A True Help for the Uterine Fibroid Tumor ( Myoma )

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by El. izabeth Smith, M.D.

 

A True Help for the Uterine Fibroid Tumor ( Myoma )

 

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My Mother

 

I am a medical doctor, and my mother was 68 and had just been to her

Gynecologist who happened to be my class mate from medical school 10 years

earlier. She had been diagnosed with a uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) also

known as a uterine fibroma or myoma the size of a softball by ultrasound. I had

just been reading a book by J. Lee, M.D., a Norwegian physician in Sevastapol,

California. Lee, M.D. had been treating uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) also

know as uterine fibromas with great success for several decades with a simple

over the counter hormone that could be bought at the health food store. I was

very skeptical. My experience in medical school taught me that a uterine fibroid

tumor ( myoma ) was treated by a hysterectomy. However, Lee, M.D. was saying

something very different! He was claiming that too much estrogen could cause a

uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma )! For the first time in my medical career this

cause of a uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) made sense! Mainstream medicine

readily acknowledged that women that had uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) and

not on HRT (hormone replacement therapy - conjugated estrogen/progestin) after

menopause would have their uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) shrivel up and

disappear. Lee, M.D. advised to treat a woman with a uterine fibroid tumor (

myoma ) by taking her off HRT and then giving her a simple over the counter

hormone cream/oil.

 

So that is what I advised my mother with some trepidation. The first hormone

cream that I gave my mother actually caused her uterus to get BIGGER. With

horror, I checked the ingredients and found that the manufacturer had actually

included some herbs that had a strong estrogen effect. The herbs that had been

put into the cream were known phytoestrogens.

 

I switched hormone creams to a different manufacturer and apologized to my

mother. She used the hormone cream diligently. Three months later, a repeat

ultrasound showed that the uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) had disappeared!

However, my medical school classmate, a board certified Gynecologist still

wanted to do a hysterectomy to remove her uterus for future potential uterine

fibroid tumors ( myomas ). My mother refused and 4 years later she still has her

uterus. The uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) has not returned. In retrospect, I

found that almost always uterine fibroids disappear after menopause if the woman

is NOT taking prescription estrogen from her doctor. So it is likely that

stopping prescription estrogen alone after menopause would have gotten rid of

the uterine fibroid. The Natural Progesterone just hurried getting rid of the

fibroid along.

 

Later I researched the new cream that I had given my mother and found with

dismay that the hormone cream contained an emulsifier that was very toxic. Three

cc's of the emulsifer used in the cream when taken by mouth by an adult resulted

in fatal convulsions! So if she ate one third of the bottle of the hormone cream

she would die of fatal convulsions - not from the hormone but from the toxic

emulsifier! So again I apologized to my mother and gave her a new hormone cream.

 

For premenopausal women with fibroids and Natural Progesterone use, the fibroids

disappear, remain the same size, or rarely get bigger. The fibroids that rarely

get bigger do so because of xenoestrogens (foreign chemical estrogens). This is

usually accompanied by an increased of soreness of breasts. Chronic exposure to

xenoestrogens desensitizes the body to estrogen. In other words, the body tries

to get used to too much estrogen, by becoming less sensitive to estrogen. When

Natural Progesterone is taken, the body resensitizes the estrogen sensitivty

back to normal, and it appears as though the patient is getting more estrogen

even though estrogen exposure is NOT increased. The solution is to STOP Natual

Progesterone, STOP xeonestrogen exposure for 1-2 months, and then start the

Natural Progesterone again in 1-2 months. Read about it here.

 

In some cases of increased fibroid size, patients may have difficulty excreting

all chemicals including xenoestrogens. This is usually marked by a

hypersensitivity to smell and a sensitivity to small amounts of drugs like

coffee and/or alcohol. Low level anxiety and fear creates this difficulty in

excreting chemicals. The low level anxiety or fear may be due to past sexual

abuse, physical abuse, jumping through hoops to perform to be loved and

accepted, perfectionism, control, or fighting constantly with parents. A woman

that competes in a man's world that strives to be equal to men also seems to be

a common theme. This constant emotional stress changes appears to increase cell

membrane rigidity and impairs excretion of xenoestrogens. Pleasant Valley Church

in Atlanta, Georgia runs value priced seminars that treats this impaired

excretion rate quite well (706) 646-2074.

 

 

 

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Get Rid of Uterine Fibroid Tumors( Myomas )!

 

NO Surgery!

 

Dr. Lee Treats Uterine Fibroid Tumors ( Myomas ) Successfully

 

WITHOUT SURGERY

 

Dr. Lee further writes in his book " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Menopause " :

 

" Otherwise known as myoma of the uterus, uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) are

the most common growth of the female genital tract. They are round, firm, benign

(i.e. noncancerous) lumps of the muscular wall of the uterus, composed of smooth

muscle and connective tissue, and are rarely solitary. Usually as small as a

hen's egg, they commonly grow gradually to the size of an orange or grapefruit.

The largest uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) on record weighed over 100 pounds.

They often cause or are coincidental with heavier periods, irregular bleeding,

and/or painful periods.

 

Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) are also one of the most common reasons that

women in their thirties and forties have a hysterectomy. Some particularly

skillful surgeons are capable of removing only the uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma

), leaving the uterus intact, but they are the exception.

 

Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ), like breast fibrocysts, are a product of

estrogen dominance (too much estrogen). Estrogen stimulates their growth, and

lack of estrogen causes them to atrophy. Estrogen dominance is a much greater

problem than recognized by contemporary medicine. Many women in their mid

thirties begin to have anovulatory (nonovulating) cycles. As they approach the

decade before menopause, they are producing much less progesterone than

expected, but still producing normal (or more) estrogen. They retain water and

salt, their breast swell and become fibrocystic, they gain weight (especially

around the hips and torso), they become depressed and lose sex drive, their bone

suffer mineral loss, and they develop fibroids. All are signs of estrogen

dominance.

