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Re: Zoladex (very long)
From: BJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Feb 25 22:19:54 2002
Amy,
I could tell you alot so what do you want to know?
BJ
At Sun, 24 Feb 2002, amy wrote:
>
>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:
>>>
>>>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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