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I wish I had not listened to each Western Dr & Nurse who told me, 'dont worry' when I asked if it was safe to be on BC for so long (4 years). My reason was not to prevent pregancy, however, to control heavy bleeding.
This is a good read and a sure thing I will pass along to anyone who is willing to hear before they end up with IC, like I have. I firmly believe that BC attributed to me getting IC (which I also was diagnosed with endo, pssioriassis, migraines, depression) to name only a few... There were certainly other factors but being on this surely didnt help.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/10/27/birth-control-part-two.aspx
thanks for sharing.
thanks adriane for posting that website. i was on birth control pills for about 3 yrs and it wasn't worth it. since i know what it does to our body, i'll make sure sophia doesn't end up like her mom.
Something has gone seriously wrong with our society...
We know instinctively that anything chemical in our body is going to have repercussions down the line (Do doctors really and truly believe that 'it's ok' to be on birth control pills, or other pills, or are they colluding with the herd mentality of population control?) but it's so difficult to resist the 'God' doctors and the medical profession. I took my 8-year old son to the dentist recently - an x-ray (was it really necessary?) revealed a new tooth coming down on top of a milk tooth. The dentist immediately wrote him a script for antibiotics . When I asked 'why?', he replied 'Just in case'. (!!!!!?????). Needless to say, my son did not receive the antibiotics and the whole thing passed off without incident. We are like battery farmed animals - fed antibiotics etc., to keep us disease free (never mind that it shortens or curtails our quality of life).
Thank goodness...
Well then, there is one good thing that came out of my "fear of gaining weight" mentality. I never took BC because I imagined I would blow up like a blimp if I did. However, I did still get IC ... which just shows how crazily unbalanced I was. No telling what I would have gotten if I took BC too.
I never took
birth control. I've been married 30 years, and to be honest, I never thought it was a very healthy alternative, so I stayed clear of it. I also didn't take antibiotics unless absolutely necessary, and I was even careful in taking a Tylenol here and there. I always suffered with heavy bleeding in my cycle as well as severe cramps, but I would use a hot water bottle in most cases rather than a Tylenol or other over the counter med. Yet I still got IC. When I was first diagnosed I wracked my brain thinking of what I could have done differently to avoid this, and now I just try to focus on healing and seeing the slight changes in my body that are leading up to a whole lot of really good change. Probably better than it would have been if I had never got this disease. Here are a few:
1~ I eat so much more healthy than I have ever eaten my entire life, which affects my whole family in a positive way as well. My mom said when she visited me over the holidays that she loved my diet and couldn't get over how tasty it was, nor how trim I have become.
2~ I am so thankful for so many lovely, little things that make up my day. I love trying a new recipe and have it turn out so good. Or to have my daughter come over for tea and delight with me that I can tolerate green tea now. Or to sleep for four hours straight. Heaven that is! Or to walk the mall without thinking of my bladder once.
3~ I am learning to turn the negatives into positives, such as dining out joyfully with everyone while bringing my homemade food with me. My new son in law asked me if that was a waffle I was eating when we were all at a restaurant together, and it was. I was eating a grilled fish sandwich with guacamole between two waffles. It was so fabulous that I didn't miss too much the pizza they were all eating.
Just of few good changes going into the New Year. :)