March is the month for Endo sufferers to be heard! In the United States, Congress formally recognizes the entire month of March as "Endometriosis Awareness Month," and in Europe and Australia, the week-long recognition takes place from March 5-11, 2007. See http://www.endocenter.org and http://www.endometriosis.org to learn what others are doing.Some easy ways to get involved, either with your organization of choice or on your own:
Host or participate in a fundraiser for Endo;
Submit articles to your local media outlets and request that they do an Endo feature (or two!);
"Adopt a Doc" (see http://www.endocenter.org/adoptadoctor.htm for details);
Pass out brochures everywhere you go (readily available from all the Endo organizations);
Wear your yellow ribbon jewelry or other Endo accessory with pride (see http://www.cafepress.com/erc for details);
Hand out additional yellow ribbons and/or EndoAngel cards (with details about Endo);
Ask the local high school/middle school nurse(s) if you can present on Endo in young women to the older students;
Ask your local hospital or health center if you can host an educational event on Endo;
Be an advocate to a local Endosister - take her to the doctor or surgery, lend her your support, etc.;
Donate an Endo book to your local library;
Get involved in the legislative awareness campaign (see http://www.endocenter.org/awarenessprogram.htm for details);
Volunteer at a local Endo organization (volunteerism can be done online, too!);
Join a support group for Endo (see http://www.endometriosis.org/support.html for details);
And so much more. No initiative, regardless of how small, is unimportant. Only by working together towards greater awareness can we achieve it!
http://wiki.obgyn.net/page/Endometriosis+Awareness+Throughout+the+Month+of+March
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I have suffered from adenomyosis with severe cramps during and after my period. It was very painful and heavy bleeding and severe lower back pain my pain was unbearable to a point of being not able to move and a stabbing like pain on the left of my ovaries. Pain goes away when a clot comes out. But it took a while for the clot to come out. After several meetings with my gynaecologist which she suggested "Hysterectomy" but I refused I know what Hysterectomy is and how heart aching it can be then she stated that Allopathic treatment will help in pain management but it will not cure the disease. I started treatment with a drug named "endoheal 2 mg". This gave me pain relief but reduced my periods almost to no periods with numerous side effects - spotting and fluctuation in my dates. I was not mentally satisfied to bear the side effects so I came across ''Ayurvedic doctor" who started my treatment with herbs. Though I continued above drug 'endoheal 2 mg'" parallel for nine months for easy pain management. From then I continued taking the treatment. It reduced the size of my lesion but did not reduce it further after few months. And there was no relief in pain during menstruation but my Dr. Advised me to continue it during 3 months without any gap. I had noticed a quick ageing of my skin in the last 2 years. I am a smoker but for some reason I feel my quick ageing has to do with something else because I have been smoking for a long time and it's only recently that I noticed a fast decline of my skin elasticity. After then pain radiates very badly in my left leg, lower left back and left side of my vagina. The pain normally start anytime during 3, 5,6 days, but at time I had to take a painkiller for this also as it irritates whole day. Then pain disappears after fews day. My digestion was slow but Dr. Ronnie's supplements has improved it impossible situations is becoming possible miracles gradually.
I was lucky to read in the internet about a lady who was cured from Adenomyosis through Herbal Medication. I contacted Ronnie through an email address I got from a testimony shared on the internet. Without further delay I made an order, I switched over to it. I had great breakthrough, that in the first month, I was already testifying of the effective of the Herbal medication. After 3months course of taken the medicine, all symptoms were gone. It has been 1 year and four months since I became free from adenomyosis. Anyone who is not in my position would not understand what I went through, the heart break, the pain and how frustrated I was for 6 odd years. Believe me, it was hell. I am so happy; I never believed I will be this happy again in life. My story is quite lengthy, it might help you too. You may contact Dr. Ronnie to know more via his email on. ronniemd70@gmail.com
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