ENDO Messages for August, 2006: Re: Birth Control

Re: Birth Control

From: Christy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Aug 29 06:48:15 2006

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Monica, When you said that you are sensitive to synthetic hormone treatment, I was reminded of something that I have read. Have you read the Endo book by Dianne Shepperson Mills? She says in her book that women with endo are sensitive to chemicals and synthetic hormones. She also implies that women with Endo who consume white or wheat flour products have increased pain due to the synthetic hormones in the flour (resulting from pesticide use). She recommends going thirty days without wheat consumption to see if there is pain improvement. I have personally had great success in reduction of pain from omitting wheat and wheat products from my diet. Rarely do doctors give nutrition advice to the sick because they are not required to take nutrition classes in their course of education. I would recommend Dianne's book as a good start if you choose to seek out alternative methods to your treatment of endo. Hope this helps. Christy At Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Monica wrote: >
>Hello, everyone. I was diagnosed with endo almost two years ago when I
>was 29. After my lap was done, my husband and I chose to try to get
>pregnant so I did not go on anything at all (my doctor said this was the
>best time so we gave it a go). Needless to say, it didn't work and we
>are still childless. Last year around Christmas I finally went back to
>the doctor because my ovulation pain and period pain were almost back to
>where they had been before (my ovulation pain has actually gotten worse
>since the lap was done. Sometimes it hurts so bad I see spots or get
>severely dizzy or lightheaded--Not to mention the knifelike jabbing pain
>in the vicinity of my right ovary). He told me my options, the last one
>being pain management. Since I had never been on any kind of birth
>control (I should probably explain that up until I got my doctor a
>little over two years ago, I was dismissed as having a low pain
>tolerance and unexplained infertility. I was told not to go on the pill
>because we obviously had problems conceiving and the pill would
>definitely stop us from doing that), I opted to go on Yasmin at the
>lowest possible dosage. He discussed every possible kind of bc with me
>and we decided together that Yasmin was the best and the easiest to
>start with. The following Sunday I started to take it and by Wednesday
>I could hardly walk because I was having cramps in my right leg. It
>turns out that I am allergic to either synthetic estrogen or synthetic
>hormones. When I went back to the doctor I asked him if I should try a
>different kind of bc and he said no. Since there is no way to find out
>exactly what I am allergic to without injecting me with it, the risks
>would outweigh the benefits. So no hormones means that every kind of bc
>is out, including the shot, and Lupron is out of the question. Pretty
>much every kind of option that I have been given involves some sort of
>synthetic hormone. When I asked the doctor if that was unusual, he
>asked me a question (he's a good doctor in that way. If I have a
>question, he asks me questions about myself until I figure it out on my
>own. Makes me feel smart. It also helps me understand in ways that
>affect me)--He asked if he would give me a drug and the side effect was,
>for example, coughing would I start to cough? Or if the side effect was
>something crazy that would never happen to anyone, would it happen to
>me? And the strange thing is, it would happen. He explained to me that
>he does believe that endo is an immune disorder and our bodies don't
>fight infection or anything else in the normal way. It is almost as if
>we don't have enough of one...My sister has lupus, which is an
>overactive immune system (her body attacks even healthy organs and
>skin). He told me that since synthetic hormones in any way, shape, or
>form are out, the only thing I can do is pain management. Kind of
>depressing, but what are you gonna do? Has anyone else had this
>experience or heard of it happening before?

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