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Mother Seeks Hysterectomy For Disabled Daughter
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7032736.stm
She's going on like periods are hell when they're not.
Scope make an interesting point.
Personally, this is something I disagree and my feelings haven't changed when there was a similar story a while back.
Katie's mother said the operation would stop her daughter from going through unnecessary suffering.
She's going on like periods are hell when they're not.Scope make an interesting point.
Personally, this is something I disagree and my feelings haven't changed when there was a similar story a while back.
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I understand where the mother is coming from, but you just cant go operating on people without real medical necessity. Its unethical
Don't know though, and I wish the article could have gone into more detail regarding other treatment options and the degree of disability this young lady has.
Apart from anything, if this is the mothers experience with periods, it sounds like she should see a doctor. If major abdominal surgery would be preferable to her then having periods it sounds like she's not got a 'healthy' experience of them... her daughters could be painless for all she knows.
Plus, is it just me who thinks she's leaving it a bit late to have this decided? I started my periods before I was 13... Surely Katie could start them any time, would they still do the op even after she'd started having them?
I don't agree with any non-essential operations on people who are too young to consent or otherwise.
That's like cutting a paraplegic's legs off because they get in the way.
Indeed. And in fact, one boy from school had a his paralysed arm removed because it afforded him more freedom of movement to have it removed rather than letting it hang loose or be tucked in somewhere.
Is there room for me there too?
I can see both sides - everyone is trying to do what's in the girl's best interest. The trouble is there's no agreement on what that is...
Lol - I would quite happily have joined you both up there .. and me kinda agreeing with the mother must make me seem quite 'insensitive'.
The fact is that in years gone by, she would probably have been dead already but for modern medical intervention- and so a hysterectomy is just another step in affording her some decent quality of life.
She sounds like she has seriously considered all the issues.
the kid has a life expectancy of 25 years and mum obviously looks after her well.
she wants whats best for her daughter. to make life as comfortable enjoyable and full as possible.
yes she should be allowed to ahead.
surgery isn't so terrible is it?
after all ...there seems to be an ever increasing number of healthy peiople who hate themselves so much that they will submit to medical mutilation to have bigger tits smaller noses and so on.
Quite.
I saw the mother and the girl in question on TV this morning and the mother obviously cares a lot about the girl's dignity. It's all well and good saying that "periods aren't that bad" but some people (such as me) go through hell once a month, and that, added to the shame of having someone else have to do all the cleaning up for you, can't be a very happy existence. The mother made it expressly clear that she wasn't doing it for herself, but for her daughter.
Will that stop her menstruating and take away period pains etc? I don't know enough on tying tubes in this instance.
I don't know, if no egg is being released, then the lining isn't made. That's what the doctor told me anyway because the pill has stopped my periods.
Each case on it's merits, and in this case, I think it should be allowed, as the operations in the US should have been. But I don't think there is a right answer to this; a blanket argument of "disabled rights" certainly isn't it.