Re: All this talk about bc pills
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 1 01:23:43 2007
the pill messes you up because you are putting synthetic hormones in
your body
ie, hrt, cancer and all that
At Sun, 30 Sep 2007, T wrote:
>
>Hi Trish,
>
>--
>There are a couple of good books out there that give background on the
>hormone cycle and menstruation, one that I found useful was called Once
>a Month, by Katherine Dalton, a physician in the UK. She also discusses
>ovarian cysts and endometriosis in the book, with some explanation of
>the potential causes of the disease and links to hormones.
>
>There's a lot of information out there, and much is contradictory. I do
>believe that you have to rely on your knowledge of your own
>symptoms/experience to filter out the right path for yourself. Best of
>luck.
>
>At Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Trisha wrote:
>>
>>Hello everyone! Although I don't post here as much as many of you I keep
>>up with the messages and have seen a lot lately about the use of bc
>>pills in terms of them being prescribed/used in the treatment of endo.
>>This topic interests me quite a bit since I am, and have for some time,
>>taken bc pills. I'm most interested in the idea that bc pills can
>>cause/cause endo or can be partly to blame/blame in the progression of
>>the disease. I'm sure, and as we have already seen, there are some
>>differing opinions on this and I'm certainly not trying to stir the pot.
>>I have my own opinions and everyone is entitled to their's. I'm
>>wondering if a few of you can explain why you believe bc pills can cause
>>endo or make it worse-or why you believe that just isn't the case? Do
>>you have any links to any articles or studies that can back up your
>>belief? Again, I'm asking b/c I have taken the pill on and off for the
>>last roughly 12 years. I know that estrogen is what feeds endo and bc
>>pills-most anyway-contain estrogen and so that may be, in part, the
>>reason some of you believe they are not a good choice for endo
>>sufferers. Here's kinda what I'm wondering....and I'll use myself as
>>the ex......our bodies produce x amount of estrogen, if you are
>>ovulating/menstrating your estrogen levels rise so many days before you
>>ovulate right? Then as you menstrate your level of estrogen decreases.
>>So, if you are on the pill taking it continuously, wouldn't you not have
>>that rise in estrogen before you start you menstate? And if that's so,
>>how would the amount of estrogen in your body, between what your body
>>produces, subtracting that surge of estrogen you would normally have but
>>adding the amount you get from the bc pill, compare, to the amount of
>>estrogen your body produces with a person who is not on the pill,
>>including that surge of estrogen every month? Does anyone know of any
>>good sites where I could find good, reliable info on this? Thanks for
>>helping me out and again, not trying to get anything started but am just
>>very curious. Hope you all are having a good day
>
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