Chaste Tree Berry, Fibroids and Doctors

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When I was 18 I tried birth control pills and they messed me up so bad. I developed serious serious problems, endrometriosis, fibroids, cysts, wasn't able to have children. 3 different times they gave me drugs to try to "fix" the problem that later I found out can cause cancer in 20-25 years.

They then wanted to do a hysterectomy. I will die of cancer, etc etc etc if I don't.

I went to herbs, self taught with research and it really started my journey with a lot of alternative things. I decided no more drugs unless it was antibiotics for something that can't be waited out, I refused hormone replacement therapy, no mammograms etc., It cannot be good to radiate your boobs.

The herb I found fixed the problem within a year, it was slow but steady, I then went through natural menopause with no problems and quit the herb a few years ago. I took it over 10 years.

I had a doctor once who I proved him wrong about 4 times with drugs with me and my father in law and he fired me calling me an intelligent, independent minded bitch. People always act like I am going to die any day now as I stay away from pills, eat organic etc yet I am healthy at 59 and they are not.

Fast forward to November. We were cleaning and cleaning and I got dust in my lungs, weak from smoke from my chain smoking mother. Then we broke down the shower wall that was leaking and I got mold and got very sick. I will take antibiotics if needed. (It is too bad they so overuse them!) I ended up on them for a month. Mold in the lungs can actually kill you!

About two days after I quit, I started bleeding. Went to my herb research and found nothing. Post menopausal? You have cancer and are going to die. The spector of the drugs 20 years ago was a scary thing. I decided the antibiotics flared up the fibroids and started back on my herbs.

So I did decide to go get a pap smear and get checked out just in case. The doctor was wonderful. He gave me discounts as I have no insurance and said no matter what I was facing a hysterectomy as it is bleeding and you most likely have cancer. Bleeding at my age is just not normal.

It took one month with me not knowing what was wrong, with nurses looking at me sadly with that look of "you are doomed, I am so sorry" I had a pap, a biopsy, an ultrasound. And the whole time I am still taking my herb and the bleeding and cramping is improving a tiny bit. And panic attacks over the possibility of dying!

I finally got the call Tuesday morning, no cancer but we need to do the hysterectomy. I said I don't need one. The nurse was so confused. I told her since I was right in the first place, went through a month of hell, I am trusting my herbs to fix it. She indicated I was crazy and it will just keep getting worse until I call and beg them to do it. I will trust my herbs.

In the meantime I got a clean bill of health otherwise. I did tests I hadn't done in 25 years. Western Medicine is good for that. Thyroid, iron, blood pressure, sugar, lung ex ray all good. I think I am done with doctors for another 25 years and will wear a mask forever more when dusting or breaking down walls!

The interesting part is the doctor was very very nice. He also listened, took down the name of my herb (Chaste tree Berry or Latin name of Vitex) and wanted to research it. He also said he had come to the same conclusion about mammograms and he had also decided soy was causing a lot of female problems and was advising his patients to not eat it.

So I am still having problems and it is a bit better and I will trust my herbs! The wonderful news is that now that this much time has passed since I took the cancer causing drugs and I have no cancer, the chances are very very tiny to none I would get it in the future from taking them.

It occurred to me that one problem is that anybody with as severe a problem as I had when I was younger would have had surgery so there is not a lot of information on post menopausal fibroids. It is getting better by the day and I guess I am on Chaste Tree for the next couple of years!