I am a 20 something year old woman who is married, and has a cat. We live in the United States. I have a variety of illnesses: endometriosis, fibromyalgia, lupus, interstitial cystitis, vulvar vestibulitis, and vaginismus. The focus of this blog is those illnesses, and how they affect life day to day for me, as well as trying to get information out there about them.
ETA: E and I tried for a year for a baby… we conceived twice but miscarried both times. I’m back on hormonal birth control for the winter due to a medication that I’m on for now, but will be going back off and trying again once the weather warms back up. We’ll see what happens from there.
If you’d like to contact me my email address is autoimmunelife@gmail.com – I reserve the right to decide who I respond to…. don’t expect a reply just because you email me – though if you have questions about my blog or the topics covered in it you will probably get a reply at some point.
December 17, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Try a simple change in your diet that I recommended to my step-daughter who had been suffering from ovarian cysts, endometriosis and enlarged lymph nodes under the armpits. Replace whatever chicken you are eating with hormone-free organically grown chicken and switch to hormone free brown eggs if you’re eating the white ones. One of the little known causes of ovarian cysts and other female problems is excess estrogen and estrogen immitators from hormone fed animals and disposable plastic water bottles for starters. In 2 1/2 months of making this change and without any medications, vitamins, exotic herbs, etc. my step daughter returned to completely normal health. No ovarian issues; only healthy tissue as verified by her gynecologist. And her lymph nodes had returned to normal by the time the radiologist and surgeon checked her in pre-op. Nothing was found, everything is healthy again. Surgeries cancelled. Once the sources of the problems was removed, her body healed itself completely. By the way, since commercially grown animals are routinely injected with antibiotics, this also contributes to lupus flare-ups (as well as the excess estrogen)
May 15, 2009 at 2:21 pm
oh my god i got practically the same comment from this guy, it really pissed me off. don’t ask me how they diagnosed her with endo without doing surgery.
I remember seeing it – not sure if it was on your blog or another person’s – but he makes the rounds :/. It pisses me off too! And I really don’t know! One of these days I plan to edit a reply in – I left it up so that I could reply to it lol… otherwise it’d be gone by now!
June 10, 2009 at 12:39 pm
He commented on my blog too! I just thought he was an organic chicken farmer! LOL
Nope – one of those people like the lady who goes blog to blog telling endo ladies to see specific specialists, or the one who had that “discussion” with you and I on your blog about US health insurance
July 12, 2009 at 6:21 am
It is so awful-those that prey upon someone ill & promise cures for whatever ailment they have. Well-if it were so easy-we’d all be healthy wouldn’t we? Most of us are much smarter than they think we are and we know better than to listen to their drivel…however, I feel bad for those that fall for it and end up with false-hope and/or spend money that they really don’t have. Just makes me sick-
It really is! They are why I’ve had to change my comment settings from anyone I’ve approved in the past having their comments posted instantly to me approving every single comment….
Exactly – I sure don’t enjoy being sick!! And I’d rather do my own research and listen to my doctor for my treatments (I’ve suggested some of the stuff I’m taking – milk thistle for example) than listen to some random Joe online……
November 22, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Hello,
i subscribed because i think this is the right place for me.
bye
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I’m glad to hear you think my blog can help you or is the right place for you in some other way.