Endometriosis

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Ellen

 

There are a few posts in this forum on endometriosis... perhaps there are some

starting points there.

 

http://health./message/58732

 

http://health./message/58621

 

 

And I am going to really put my foot in it here and express my opinions bluntly.

Getting pregnant just to cure or diminish endometriosis is immoral in my view

and that doctor needs to be told so. There are far too many children in the

world already who have been brought into this world unwanted or unplanned and

are unloved and neglected.

 

Secondly, assuming that your daughter is a responsible grown adult, is it really

your place to be find her a mate? That needs to be her wish and her

responsbility surely?

 

, Ellen <rhudy wrote:

>

> 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

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