Need advice

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Hi!

My name is Ellen and I just joined. I've been practicing

alternative medicine since 2000. I haven't had even one coca-cola drink

or commercial soft drink (knowingly) since then. My wake-up call was

being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To this day, I

haven't needed (or wanted) conventional medicine. Apparently, the gene

deletions I have are protecting me from having really bad cll. Anyway,

I also have autoimmune thyroiditis (autoimmune disease is said to be

more common in folks with cll), but my bloodwork for thyroid, including

free T3 and autoimmune antibodies, has always been normal. An

endocrinologist diagnosed me with autoimmune thy. based on my symptoms

(tachycardia, thyroid feeling like a lump of raw meat, etc., etc.).

There is no treatment for me right now, except I take an herbal extract

of motherwort and bugleweed, and have re-started some Iosol iodine. I

do not feel at the top of my game. To complicate matters, my 37 yr. old

daughter, who lives with my husband and me, had abdominal surgery on

12/18 and they found an endometrioma (huge mass that covered her

appendix; they had to remove 4 " of small and 4 " of large bowel to get

rid of it all). An endometrioma is caused by endometriosis. There were

other little tiny dots of endom. elsewhere in her abdomen (we have the

photos) that shouldn't be causing any major problems. She's getting

back to her old self again, went back to work early in Jan., however, a

consult with 2 gyn docs proved rattling. They both want her to go on

Lupron...........the hormone from hell that would give her menopausal

symptoms. The 2nd doc, just yesterday, also suggested she could get

pregnant to knock back the endometriosis, but fat chance of that, plus

he held out the option of birth-control pills which he said would stop

periods. My daughter's not a social creature, she works as a chemist,

then comes home at night and watches her soaps. Besides, her weekends

are all tied up tending to a small zoo of creatures that we have,

including aquariums and outdoor ponds, very time-consuming. I think

this doc was barking up the wrong tree, also, by giving her a website

where she could get sperm.............neglecting the ramifications of

having a baby without a father, and 2 grandparents with medical problems

to raise it, as Robyn wants to keep her career. I want my daughter to

find love, get married and have a child in short order, but don't know

how to go about finding her a mate (she's an attractive girl, but not a

girly-girl type, doesn't wear make-up). She's on several online dating

websites, with no luck.

I'm writing to ask you guys about things you might know to knock

back endometriosis.

Thanks very much,

Ellen