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<<<<<<<fibroids/endometriosis etc? I recently had a really strange and

> gross experience and I'd like to describe it to someone who has

done

> more reading about fibroids/endo than I have and get some opinions

> before I go to the mainstream gyn.

----> sure send me an email if you want more privacy. I did tons of

research on fibroids but it was 6 years ago. Funny I never came

across weston price >>>>>>>>>>>

Lynn,

I'm going to go ahead and post this here in case the info it

generates helps someone else, but I'll warn the guys up front, this

post contains graphic details about the inner-workings of a female

reproductive system. You should probably just delete this message

now. If you are even remotely attracted to women, you won't be after

reading this.

I'll start with a brief summary of my menstrual history. I've had

lots of pain with periods right from the start (which I think was

about 12, iirc.) After several months, the pain was so bad, I would

be light-headed and spacey and vomit. The pain would last about

seven hours and would be concentrated in my ovary region, but it

would cause tremendous leg and back pain, too.

As I got older, I began to get a lot of water retention, like 3-4

pounds. Other than this, I'd never had any other noticeable pms

symptoms. I never skipped a period, but the length was wildly

erratic. A few times, I would have a light (but occasionally

moderately heavy) dark brown discharge accompanied by these dark

brown clots of something (tissue??) continuously between periods.

In college, I decided the pain and nausea was for the birds and went

to a doctor. She prescribed whatever birth control pill (high

progestin/low estradiol) they were passing out to the collegiate

crowd. I had no pain and they were, of course, regular and light. I

took them for two years and then quit. Within a year my period was

back like it used to be, except not as much nausea.

Which brings us to today. I'm 29 and I still require about 15 Advil

to reduce pain enough not to miss work. CLO and the NT diet has

helped some (I think). I don't get bad nausea or faint anymore.

During the last several years, I have noticed that during my period,

I discharge lots of these globby clots of dark red (almost black)

that I guess is uterine tissue sloughing off (???). Very recently

(last year) I developed a 2am waking around ovulation and

menstruation that is somewhat alleviated with really, really good

diet and the WD. From what I've read, I understand what I've

described is common, but not necessarily normal.

Okay, so the weird experience I had. Two weeks ago, I was having a

normal period. On my first day, I got up to go to the restroom and

found that been bleeding very, very heavily. So much, I had to go

home and shower!! Immediately after I removed my tampon, this huge

(about 3-4 " in diameter), dark brown clod shot out into the toilet.

It was kinda oval, and maybe .25 " thick, with slightly irregular

edges. It disappeared down the drain and I didn't have a sample jar

or implement for retrieving the thing.

My big question is obviously – what was it? I've been having some

fertility problems over at least the last year. I haven't been

trying to conceive, but there's been a bunch of times when I should

have but didn't.

I've been doing some research in hormonal balances and I believe that

I probably have low levels of estradiol and beginning to experience

premature ovarian decline. I plan to have serum hormone levels

checked at ovulation and the first two days of menstruation to be

sure. I also learned that the build-up of the endometrial lining

during endometriosis generate estrogen you body can't use, but keeps

your own body from producing estrogen it can use (estradiol). But

that's pretty much the sum of my knowledge. Endometriosis had never

before crossed my mind as being behind my female problems, but I

looked at a symptom list on the internet and I have a lot of the

symptoms. My other questions are how can you tell for sure if you

have endometriosis and/or fibroids while it's still early and what

can you do to get rid of them. And how do you know if you've

successfully gotten rid of them?

<<<<<<BTW....are you a math teacher? I saw you post about a test and

not

being able to take watching suffering anymore. LOL

I teach high school biology in an inner city alternative school. I

have been for 23 years.>>>>>>>

Yes, I'm teaching math right now. By degree, I'm actually a

mechanical engineer, but engineering jobs are few and far between in

my area so I've been teaching math and conducting the choir at a

small high school (weird combo, I know) for 5 years now. I recently

found an engineering job and at semester dropped to part-time, only

teaching the calculus and pre-calculus because they couldn't find a

replacement and several of the students want to take the AP test. In

June I'll go to full-time at my engr job. Teaching has been a great

experience and I don't think I'm through with education. I'm going

to work in the manufacturing sector for awhile and see where that

goes, but I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't end up teaching again.

My dad just retired from 39 years of teaching – math and physics, so

it's in the genes.

BTW, thanks for all the house info. I'm so glad I'm learning about

this now, not right after I paint and furnish my house!

Betsy