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Re: Information Needed !
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 31 18:45:44 2007
Most conventional doctors will refuse to test your hormones, because
they don't think it's relevant to fixing the symptoms we have. Trust
me, it works! My depression went away just like that! Most docs want to
give you an anti-depressant, thinking it's a brain chemical imbalance,
but they don't consider that it may be a hormone imbalance. First,
e-mail me and let me know what state you live in, and i can send you a
list of docs who test hormones and will help you balance them, if that
is indeed what is wrong with you. After that, you can try to find
someone who specializes in pelvic pain/endo to give you a surgery that
will work for you. :) Finding a good doc is sometimes hard and takes
time, so be patient and don't give up!
At Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Shannon wrote:
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>Thanks for the advice. I would love having some help in having my
>hormones checked. I have no idea in how to procede.
>
>At Tue, 30 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
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>>Hi Shannon,
>>
>>First, I want to ask, were any of your surgeries done by a specialist?
>>Maybe you have not had decent relief, because the doc was not able to
>>remove the endo properly. I really have a difficult time trusting
>>doctors who prescribe Lupron. They have to know how extremely sick it
>>can make us....all the terrible side effects. I don't believe for a
>>minute that the women who suffer from Lupron are in the minority. I
>>think they just become too sick to bother reporting it, or their doctor
>>tells them they are the "only ones" who react badly to the drug. Have
>>you tried other doctors? I know over the years, so many doctors made me
>>depressed, made me lose any kind of hope and were just very uncaring or
>>even mean....until my GP helped me and balanced my hormones.
>>
>>That took away depression and a lot of other unbearable symptoms. I
>>too, was thinking about having a hysterectomy because my period is so
>>painful and heavy, but I think that was jumping the gun a little bit. I
>>have never even had a lap, so I don't have a clue to what's going on in
>>there, until my specialist goes in there...Now, I think I am just going
>>to have a thorough lap and see how I feel.
>>
>>I have also joined another group recently, HysterSisters.com, to ask
>>them what their experiences were, and they ALL say, that a hysterectomy
>>is no cure for endo. It can come back no matter what. Maybe you just
>>need your endo excised by a specialist, and get your hormones back to
>>normal. When your hormones are out-of whack, you can feel like it's the
>>end of the world, literally. Have you ever had your hormones checked?
>>That's what I recommend to most women to start, because endo is an
>>estrogen dominance disease, and if your estrogen is through the roof
>>like mine was, or "dominates" all your other hormones, you can feel
>>extremely terrible. Jess, a member of this forum, had her hormones
>>tested after being on Lupron, posted them here, and she was still
>>estrogen dominant.
>>
>>The Lupron had nearly diminished all of her hormones of course, but her
>>progesterone was nearly zero, and her estrogen was way higher. If the
>>progesterone would have been around a 14, then things are balanced, and
>>you feel normal. Birth control pills increase estrogen, making estrogen
>>dominance even worse, so that is NO solution. I've been told by several
>>doctors now, that women with endo should avoid any synthetic estrogens.
>>I think your doctor has just been doing all the wrong things for you and
>>not offering you any real options.
>>
>>You need to probably find someone else who can give you some hope and
>>not prescribe things that make you feel even worse! Let me know if you
>>want help finding a doc who will test your hormones and prescribe
>>natural hormones. That's a good place to start, then finding a good
>>endo specialist is the next step.
>>
>>I'm sorry you are depressed. I have been through that too and still get
>>depressed when I am in pain, but I refuse to give up this fight. I am
>>not ready to give up my reproductive system just yet. I hope you feel
>>better, let me know if you would like me to help in finding a better
>>doc. You can e-mail me too, if you like. You are not alone in this!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Andrea
>>
>>At Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Shannon wrote:
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>>>My name is Shannon and I have been diagnosed since 2000. I have had two
>>>lap's preformed and been on lupron (hated it) and multiple birth control
>>>pills. The pain as you know is extreme and even affects my legs. I am
>>>considering having a hysterectomy done but would like some information,
>>>guidance, support or any other solutions that may have worked for you.
>>>
>>>I am severely depressed and could use any help I can get.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Shannon
>>>
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