 

When sufficient hormone is replaced, uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) no longer

grow in size (they generally decrease in size) and can be kept from growing

until menopause, after which they will atrophy. This is the effect of reversing

estrogen dominance. "

 

 

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" Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ), like breast fibrocysts, are a product of

estrogen dominance (too much estrogen). Estrogen stimulates their growth, and

lack of estrogen causes them to atrophy. "

 

John Lee, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Lee further writes in his book " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Breast Cancer " :

 

" Fibroids (benign tumors that grow in the uterus) are the most common reason

that women visit a gynecologist in the ten or so years before menopause.

Fibroids tend to grow during the years before menopause and then atrophy after

menopause. This suggests that estrogen stimulates fibroid growth, but we also

know that once they get larger, progesterone too can contribute to their growth.

Many doctors prescribe Lupron injections to block all sex hormone production.

This causes fibroids to shrink, but they regrow when the injections are stopped.

The anti-progesterone drug RU-486 is also used to reduce the size of larger

fibroids. Women with fibroids are often estrogen dominant and have low

progesterone levels. In women with smaller fibroids (the size of a tangerine or

smaller), when progesterone is restored to normal levels, the fibroids often

stop growing and shrink a bit, which is likely due to progesterone's ability to

help speed up the clearance of estrogens from tissue. If this treatment can be

continued through menopause, hysterectomy can be avoided.

 

However, some fibroids, when they reach a certain " critical mass, " are

accompanied by degeneration or cell death in the interior part of the fibroid,

and will have interaction with white blood cells that ends up with the creation

of more estrogen within the fibroid itself. It also contains growth factors that

are stimulated by progesterone. Under these circumstances, surgical removal of

the fibroid (myomectomy) or the uterus (hysterectomy) may become necessary. When

you think of treating smaller fibroids, your should be thinking in terms of

keeping your estrogen milieu as low as possible; when treating large fibroids,

all hormones should be kept as low as possible.

 

The last thing you want to do if you have fibroids is take estrogen, which will

stimulate them to grow. If you're estrogen dominant, then it's important to use

supplemental progesterone , usually in doses of 20 mg per day during the luteal

phase of the cycle. Sometimes this approach works to slow or stop the fibroid

growth, and sometimes it doesn't. It is worth a try. Reducing stress, increasing

exercise, and reducing calories are also good strategies for slowing fibroid

growth.

 

There are a number of techniques for removing fibroids without removing the

uterus. If your doctor doesn't know about these, find another one who does! The

difference in recovery time alone between laparoscopic removal of fibroids ( for

example) and hysterectomy is three weeks versus three months.

 

Ultrasound tests can be obtained initially and after three months to check

results. A good result would show that the fibroid size hadn't increased, or had

decreased by 10 to 15 percent. With post menopausal hormone levels, fibroids

usually atrophy (and not taking prescription estrogen). "

 

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" The over the counter hormone cream, saved my mother from the expense and pain

of a surgical operation to remove her uterine fibroid! "

 

Elizabeth Smith, M.D.

 

 

 

 

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" From my women patients, I learned that uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) were

most often a sign of estrogen dominance. I also recommend adding vitamin E in

dosages of 600 IU at bedtime, supplemental magnesium (300 milligrams a day), and

vitamin B6 (50 milligrams per day)*. This treatment is simple, safe,

inexpensive, successful, and natural. "

 

 

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Jesse Hanley, MD who coauthored the book " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You Abut

Premenopause " with John Lee, MD now uses Indole-3-Carbinol 200 mg/day to treat

uterine fibroids otherwise known as myomas. Hanley, MD seemed to have a high

level of confidence that using Indole-3-Carbinol for fibroids has a high level

of success. Recently, I talked to a Colorado Springs nutritionist that also used

Indole-3-Carbinol and Bioflavinoids to treat uterine fibroids for decades. This

nutritionist seemed to think that she has a success rate of 85%-100% in getting

rid of fibroids using indole-3-carbinol. Indole-3-Carbinol is a derivative from

brussel sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower. Indole-3-Carbinol gives your body the

raw material to deactivate estradiol. So you may or may not have hot flashes

while taking indole-3-carbinol. However, you may only need to take

indole-3-carbinol for 3-4 months. Do not use DIM. In our clincal experience of

using DIM (Diindolymethane) for 2 years, we did not get any results with

fibroids.

 

*Whole grains also regulate hormonal levels due to their high levels of vitamin

B and vitamin E, which have a beneficial effect on both the liver and the

ovaries. In 1942, a researcher named Biskind found that B vitamin deficiency

hindered the liver's ability to metabolize estrogen levels in both animal and

human test subjects. The addition of B vitamin supplementation to the diet of

women suffering from PMS, heavy menstrual bleeding, and fibrocystic breast

disease helped to decrease the severity of their symptoms. Studies conducted at

UCLA Medical School during the 1980s found that taking a specific B vitamin,

pyridoxine B6, helped to relieve symptoms of menstrual cramps and PMS.

 

Research also conducted during the 1980s at Johns Hopkins University Medical

Center similarly found, in several placebo controlled studies, that vitamin E is

useful in reducing many PMS symptoms, as well as fibrocystic breast discomfort.

Other studies have found that vitamin E supplementation reduced menopause

related hot flashes, fatigue, and mood swings in 66 to 85 percent of the women

tested, depending on the study. One additional study noted a decrease in the

symptoms of vaginal atrophy in 50 percent of the postmenopausal women

volunteers.

 

 

 

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