Hi Everyone,
I am trying to help my 21 year old daughter who was recently diagnosed with endometriosis. To give some background, she has never had trouble with her menstrual cycles other than some irregularity in the early years. We have eaten a very clean diet for the last decade (no GMO, dye, gluten, best meats we could afford)We have transitioned into a more Peat friendly diet over the last year and a half. She has been reluctant to add much sugar in her diet and still enjoys salads more frequently than I would like....She has a history of tampon use.
Two months ago she had an episode of pain on the first day of her cycle that landed us in the ER. They gave her morphine and sent us home with an order to follow up with an OB/GYN. We did this and he sent her to a fertility specialist to consult with for surgery. We pushed for labs to no avail, and so we paid for our own panel outright. Here are some values:
Free T4-2.1
T3 reverse-12
T3 uptake-29
T3 free-2.8
T3 total-107
T4 total-7.4
T4 free- 1.0
Thyroglobulin antibodies <1
Thyroid peroxidase antibodies 2
Glucose- 85
Estradiol- 125
Estrone- 98
Progesterone-5.7
Her vitamin D was low at 24, and we are supplementing that now.
She has always, and still does, have lower iron values.
This suddenly is affecting her bowls, and gives her trouble when even urinating. I am not necessarily against surgery, but am afraid of the mainstream medical community pushing a hysterectomy. I have ordered Progest E, but am not sure if it is needed in this case because here levels seem to be in range? Maybe I'm missing something? She says that it hurts her endometriosis when she eats meat? We have been pushing a few more eggs onto her and encouraging seafood and milk. We are shutting off Wifi when it isn't needed for late night schoolwork and such. She has reluctantly given up tampons and switched to natural products.
She has switched out one of her jobs as a lifeguard to avoid more exposure to chlorine. She has two brothers diagnosed with Autism, so immune issues are not out of the question given our whole family's health.
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts related to her lab values or suggestions for us to help her along further. Any experiences would be valuable for us. Thanks in advance for any input.
I am trying to help my 21 year old daughter who was recently diagnosed with endometriosis. To give some background, she has never had trouble with her menstrual cycles other than some irregularity in the early years. We have eaten a very clean diet for the last decade (no GMO, dye, gluten, best meats we could afford)We have transitioned into a more Peat friendly diet over the last year and a half. She has been reluctant to add much sugar in her diet and still enjoys salads more frequently than I would like....She has a history of tampon use.
Two months ago she had an episode of pain on the first day of her cycle that landed us in the ER. They gave her morphine and sent us home with an order to follow up with an OB/GYN. We did this and he sent her to a fertility specialist to consult with for surgery. We pushed for labs to no avail, and so we paid for our own panel outright. Here are some values:
Free T4-2.1
T3 reverse-12
T3 uptake-29
T3 free-2.8
T3 total-107
T4 total-7.4
T4 free- 1.0
Thyroglobulin antibodies <1
Thyroid peroxidase antibodies 2
Glucose- 85
Estradiol- 125
Estrone- 98
Progesterone-5.7
Her vitamin D was low at 24, and we are supplementing that now.
She has always, and still does, have lower iron values.
This suddenly is affecting her bowls, and gives her trouble when even urinating. I am not necessarily against surgery, but am afraid of the mainstream medical community pushing a hysterectomy. I have ordered Progest E, but am not sure if it is needed in this case because here levels seem to be in range? Maybe I'm missing something? She says that it hurts her endometriosis when she eats meat? We have been pushing a few more eggs onto her and encouraging seafood and milk. We are shutting off Wifi when it isn't needed for late night schoolwork and such. She has reluctantly given up tampons and switched to natural products.
She has switched out one of her jobs as a lifeguard to avoid more exposure to chlorine. She has two brothers diagnosed with Autism, so immune issues are not out of the question given our whole family's health.
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts related to her lab values or suggestions for us to help her along further. Any experiences would be valuable for us. Thanks in advance for any input.