Re: KOKORO CREAM ALERT!

[Guest guest]

--- Nida Pantaleon

wrote:

> Spencer,

> can you tell me where I can purchase this kokoro

> progesterone cream ?

>

> thanks,

> Nida

Nida,

I felt compelled to respond to your post. Getting

kokoro (or any progesterone cream like it) is simple

enough, as it is sold in most health food oriented

stores. HOWEVER, the reason I am responding to your

post is to share my experience, which made me VERY

WARY of the use of kokoro. When I was first diagnosed

with fibroids, they were small and asymptomatic. One

of the first things I did was read Dr. Lee's book and

after speaking with some other women using it, began

to slather kokoro (according to the directions) on me

for months. Well, six months later, my fibroids grew

considerably and I had all kinds of symptoms. Since it

is unclear, as to just what causes fibroids, using

progesterone creams are an uncertain choice in terms

of improving the situation and may worsen things.

And I have also heard that for some women who are very

low in progesterone, progesterone cream can get

tangled up with estrogen receptors and increase the

estrogen in a women's body. If Dr. is out

there, maybe he can explain this in my medical terms.

All I know is that my sense was that the use of kokoro

cream contributed to my fibroid growth, when they had

been still and small for years prior to that.

Paprika

[Guest guest]

--- Nida Pantaleon

wrote:

> Spencer,

> can you tell me where I can purchase this kokoro

> progesterone cream ?

>

> thanks,

> Nida

Nida,

I felt compelled to respond to your post. Getting

kokoro (or any progesterone cream like it) is simple

enough, as it is sold in most health food oriented

stores. HOWEVER, the reason I am responding to your

post is to share my experience, which made me VERY

WARY of the use of kokoro. When I was first diagnosed

with fibroids, they were small and asymptomatic. One

of the first things I did was read Dr. Lee's book and

after speaking with some other women using it, began

to slather kokoro (according to the directions) on me

for months. Well, six months later, my fibroids grew

considerably and I had all kinds of symptoms. Since it

is unclear, as to just what causes fibroids, using

progesterone creams are an uncertain choice in terms

of improving the situation and may worsen things.

And I have also heard that for some women who are very

low in progesterone, progesterone cream can get

tangled up with estrogen receptors and increase the

estrogen in a women's body. If Dr. is out

there, maybe he can explain this in my medical terms.

All I know is that my sense was that the use of kokoro

cream contributed to my fibroid growth, when they had

been still and small for years prior to that.

Paprika

[Guest guest]

--- Nida Pantaleon

wrote:

> Spencer,

> can you tell me where I can purchase this kokoro

> progesterone cream ?

>

> thanks,

> Nida

Nida,

I felt compelled to respond to your post. Getting

kokoro (or any progesterone cream like it) is simple

enough, as it is sold in most health food oriented

stores. HOWEVER, the reason I am responding to your

post is to share my experience, which made me VERY

WARY of the use of kokoro. When I was first diagnosed

with fibroids, they were small and asymptomatic. One

of the first things I did was read Dr. Lee's book and

after speaking with some other women using it, began

to slather kokoro (according to the directions) on me

for months. Well, six months later, my fibroids grew

considerably and I had all kinds of symptoms. Since it

is unclear, as to just what causes fibroids, using

progesterone creams are an uncertain choice in terms

of improving the situation and may worsen things.

And I have also heard that for some women who are very

low in progesterone, progesterone cream can get

tangled up with estrogen receptors and increase the

estrogen in a women's body. If Dr. is out

there, maybe he can explain this in my medical terms.

All I know is that my sense was that the use of kokoro

cream contributed to my fibroid growth, when they had

been still and small for years prior to that.

Paprika

[Guest guest]

-I would also have to say, Be careful when using any over the counter

hormonal cream. I used a phytoestrogen cream for a period of months,

to possibly relieve what I thought to be some very mild

perimenopausal symptoms, and suddenly had two fibroids, that seemed

to appear out of nowhere. One is submucosal and approx. 9 cm. I went

off the cream immediately, and in the last 8 months or so, it seems

to have stabilized. My doctor is hearing more and more stories like

this.

[Guest guest]

-I would also have to say, Be careful when using any over the counter

hormonal cream. I used a phytoestrogen cream for a period of months,

to possibly relieve what I thought to be some very mild

perimenopausal symptoms, and suddenly had two fibroids, that seemed

to appear out of nowhere. One is submucosal and approx. 9 cm. I went

off the cream immediately, and in the last 8 months or so, it seems

to have stabilized. My doctor is hearing more and more stories like

this.

[Guest guest]

-I would also have to say, Be careful when using any over the counter

hormonal cream. I used a phytoestrogen cream for a period of months,

to possibly relieve what I thought to be some very mild

perimenopausal symptoms, and suddenly had two fibroids, that seemed

to appear out of nowhere. One is submucosal and approx. 9 cm. I went

off the cream immediately, and in the last 8 months or so, it seems

to have stabilized. My doctor is hearing more and more stories like

this.

[Guest guest]

Just to add another word of caution about phytoestrogen . . . This is

the same type of hormone found in most soy products. Imagine biting

down into a nice " healthy " soy-veggie burger packed full of all that

fibroid stimulating estrogen! YUCK!! I think I'll head to Mcdonald's

for lunch . . . ~

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