I never had my thyroid tested, but I suspect I did have a problem prior to healing myself. I did have some classic symptoms such as excessive hair shedding, dry hair and dry eyes. I always just kept buying better moisturizing shampoos and conditioners, using less heat on my hair, not knowing at the time what was the real underlying root cause of the problem. I also just thought the dry eyes were due to pollution in the air (I live in Los Angeles and we know our air quality isn't the best), and looking at the computer screen to much (At least that's what the eye doctor said). I just wanted to fix it so I bought more expensive shampoos that I thought would help. I also just bought eye drops from the drug store. Neither really worked well so I just lived with it.
Prior to doing my healing regimen I did have hormonal imbalance issues, especially around my cycle time. I also always had an iron deficiency as that was tested and confirmed by my doctor. In fact when I had my first myomectomy surgery years 10 years ago I couldn't even store my own blood to use in case of an emergency during surgery. The folks at the blood clinic said if I needed blood then mine was good enough to put back in my body, it was too iron deficient. That was a bummer. My doctor just wanted me to take prescription iron supplements to combat the problem. But once again looking back that was just another cover up to the real problem. They said the iron deficiency was due to my fibroids and the heavy bleeding. My hormonal imbalance and iron deficiency was especially evident for the weeks surrounding my cycle. Hormonal imbalance was evident in my mood swings by being extremely sensitive and emotional, often times easily irritated or angered, and hormonal caused acne. Iron deficiency caused me to be really tired a lot. For my acne I was constantly buying acne medicines and going to dermatologist, getting facials and topical medicines including Retin A to keep my acne under control. It worked somewhat, but it was expensive and once again it didn't solve the underlying real problem.
Before I discovered this regimen I had already realized that I had a vitamin B deficiency and possible other vitamin deficiencies. Of course I considered that I needed to make diet changes, eat more vegetables, drink more water, cut back on sugars. That helped somewhat but not nearly enough. Unfortunately, after doing all of these things my fibroids were still growing. My doctor now wanted me to consider having another procedure, Uterine Fibroid Embolization. I was devastated. I thought, not again. I had already had 2 myomectomies over the years. That's when I became determined to find a better long term solution for my problem.
I studied and did research online. I discovered the xango juice through a friend who said it had been used for centuries in Asia to help heal people from lot of different illnesses, detoxification etc. It sounded far fetched at the time, all the miracle stories and everything, but I tried it anyway. I liked it a lot and in the first 2 weeks of drinking it, my energy level rose dramatically. I then coupled it with the eleviv supplement and right away within the 1st month I started seeing improvement. After 4 months I went back to my doctor and he was amazed that my fibroids had shrunk so much by then and the cyst in my breast were gone as well. I told my doctor what I did and he said that since I was having success that I should continue and that he no longer recommended the UFE surgery. Also before I was having to get mammograms every 6 months to monitor the cysts in my breast. Later he said because of the maintained improvement I could start coming just once a year for the mammogram. I was elated.
On that same day he also told me that recently there was a medical study where Green Tea was being reported as helping to shrink fibroids. I went home and looked it up on the internet and read about the study. That's when another AHA moment happened to me. That's when I realized that one of the reasons the Eleviv supplement was working for me was because one of its main active ingredients was Green Tea, just like my doctor had mentioned. That was further confirmation that I was on the right track and this wasn't just some fluke cure. For that reason I added the Green Tea supplement, in the extract form with a higher dosage form. I was amazed at how my body was still just betting better and better. It didn't just stop at the fibroids shrinking, that had already happened. By now, 5-6 months into it I was feeling great. The juice had fully detoxed my liver by now. My hair was no longer shedding it was growing faster than every, my nails growing like crazy, shrunk fibroids, no more PMS or hormonal issues, no cysts in breasts, improved energy, no more dry eyes. With my detoxed liver my body was free from lots of bacteria and other illnesses causing viruses. However I did notice I was still having some hormonal acne especially around my period. I was still having to use the Retin A from the dermatologist. So I kept studying of why I all this stuff was working for me. I knew it was working, it was evident. But I still was curious on how and why.
Then I had another AHA moment when I learned about a very growing a large disease in women and men called "Estrogen Dominance". As I studied it I couldn't believe that all the things that are caused from having estrogen dominance are things I had. Before I thought my fibroids were THE disease that caused, my low iron, pms, heavy bleeding etc. At the time I considered my breast cysts a separate problem. I thought my acne a separate problem, and my dry hair a separate problem and my dry eyes separate. The discovery of Estrogen Dominance made me realize that Estrogen dominance was more of THE root cause and all these other things, fibroids, cyst, hair, pms, acne etc were just symptoms. Estrogen dominance not only creates fibroids, it creates cysts in breast, and it creates all the vitamin deficiencies that can lead to other diseases and more serious illnesses including cancer. So I continued to learn more about Estrogen dominance and what causes it.
I learned that the causes were a combination of the things and not all of them were easily controllable. Improve my diet yes of course, but even though I didn't have a really poor diet in the beginning I did make some improvements but it didn't fix the problem completely. All my life I have never been overweight, and I always excercised regularly, walking, riding bike etc. I knew there were more causes. I couldn't fully control the environmental causes. Through my research I then discovered DIM. DIM is actually derived from broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts that helps metabolize estrogen. After I started taking the DIM I was able to get completely off my facial medications. No more topical medicines or retin A. I saved lot of money too.
So my regimen became a three pronged attack to defeat estrogen dominance. First, Detox my liver, keep it strong and healthy with the juice. That also helped me with all other bacteria and/or viruses in my body. Now, almost 2 years later I haven't been sick, with any cold or flu, allergy or anything. Second continue to exercise and eat more veggies, and cut back on sugars and other foods that increase estrogen levels in the body. I still eat meat and I wanted to do a regimen I could maintain. So for me cutting out all meat and dairy wasn't a viable long term plan. I just keep it it as best as possible. Third I take supplements like the Green Tea and DIM that give my body an extra boost to metabolize estrogens that enter my body through food the environment etc. So I work to keep extra, too much estrogen out and then I work to metabolize the extra that gets in anyway.
If you haven't read my earlier blogs...keep reading for more details of my journey of me discovering and reclaiming my health.
I hope treating Estrogen Dominance will save you from not only fibroids but a host of other things that may going wrong in your body.
I pray that this blog helps to heal others. Pass it along.
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Take Care,
Deborah
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