Re: The Cause of Endometriosis... PLEASE TAKE A LOOK, to W
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jul 9 15:49:37 2007
Hey there,
I am going to give you a couple links to help you out. One is of
alternative medicine doctors because it is likely that your regular
doctor won't think it is necessary to test your hormone levels if they
haven't for all these years! Conventional doctors who I have talked to
think that testing your progesterone level is a "useless test". Trust
me, it is not!
You can see if any of them are on your insurance, call and speak to a
nurse and see if you could have your hormones checked because you are
having symptoms of estrogen dominance. Make sure they are knowledgable
about hormones and know what day to test you. You have to do it on
certain days of your cycle only. Staying on the pill forever is not the
answer, but that's what most of OB's tell us. I promise you, if you
balance your hormones so many awful symptoms will go away. Good luck, &
e-mail me if you have any other questions. :)
http://www.altmednetwork.net/whealth/doctors.html
HERE IS A LINK OF WHAT HORMONES TO HAVE TESTED, and what the normal
levels should be:
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#female
At Sun, 8 Jul 2007, W wrote:
>
>WOW... it's amazing to read all of this and see so many similarities. I
>too was on BCP for about 17 years. I just stopped them in April after
>my third lap., and it was a fight with the doctor to not go back on
>them. I just felt that my body needed a "fresh start." Would that not
>be incredible after all the crap we have all been through if the answer
>all along was right in front of us??
>
>I've been to numerous doctors and had many tests, but I don't know if
>they've ever tested my hormone levels. Can you give me a better idea of
>exactly what they should test? Any idea what the tests are called? I get
>my thyroid level checked a few times a year, because I have an
>underactive thyroid. Could the other levels be checked with this?
>
>Thanks so much for your insight!
>
>At Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andrea wrote:
>>
>>I would like to tell you all what I have experienced with my endo and
>>tell you all what I know NOW, all these years later...
>>
>>First, I want to ask, How many of you have EVER HAD YOUR HORMONE LEVELS
>>TESTED? A doctor who finally cared enough 4 years ago tested mine and
>>this is what he found....too much estrogen, and nearly no progesterone.
>>Being on the pill for 17 years caused my estrogen level to sky-rocket
>>and I'm sure contributed to my endometriosis growth and terrible
>>symptoms.
>>
>>Here are the side effects of too much estrogen in your body:
>>
>>I HAVE HAD 19 OF THESE SYMPTOMS and still have some, HOW MANY DO YOU
>>HAVE???
>>
>>•Endometriosis
>>•Blood Clots
>>•Elevated Blood Pressure
>>•Fibroid Breasts
>>•Infertility
>>•Irregular Menstrual Flow
>>•Uterine Fibroids
>>•Breast Tenderness
>>•Mood Swings
>>•Uterine Cancer
>>•Hair Loss
>>•Depression
>>•Weight Gain
>>•Migraine Headaches
>>•Spotting
>>•Breast Cancer Risk
>>•Insomnia
>>•Inflammation
>>•Abnormal Pap Smears
>>•Fluid Retention
>>•Cramping
>>•Vaginal Dryness
>>•Thyroid Imbalances
>>•Decrease in Memory
>>•Low or No Sex Drive
>>
>>I was put on the pill at 17 to "help" my periods from being so painful -
>>that was 20 years ago. After all this research, trying medicines and 10
>>OBGYN's later, I discovered 4 years ago that my body was deficient in
>>PROGESTERONE. My regular doctor, NOT my OB, decided to test my hormone
>>levels because no doctor had ever tested them before! I never knew that
>>my regular doctor knew about hormones or could also do my paps, so I was
>>ecstatic when he offered to finally offer me some hope and help that I
>>could not find with ANY OB that I had been to.
>>
>>My results came back....hormone levels shot to hell, all messed up, yet
>>no doctor had ever suggested to check them. My progesterone was only a
>>2, when it should have been around a 20-30 and my estrogen level was
>>through the roof! Did all those years of being on the pill make me
>>Estrogen Dominant (way too much)? Cause my Progesterone level to
>>plummet? I really think NOW, from the very beginning, that my body may
>>have been just naturally low in Progesterone and Progesterone was ALL I
>>NEEDED to help me feel better.
>>
>>What if ALL OF US with endo just had too much estrogen given to us (BC
>>Pills), or our hormones just needed balancing? I tell ya, I've put A LOT
>>of crap in my body and spent THOUSANDS of dollars trying to feel better
>>all these years and NONE of it did a damn thing!
>>
>>Estrogen or estrogen dominance is what makes endometriosis grow. So why
>>the hell are doctors putting us ALL on the pill which makes our estrogen
>>levels higher? Or estrogen for "ADD BACK THERAPY???" My endo had 20
>>years to grow, spread and flourish and I think if I would've taken the
>>progesterone that I'm on now back then, it would've stopped it in it's
>>tracks right then and there! Progesterone suppresses estrogen. We don't
>>need to stop our periods or kill all of our hormones in our bodies to
>>get relief, just balance our estrogen and progesterone!
>>
>>Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely healed by any means. I get 2-3
>>days of excrutiating pain and high fever with my period and want to cry
>>and scream. I have to take 10mg Lortab on those days and can't work. I
>>have endo everywhere, my specialist thinks. But, most of my other
>>symptoms that were so awful all but went away a few weeks after taking
>>the bioidentical progesterone 4 years ago. My breast fibroids went away
>>or shrunk, my mood swings diminished, less days of pain, my fatigue went
>>away, I quit getting yeast infections, I felt so much healthier.....so
>>many other things. AND, no nasty side effects either!! I swear on my
>>life this has saved me so much pain and anguish.
>>
>>I will keep posting about this because I think this could help so many
>>people, like it has helped me. You have to get a prescription for it,
>>but it is covered by insurance. You will pay a co-pay for it. You have
>>to get it at a compounding pharmacy and it is made by a pharmacist who
>>specializes in hormones. It is ALL NATURAL and made from yams and
>>soybeans! Most conventional doctors WON'T prescribe it to you because
>>they either one, don't know ANYTHING about it, or two, they won't make
>>ANY $$$$ from it! If you have any questions about this, please ask me -
>>I want to help. I want all of you to have some hope, because IT IS out
>>there!!! Andrea :)
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