Re:Menopause question -Carol???

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> Good Idea about making a file. I'll send you anything I can figure

out.

----> Thanks!

> About the only thing I have now is that last year when I had the

> check-up, an ultrasound found a fibroid on the uterus. But the Dr

wasn't

> too concerned about it.

----> They do shrink. I had mine removed 6 years ago because one was

the size of a grapefruit and I was bleeding so bad I was missing

work. They did a myomectomy that left my uterus intack.

Mine appeared out of nowhere and grew quick. I was almost totally

vegetarian at the time and using soy. And I was thin ...35 lbs or so

less than now so it wasn't my fat cells feeding it. I'm sure it was

soy plus the effects of too few good fats and insulin highs from too

many carbs.

As far as I know I have no fibroids now. My periods lighten up

immediately after the operation and have stayed the same ever since.

No more cramps, no excessive bleeding, no PMS, only swollen breasts

that I can't seem to get a handle on?

> menopausal the fibroid should shrink. I have heard the fact that

I'm

> over weight isn't helping to even out the hormones as the fat can

store

> the estrogen.

----> Yup my weight I'm sure is a piece of my problem. It's real

stubborn piece. I'm doing a nearly perfect diet except for a few

slip ups with sugary carbs when I'm stressed. I would be a hormonal

mess if I was eating a SAD and trying to teach! The dairy piece did

strike a cord especially as my wieght gain was in my breasts. That's

never happened in the past when I've gained.

> Also I seem to be very sensitive to the estrogen stuff since only

a

> couple of days of the HRT (supposedly natural est) and a couple of

days

> now of the Black Cohosh,

----> YES! That's why I've not taken herbals....I've felt like they

didn't help. Right now I'm of the opinion that I'm sensitive to

estrogens (or maybe one type of estrogen)and dairy could be adding

fuel to the fire. I don't want to stop it because it also making me

healthy. I think I'm going to try cutting it back, getting

homepathic help, liver cleansing, and adding in more fermented

cruciferous. I also am thinking of contacting Suze's doctor Ron

Schmid. I think she's posted in the past about using indole to lower

estrogen.

Keep me posted

Lynn

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i haven't been following this thread very well, so i'm sorry if someone

already said this, but:

with herbs, it's really important to use whole herbs from an herbalist (or

your garden!) instead of over-the-counter pilled herbs. the herbs in pill

form are much too potent and people even have allergic reactions to them.

herbs in whole form are indeed far less concentrated than herbs in pill

form, and their potency may vary somewhat plant to plant, and you'll have

to take them more frequently throughout the day, but they're whole and

natural and good, and they'll do their work safely instead of with a

sledgehammer.

er, so what i'm saying is, if you're interested in the herb route, try

again with whole herbs and see if you have a better reaction...

At 05:35 PM 1/18/2004, you wrote:

> > Also I seem to be very sensitive to the estrogen stuff since only

>a

> > couple of days of the HRT (supposedly natural est) and a couple of

>days

> > now of the Black Cohosh,

>

>----> YES! That's why I've not taken herbals....I've felt like they

>didn't help. Right now I'm of the opinion that I'm sensitive to

>estrogens (or maybe one type of estrogen)and dairy could be adding

>fuel to the fire.

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