position:gynecologist

After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-germany-vicodin.html

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I brought up the subject of painkillers with my gynecologist weeks before my surgery. She said that I would be given ibuprofen. “Is that it?” I asked. “That’s what I take if I have a headache. The removal of an organ certainly deserves more.”

“That’s all you will need,” she said, with the body confidence that comes from a lifetime of skiing in crisp, Alpine air.

I decided to pursue the topic with the surgeon.

He said the same thing. He was sure that the removal of my uterus would not require narcotics afterward. I didn’t want him to think I was a drug addict, but I wanted a prescription for something that would knock me out for the first few nights, and maybe half the day.

With mounting panic, I decided to speak to the anesthesiologist, my last resort.

This time, I used a different tactic. I told him how appalled I had been when my teenager was given 30 Vicodin pills after she had her wisdom teeth removed in the United States. “I am not looking for that,” I said, “but I am concerned about pain management. I won’t be able to sleep. I know I can have ibuprofen, but can I have two or three pills with codeine for the first few nights? Let me remind you that I am getting an entire organ removed.”

The anesthesiologist explained that during surgery and recovery I would be given strong painkillers, but once I got home the pain would not require narcotics. To paraphrase him, he said: “Pain is a part of life. We cannot eliminate it nor do we want to. The pain will guide you. You will know when to rest more; you will know when you are healing. If I give you Vicodin, you will no longer feel the pain, yes, but you will no longer know what your body is telling you. You might overexert yourself because you are no longer feeling the pain signals. All you need is rest. And please be careful with ibuprofen. It’s not good for your kidneys. Only take it if you must. Your body will heal itself with rest.”

#Opioides #Sur_médication

J. Marion Sims was a gynecologist in the 1800s who purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments. He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, "Black women don’t feel pain.” Despite his inhumane tests on Black women, Sims was named “the father of modern gynecology”, and his statue currently stands right outside of the New York Academy of Medicine.

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A propos de BYP 100 :

Founded in 2013, BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100) is a member-based organization of Black youth activists dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. BYP100 was, at once point, just a hashtag for this convening called the “Beyond November Movement Convening” developed through the vision and leadership of Cathy Cohen. 100 youth leaders between the ages of 18 and 35 gathered in Chicago and focused on building and developing strengthened relationships with organizers, centering the black community and youth movement building work.

Towards the end of their time together, someone learned that the George Zimmerman verdict in the killing of Trayvon Martin would be announced. It was in that moment that the energy in the room completely shifted. After folks learned that George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” of killing Trayvon Martin, some folks stayed and made a decision to do/be something and not just hold in their anger. Hence, BYP100 was born.

At the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, a second convening was held. It was through this convening that 30 members of the collective, later known as “BYP100,” drafted the organizational vision, mission, and core statement values. BYP100 is a national collective that emphasizes building chapters throughout the country to hone in on grassroots organizing and community mobilization on local levels. Currently, we have chapters based in:

Bay Area, CA — bayarea.chapter@byp100.org
Washington D.C. — dc.chapter@byp100.org
Detroit, MI — detroit.chapter@byp100.org
Chicago, IL — chicago.chapter@byp100.org
New York, NY — nyc.chapter@byp100.org
Durham, NC — durham.chapter@byp100.org
New Orleans, LA — neworleans.chapter@byp100.org
Jackson, MS — jackson.chapter@byp100.org

We mobilize through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and education. Our membership core believes in the principles of decision-making, radical inclusivity, and is building a Black politic through a Black, queer, feminist lens.

Our work is generally centered on ending systems of anti-Blackness and emphasizing the urgency of protecting folks living on the margins of the margins, including women, girls, femmes, and the gamut of LGBTQ folk. We approach our work through relational organizing which involves community building through a democratic and consensus building process. We stress training in grassroots organizing, fundraising, public policy debate, and electoral organizing. Lastly, we engage in digital content creation (video, graphics, blogging), political education, and consciousness raising.

Women are flocking to wellness because traditional medicine still doesn’t take them seriously | Annaliese Griffin
▻https://qz.com/1006387/women-are-flocking-to-wellness-because-traditional-medicine-still-doesnt-take-th

The wellness movement is having a moment. The more luxurious aspects of it were on full display last weekend at the inaugural summit of Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop, from crystal therapy to $66 jade eggs meant to be worn in the vagina. Meanwhile, juice cleanses, “clean eating,” and hand-carved lamps made of pink Himalayan... Source: Quartz

Toxic fallout from US war produces record child birth defect rates in Iraq

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/13/fall-o13.html

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In a report presented at the University of Michigan last Wednesday, “The epidemic of birth defects in Iraq and the duty of public health researchers,” Dr. Muhsin Al Sabbak, a gynecologist from Basra Maternity Hospital, and Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicology researcher, reviewed the ever-growing mountain of data showing that rates of cancer, child cancer and birth defects (BD) have reached historically unprecedented levels in Fallujah and other Iraqi cities since the 2003 US invasion.

The presenters argued that the extreme levels of pathological genetic anomalies in Iraqi cities, documented by numerous studies, are being generated by a hellish mixture of nano-particularized heavy metals and other toxins generated by the US military occupation and heavy bombardment of Iraqi cities.

Levels are now much higher than those recorded among survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the presenters said, citing various studies conducted during the past decade.

#Irak #Etats-Unis #santé #cancer #enfants #malformations

Palestine/ Israël.
Le livre du Dr Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, « Je ne haïrai point », a été adapté à la scène au théâtre national Habima (Théâtre national « La Scène » à Tel Aviv). Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish est ce médecin palestinien qui a perdu ses trois filles lors des opérations israéliennes « Plomb durci » sur Gaza en 2009.

The Gaza Doctor’s Story On Israeli Stage

▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/the-gaza-doctors-story-on-israeli-stage.html

By: Michal Aharoni for Al-Monitor Israel Pulse Posted on April 21 (2013)

“The theater’s job is to peel away stereotypes. We don’t know the story of Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, we only know its end. We have no idea what it’s like living 80 kilometers from Tel Aviv,” says Shay Pitowski, director of the play I Shall Not Hate currently being staged by Habima.

The play is based on the autobiography of Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, the Gaza doctor whose three daughters were killed by a stray shell fired by the IDF during Operation Cast Lead [2009]. Abu al-Aish, known as “the doctor from Gaza,” worked for years as a gynecologist in Israel. Seconds after the shell hit his house he called journalist Shlomi Eldar at Israel’s Channel 10 news studio. Eldar hit the speaker button on his cell phone and broadcast live the agony of the man whose three daughters lay dead on the floor in front of his eyes. His cries of anguish, in Hebrew, resonated in Israel and around the world. Twenty-four hours later a cease-fire was reached and the operation was brought to an end.

But despite the great tragedy that befell him, Dr. Abu al-Aish refused to give in to hate. The man who led his whole life between two worlds — one foot here, the other there — continued to see both sides. Despite the horrible tragedy that befell him, he continued to talk peace. At a time when so many people sanctified death, the gynecologist who helped so many women give life continued to sanctify life. (…)