the female anatomy, including why you do NOTNOTNOTNOTNOT want to be hysterectomized. Find someone who does myomectomies, or better yet, read this book and call them!! Their press release: Health Care Fraud Endangers Women Bryn Mawr, PA, December 1, 2009 (HERS Foundation News Service): Unnecessary hysterectomy costs the U. S. medical system $17 billion per year. That's Billion, with a B. This does not even begin to tally up the costs of caring for women damaged by hysterectomy, oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries) and related procedures. These findings are explained in The H Word, by Nora W. Coffey and Rick Schweikert. Coffey is the founder of the HERS Foundation, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Schweikert, a playwright, wrote and directed un becoming, a play depicting a the needless hysterectomy of a woman. Hysterectomy and oophorectomy are offered as the only option to women with problems from heavy bleeding from fibroids to uterine cancer. Frequently, these operations occur without the woman's consent, when she is under the knife for exploratory surgery. In 98% of these cases, the pathology comes back normal, meaning that the woman's reproductive, sexual, and endocrine organs were removed for no reason. The toll in the Delaware Valley is the same as if the Wachovia Center was filled twice a year, every year, with women who were then surgically wounded! Anna (not her real name) met the un becoming protest tour in Denver, Colorado. Her experience is more the norm than the exception: "The first of Anna's three suicide attempts came in the first year after her hysterectomy, but she said that was due to depression related to her complicated childhood. After the surgery she was diagnosed with manic-depression, had back surgery, and began sleeping in a separate bedroom from her husband." If 49 out of every 50 hysterectomies could be avoided at a savings of $17 billion, and the operation leaves women with permanent postural, neural, psychological, and sexual changes, why does the medical establishment still promote it? Coffey and Schweikert take on the AMA, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, hospitals, medical schools, and even Congress. The H Word is a must for any intact or hysterectomized woman of any age. It is also a major contribution to the national health care debate. The H Word is available at www.thehword.org Nora Coffey and Rick Schweikert can be booked for speaking engagements and book readings/signings: www.hersfoundatiion.org Contact us at HERS Foundation 422 Bryn Mawr Avenue Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 Phone: ( 610 ) 667-7757 read more

Speaking with Nora Coffee gave me the courage to persist in finding a surgeon that would consider all options available in order to provide the optimal outcome for the overall wellbeing of my wife. I am so grateful to Ms. Coffee for listening, encouraging, and sharing her wealth of knowledge. read more