Derailed—Memoirs of a Botched Hysterectomy

How does an outwardly healthy forty-seven-year-old woman's "routine hysterectomy" become an eighteen-day ordeal spanning two hospitals, four surgeries, and more than $400,000 in medical bills? Derailed is a true story—one woman's terrifying journey through a seemingly endless comedy of errors, misdiagnosis, and multiple near-death encounters; including cover ups, good doctors protecting bad doctors, and one hospital pitted against another. Endometriosis affects more than nine million women in the US and many more worldwide. Clearly women are still not getting straight talk about endometriosis and the answers they need. This is an important book and the lessons learned through these pages could very well save women's lives. The author has done her homework and includes scores of useful medical facts based upon subsequent research in the areas of fibroids, cysts, endometriosis, blood transfusions, drugs, blood clots, bypass implants, and more. With or without surgery, there is no cure for endometriosis. Get the facts about endometriosis.

Lori Moeszinger, writing under the pseudonym Jaimi Taylor, is the brains behind Aauvi. She has more than twenty-five years of fashion, finance, and law experience and is currently serving as the chief executive officer and chief designer and artistic director of Aauvi, as well as a founding member. However, her activities to launch the several Aauvi divisions and companies were derailed when she went under the scalpel for an emergency "routine hysterectomy" that went very wrong. Nevertheless, with her relentless spirit and major recovery behind her now, she has persevered. Still, most relevant to the publishing industry, she served as publisher of Step-by-Step Publications from 1993 to 1997; in which Aauvi formally acquired in 2007, spun off the publishing division from Aauvi Group, Inc. in 2011 and launched Aauvi House Publishing Group. She holds a bachelors degree in business and a Juris Doctorate.