Re: Q: endometriosis

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Hi ,

I currently have a 54 year old patient with a 5 year history of severe

endometriosis. She takes Toradol and Ibuprofen two-thirds of the month because

the pain is so severe. Laparoscopy showed extensive endometrial tissue and

adhesions throughout her pelvis. She has been highly encouraged to have a

hysterectomy since the onset. She had been seeing an ND and an acupuncturist

for one year without much improvement.

She came to me 2 months ago feeling desperate and depressed about her situation.

I gave her Staphysagria 200C at her first appointment because she fit the

picture well.

Based on her labs and symptoms, her liver really seemed to need support. We

started with Unda 2, 245, and 258. I was a bit concerned about jumping right

into the reproductive system without laying groundwork with the liver and

general emunctories first, but she was in so much pain that I wanted to try and

shift things quickly. She also began to take Ribes Nigrum (she is extremely

fatigued as well), flax seeds, DIM (she was already on from the previous ND),

and cod liver oil. I did not want to overwhelm her with a treatment plan as she

is already feeling VERY overwhelmed with life and her pain. At her first visit

we did 15 minutes of core synchronism with her uterus and ovaries as she was in

severe pain, which responded quickly and nearly stopped the pain.

Two weeks later she came in for a 1 hour core synchronism appointment. There was

no movement of her posterior uterus and I was later told that on laparoscopy it

was found that she had extensive adhesions from her posterior uterus to her

sacrum. She gets a lot of low back pain. I will add in thiosyanum in the near

future, but does anyone have another way of addressing these hard to get to

adhesions?

Two days after her core appointment she called me and said that things feel like

they are shifting for the first time in 5 years. She wasn't sure if she was

making it up or not...

I have seen her for one more follow up appointment at the 5 week mark where we

added in seed cycling, folliculinum, luteinum, Undas (can't remember which ones

but more focused on liver and general drainage), castor oil packs, cool/hot

water to the pelvis, and started the discussion about eating anti-inflammatory

foods. She reported not needing pain killers daily for the first time, and now

is able to be more active without fear of being in disabling pain.

She'll come back next week for her third visit.

Letellier, ND

Be Well Family Medicine

Durango, Colorado

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> What has been people's experience in working with severe endometriosis?

> Please share your cases and give examples... successful and non-successful.

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> Thanks,

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> Lemley, ND, NCMP

> NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner

> Bozeman, MT

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