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Re: Zoladex (very long)
From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Feb 24 17:45:02 2002
BJ, Thank you so much for your email!!! This is the first time I have
heard anything that intuitively sounds "right"! Is there any way you
could tell me more about your experience or natural progest?
(amybnyc@yahoo.com) I'm in NYC and scheduled for lap (baseball sized
cyst)... i'm holdin it off until the end of may in the hopes that I can
find something else that works (it will be my second endo surgery..)
thanks so much,
amy
At Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Trish wrote:
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>At Sat, 23 Feb 2002, BJ wrote:
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>>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.
>>
>Thank-you so much for your help, i also have been doing a lot of
>reading, and i know that they gave me too many injections, the last time
>we left the supposed endo specialist he had me, and my mom both in
>tears, he had no idea how much meds or tests he had ordered he had to
>keep flipping through my chart, he told me to deal with the pain there
>is nothing he or anybody else can do for me.
>
>>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:
>>>
>>>I am sorry but this may be a long message. I am 23 years old and have
>>>been dealing with endo for 10 years, and i need some help desperately. I
>>>have had three surgeries, but right now i am the worst i have ever been
>>>in my entire life. I was seeing a specialist, who at first seemed to
>>>want to help, was i ever wrong. Within one month of surgery I had 200MG
>>>of Depo, and two Zoladex injections, because the bleeding and pain would
>>>not stop. Now the specialist is telling me that i am making the pain up
>>>and there is nothing they can do for me, i also am seeing a urologist
>>>due to hematuria, and back pain. I am so confused, they are telling me
>>>that this many injections can't do any damage, but i am not certain. If
>>>anyone could please help me i now have no where to turn.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Trish
>>>
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