Swept Under the Carpet

Some women experience relief when they get the news that they need a hysterectomy.

But for Carmel Schleger it was an emotional blow. After all, getting your uterus surgically removed and in some cases, the fallopian tubes and ovaries, toois no small matter.

She moved forward with the procedure, only because a female family member had had cervical cancer. Although her procedure was successful, she st...