ENDO Messages for April, 2002: Re: alternative treatments

Re: alternative treatments

From: Suzanne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 30 09:40:14 2002

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Hi Natalie--There are a whole lot of natural things women with endo have tried, and a lot of them meet with success. The hard part seems to be that there is no one cure that works for everyone.

I've had some sucess with acupuncture, which I love in general. And I do find that my pain is less when I am better at sticking to an "endo diet" (no dairy, few meats, few hydrogenated oils like baked or fried goods, lots of veggies). But I have been careless and kind of in a bad mood the last 6 months or so, eating pizza (my big weakness) and meats and whatever. And my pain is a lot more frequent now.

Now that it's spring, I am going to try to be more vigilant. I'm joining a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program where I'll get fresh organic veggies delivered from an organic farm each week for the summer and fall, so that will inspire me to eat organic and healthy (there are lots of them around the country). I really find dairy seems to be a big culprit -- cheese, yogurt, butter -- I feel worse after I indulge. A lot of people also cut out wheat, which would be a BIG shift from my pasta-driven life, but I am looking into it. But what I am trying to do is slowly introduce substitutes for these things--to eat more tofu, to eat beans several times a week, and now to eat rice and rice noodles (am getting into Asian cooking) --rather than just ban them altogheter. Also just started drinking a barleygrass and wheatgrass drink, don't know yet what it will do.

Yoga really helps many women too. I do it occasionally, not enough to notice a benefit, but of course it can't hurt.

At Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Natalie wrote: >
>Hello,
>
>I saw the post about organic diets, and I plan to check that out. Has
>anyone else had success with alternative treatments? I also bought some
>books on this topic, so I'll let you know what I find out.
>
>I'd also love to hear any stories from people who have had success with just
>one surgery. It seems common that people are having repeated surgeries for
>endo.
>
>Thanks,
>Natalie

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