tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post4105511148774946272..comments2023-08-13T15:39:39.144-07:00Comments on The Crows' Nest: Waste Not, Want Not!Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670331855264293102noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-5605511450829237562013-03-07T07:36:58.381-08:002013-03-07T07:36:58.381-08:00This is so inspiring! I am so sorry you are still...This is so inspiring! I am so sorry you are still in pain! I know how awful that is. <br /><br />You offering up your suffering for other people is beautiful-especially for babies who are threatened with abortion. Be sure to ask your wedge resection surgeon (NaPro trained?) to check for Endo and for Adenomyoma. You never know what s/he might find. (Mine was all over and hiding behind other organs.)<br /><br />I hope the lifestyle changes help too! I know I feel best when I follow the Anti-Inflammatory diet. I hope that helps you too. (I'm also considering doing the GAPS diet.)Being Refinedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424906158586985107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-65975117615645502282013-03-05T10:30:08.324-08:002013-03-05T10:30:08.324-08:00As Ecce Fiat said ... consider me inspired too!!! ...As Ecce Fiat said ... consider me inspired too!!! I think you are such a wonderful, warm hearted person to offer up your suffering for the life of a baby about to be aborted! I know God hears your prayers & uses your sufferings. The saints offered themselves in much the same way. (Everyone is called to be a saint! :-D)<br />I remember having terrible, excruciating pain prior to my Endo surgeries, and I so deeply wish that it had helped you too. I would not wish that pain on anyone.All in His Perfect Timinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300978285191861049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-29679256162522785842013-03-04T15:38:38.243-08:002013-03-04T15:38:38.243-08:00The adenomyoma was going to be my next guess in wh...The adenomyoma was going to be my next guess in which case the wedge resection should help as it will hopefully decrease my estrogen. Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670331855264293102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-41185257245648812882013-03-04T09:13:18.079-08:002013-03-04T09:13:18.079-08:00I'm so sorry you have to go through so much ph...I'm so sorry you have to go through so much physical pain every month on top of emotional pain. That's so hard. I think your words here are so powerful: "don't waste any suffering." I can definitely relate to the thrifty mentality! We're like that too - washing baggies, canning food, freezing leftovers... So I love the idea of not wasting suffering - if you've got it, use it, I guess! (I do want to say that I'm sure that offering up your suffering for your own family is not a waste! But I think your gift of prayers and suffering to save a baby's life is so beautiful. Consider me inspired =))ecce fiathttp://www.eccefiat11.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-67656663884476904322013-03-04T08:55:01.053-08:002013-03-04T08:55:01.053-08:00I am so sorry that you suffer so much every month....I am so sorry that you suffer so much every month. I have been where you are for most of my life. I didn't have endo either, but I did have an enormous adenomyoma. Post-surgery, I have normal pain that can be controlled with some Aleve and hot tea.<br /><br />The odd thing is, that I know I didn't always have the adenomyoma (I have a few pelvic ultrasounds in my twenties), but I had horrible menstrual pain from my first period at age 11. <br /><br />My theory is that there is an underlying inflammatory condition that causes horrible pain. This same condition can also be correlated with endo or adeno, but it can also appear by itself. My underlying inflammation was "cured" or well-controlled by acupuncture, but acupuncture couldn't do anything about the enormous adenomyoma. So once the mass was gone, the pain left too. But I think if I hadn't had acupuncture, surgery wouldn't have cured my pain as well as it did.<br /><br />Not medical advice, but I share this with you in the hope that it helps you in some way. <br /><br />Having spent many days of my life (far too many), vomiting off the side of my bed in horrible pain, I hate HATE HATE to think that any one else has to suffer like this. I hope the lifestyle interventions work.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142148409377062792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601965449271960079.post-21137481483817506372013-03-03T15:47:44.085-08:002013-03-03T15:47:44.085-08:00Psalm 139, God knows your heart. Romans 8, the Hol...Psalm 139, God knows your heart. Romans 8, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. <br /><br />I am sorry for CD1. I am sorry there as not been answers to your pain... You have the right attitude in this though. To find joy in trials makes them that much more manageable. Plus James 5 says the "prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective!" What gets me through many hard times is God's truth. Knowing that there is a plan and hope. <br /><br />Hang in there! <br />Praying! <br />~AMDM + AM https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375817644349023976noreply@blogger.com