Holistic Approach

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Actually ,

I tried all sorts of holistic approaches over a period of 16 years. Various

types of diet (I am very informed about nutrition and have been a

vegetarian since I was 18), yoga, rolfing, homeopathy. Whilst some of them

helped me in other ways, they didn't do a darn thing to improve my

symptoms. I had horrendous bleeding all that time.

Every time I got a new book from the store on some new therapy, I went home

elated and read it from cover to cover. I then sometimes caused myself

great inconvenience and loss of quality of life or sometimes huge expense

by trying the therapy out. For example, tried to eliminate dairy from my

diet although I love cheese and it is practically impossible because almost

everything contains dairy in some form, or I took a course of rolfing at

150 dollars a go. After several months of scrupulous adherence to some

regime with no improvement to my situation, I would give up feeling deeply

discouraged and a failure. (I drew the line at psychotherapy, I decided

that all that bleeding wasn't in my head).

There is some logic in trying to do something once the problem has been

dealt with to prevent reoccurence, but to be honest, I haven't the time or

heart for it any more. Especially as we simply do not know enough about

fibroids to know what exactly might prevent reoccurence. Fibroids seem to

be in my genes anyway, and it wouldn't surprise me if endocrine disruptors

in the environment play a role.

I still do yoga, I eat organic, mostly vegetarian with some fish and

occasionally poultry or a slice of air-dried ham. I had a UFE three years

ago and have reoccurence. 4 new fibroids measuring 2cm in diameter and two

measuring I cm. I know they are completely new, because the IR did an MRT

the day after the procedure and ascertained that the existing ones had

infarcted. I think it must be pretty rare though, because I am the only

case in around 200 patients at my center.

I hope you have been lucky and have found a solution that is works for you

long-term. , I don't want to discourage you and sound cynical. But if

holistic methods were always as spectacularly successful in treating

fibroids and their symptoms as in your case, there wouldn't be so many

women on this list discussing surgery.

At 21:19 06.01.04 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 10

> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 07:05:28 -0800 (PST)

>

>Subject: Re: Shiitake Mushrooms Shrink Tumors/holistic care

>

>Hippy,

>

>To be honest, and at the risk of irritating those on

>this list, it seems NO ONE is willing to try the

>holistic approach to beating fibroids or even willing

>to discuss this at all. I have posted several times

>about how good my own holistic approach has been.

>

>I have not had any bleeding since Dec. 20th and as of

>today am still symptom free. I go in tomorrow to my OB

>to have another ultra sound of the fibroid as well as

>explain to him that I stopped my bleeding the natural

>way.

>

>Why is it so many are so gung ho on surgery? What is

>so important about it? To go in over and over but it

>doesn't really help? Are you all not paying attention

>to what you all are saying? Several of you are on your

>second or even 3rd Myo.

>

>With anything holistic, even pills the doctor gives

>us, you HAVE TO give them time to work. For me it took

>about 7 weeks. But the end result is worth the wait.

>Back when we had no surgeries or it was still in the

>experamental stage, what did we woman do? Some

>suffered, some were used as experaments, others

>suffered silently. But we don't have to anymore. I

>would rather put something natural into my body then

>have a doctor cut into me, or scrape or infuse. What

>are you all afraid of??? Do your homework, talk to

>other holistic practitioners, research.

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