My Endo Diary

Endometriosis is so challenging! 26 & this will be my 2nd time of going through the Menopause with Prostap! Great! I thought it would be useful to document my time and experiences on it. My first course was two years ago when I stayed on it for 6 months. This time it's been suggested to start on a 3 month course and then it will be reviewed. The overall aim to find out if it is Endo or adhesion's that are causing all my pains. **Please remember these are my own experiences. It may be totally different for someone else. As with Endo, I'm sure you know by now, what works for one person may not for another** Prostap is a hormone medicine that prevents certain hormones from producing. Therefore, it puts women into a medical menopause as it will temporarily shut down your ovaries. Its active ingredient is Leuprorelin Acetate . Similar drugs to Prostap that work in the exactly same way are Zoladex and Lupron. Side effects may vary. My Prostap Diary: Month 1

Earlier this week I read a post called 'The Emotional Causes of Endometriosis'. To say I was a bit shocked at the content would be an understatement. The author of this blog, Elle Griffin, says she is a Natural Fertility Expert and Feminine Vitality Coach... In the introduction of this post, she states "you are not the cause of your hormone imbalance and thus have no reason to blame your body for your endometriosis." However, what comes next is the complete opposite.  The 'theory' that is put forward, is that having Endometriosis is our bodies way of sending us a message, warning us of our self inflicted turmoil, which in turn, is causing all our pain. That if we allow our minds to be in conflict with our heart, we are ultimately bringing on this awful and sometimes cruel disease ourselves. If we just listen to our bodies messages, then we will heal ourselves and cure our endo. Wow! Just wow! Forget the tablets, forget the endless doctors appointments, mult