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Re: Zoladex (very long)From: BJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat Feb 23 12:47:40 2002
Trish, My advise is to, first, trust your instincts. This is inadequate, if not downright unethical, treatment. You need to keep looking for a doctor who cares about you, and speaking from experience, that is not an easy task. But you have to make the treatment decisions for yourself, it will be you suffering, not the doc. I have a different perspective on endo after losing an ovary to it in 1989. I was lucky enough to find a different path and have done a lot of reading since then. I prescribe to the theory that endo (and most other "female problems") are not diseases but are symptoms of a hormone imbalance called estrogen dominance. This means that your body is not producing enough progesterone, for whatever reason, to balance the estrogen. We all agree that estrogen feeds endo so I often wonder why doctors don't take that knowledge to the next logical step. Progesterone balances estrogen in the body but doctors do not usually prescribe progesterone as a treatment. And when they do, they prescribe a synthetic progestin (like Provera, for one) which does not function the same in the body as the real thing. I am not just talking theory here. I have kept my severe endo completely controlled for the last 8 years simply by supplementing with over-the-counter natural (bio-identical) progesterone cream. It has prevented the regrowth of my fibroids, significantly reduced the pain and bleeding every month, and cured my fibrocystic breasts. A miracle? For me, yes, and it doesn't necessarily produce those extremely positive results for all women. I know I was lucky. My thought is that the result is based in good part to the level of damage already done by the endo. Adhesions are so common and a major side effect of any surgery (even laps) and progesterone does nothing to help those. But continuing surgeries only makes them worse. I also have found that specifically trained massage therapists are often able to break up adhesions and decrease the pain caused by them, depending on their location. Again, it worked for me. My goal now is to provide this information to as many women as will listen. I do not work for any company or publication. I just get very upset when I see women suffering needlessly at the hands of uneducated doctors. If you'd like to find more information do a web search on "estrogen dominance" or "natural progesterone" and check out these websites: http://www.johnleemd.com http://www.drlark.com http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com Good luck and take care of yourself. BJ
At Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Trish wrote:
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