My goodness, biomedicine and science are cool! I just finished reading this article about a woman who had an ovarian transplant and successfully had two children as a result.
I know this brings up ethical questions, but in her case, it does not, for me. She was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 27 and underwent chemotherapy which almost always forces women into menopause. This was the case with her, and at such a young age! Her doctors had the foresight to harvest one of her ovaries prior to treatment and freeze it.
She got through her cancer treatment, is cancer-free and because of biomedicine and science was able to have biological children, even though cancer tried to rob her of that ability.
I know that this has nothing to do with natural medicine, but I just wanted to share with you all this story of one of the many strengths of biomedicine. Healthcare is not a one-method-fits-all sort of thing!
I know this brings up ethical questions, but in her case, it does not, for me. She was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 27 and underwent chemotherapy which almost always forces women into menopause. This was the case with her, and at such a young age! Her doctors had the foresight to harvest one of her ovaries prior to treatment and freeze it.
She got through her cancer treatment, is cancer-free and because of biomedicine and science was able to have biological children, even though cancer tried to rob her of that ability.
I know that this has nothing to do with natural medicine, but I just wanted to share with you all this story of one of the many strengths of biomedicine. Healthcare is not a one-method-fits-all sort of thing!
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