Post by redmoon on Apr 30, 2006 12:05:30 GMT -5
Hi I have been reading the site for a while now and decide that it would be good for me to start to post...to share and hopefully get some good ideas,advice and support.
Iwas diagnosed with endo after my son was born by emergency c-section four years ago. I say after my son was born but it took them two years to do the lap and tell me it was endo and adhesions on my bowel. For two years they had been saying that it was due to IBS, which they had told me that I had since I was fifteen. I think I always may have had endo and that this has given me bowel problems. I am sure that when I had the lap it made things worse, pretty sure it spread it to the left-hand-side. They told me that this was not possible but I know it did because I started to experience pain on the left side within days of having the lap. For this reason I want to keep away from having any more surgery if possible. I also want to try to heal myself because I instinctively feel that this is the way for me to go. I think that one of the positive things for me about this illness is that through it , I have leaned so much about myself and alternative approaches to healing. There is all most nothing that I haven't tried and although I still have away to go I feel that I have learned a bit about what works for me and what doesn't.
I must admitted that I do get really frustrated at time because I am always trying new things in the hope that they will work. At the moment I am having ear acupuncture and I take some Chinese herbs, also vitex. The thing that seems to help most is diet although I find that I cannot be as strict as I need to be in order to get the benefits. Last year I did six months without dairy, wheat, sugar , alcohol and caffeine. Although this was difficult I definitely felt the benefits.
I have tried progesterone cream and this made things worse for me. I have just tried a herb called Maca that is supposed to balance hormones and help adrenal and thyroid glands, this also seemed to make things worse in teams of the endo, which is a real shame because it definitely helped with digestion problems and allergies, which make life hell at times. I was told that progesterone cream and Maca can sometimes de sensitize and that womens estrogen levels will heighten before the drop. I did read a post some where else were a women said that she got worse before she got better with Maca, so I am unsure as to weather I should give this another go. Anyone here used this herb before...any advice?
I also feel that I have been concentrating on the whole health body thing and I am beginning to think of the mind body connection a lot more now. That is that some how on an unconscious level we can almost make ourselves ill and that releasing past hurts and forgiveness can have a real positive result on our heal. I am just beginning this journey so have yet to see what unfolds in this area!
Just to say a bit about myself, I am 41 and have a son of four whom I totally adore. I am not with my sons father though we are still good friends and totally co-parent. I counsel young people part-time and love nature and personal growth.
Thanks for listening...redmoon
Iwas diagnosed with endo after my son was born by emergency c-section four years ago. I say after my son was born but it took them two years to do the lap and tell me it was endo and adhesions on my bowel. For two years they had been saying that it was due to IBS, which they had told me that I had since I was fifteen. I think I always may have had endo and that this has given me bowel problems. I am sure that when I had the lap it made things worse, pretty sure it spread it to the left-hand-side. They told me that this was not possible but I know it did because I started to experience pain on the left side within days of having the lap. For this reason I want to keep away from having any more surgery if possible. I also want to try to heal myself because I instinctively feel that this is the way for me to go. I think that one of the positive things for me about this illness is that through it , I have leaned so much about myself and alternative approaches to healing. There is all most nothing that I haven't tried and although I still have away to go I feel that I have learned a bit about what works for me and what doesn't.
I must admitted that I do get really frustrated at time because I am always trying new things in the hope that they will work. At the moment I am having ear acupuncture and I take some Chinese herbs, also vitex. The thing that seems to help most is diet although I find that I cannot be as strict as I need to be in order to get the benefits. Last year I did six months without dairy, wheat, sugar , alcohol and caffeine. Although this was difficult I definitely felt the benefits.
I have tried progesterone cream and this made things worse for me. I have just tried a herb called Maca that is supposed to balance hormones and help adrenal and thyroid glands, this also seemed to make things worse in teams of the endo, which is a real shame because it definitely helped with digestion problems and allergies, which make life hell at times. I was told that progesterone cream and Maca can sometimes de sensitize and that womens estrogen levels will heighten before the drop. I did read a post some where else were a women said that she got worse before she got better with Maca, so I am unsure as to weather I should give this another go. Anyone here used this herb before...any advice?
I also feel that I have been concentrating on the whole health body thing and I am beginning to think of the mind body connection a lot more now. That is that some how on an unconscious level we can almost make ourselves ill and that releasing past hurts and forgiveness can have a real positive result on our heal. I am just beginning this journey so have yet to see what unfolds in this area!
Just to say a bit about myself, I am 41 and have a son of four whom I totally adore. I am not with my sons father though we are still good friends and totally co-parent. I counsel young people part-time and love nature and personal growth.
Thanks for listening...redmoon