Teresa: Vaginal Delivery

Teresa: Vaginal Delivery

Dear Trudy, I am 33 years old and I gave birth to a healthy baby girl on 20th July 2012. My life has changed totally after that day and I mean it in ways which majority of parents would not understand. I gave had a vacuum assisted vaginal birth with epidural. It was...
Enid: Hysterectomy

Enid: Hysterectomy

Dear Trudy, My name is Enid. I am 50 years old, and I live in Puerto Rico. At the age of 24 I was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer. Consequently, I had to undergo a radical hysterectomy and radiation therapy. Approximately 6 years ago I was diagnosed with...
Dystonia

Dystonia

My bladder doesn’t squeeze on it’s own, causing urinary retention and related problems. I live with an all too frequent feeling of urgency that’s completely out of line with the amount of urine I actually output, leading me to spend way too much time in the bathroom!...