Patient Speak about therapy to improve hormone levels
A miracle has happened despite FSH of 28 !!
Hello ladies,
I used to post on the old board but have been a lurker ever since the new board started. I want to share my miracle story to hopefully encourage all of you on this difficult journey. Yes, I am now 5 weeks pregnant!
I am 34 and my DH and I have been TTC almost 3 yrs. I was diagnosed with stage 4 endo about 4 years ago and have had 2 lapses so far. In January of this year we decided to pursue IVF. Our first attempt was canceled when I only produced 2 follicles. The second attempt was canceled when my FSH came back unexpectedly at 19.8. The following month my FSH came back at 28 and I was not allowed to start. My RE was willing to try to force the FSH down with BCPs. We didn’t like the odds he was giving us and decided to walk away from IVF. I refused to give up hope though and did a lot of research on my own (Thank God for the Internet and this BB too)! Over the past 2 months I have done the following:
- Acupuncture and Chinese herbs with a third generation doctor of Oriental medicine who came to this country from China. I was drinking nasty tea twice a day and doing acupuncture about every 10 days.
- Added the following to my diet: wheatgrass tablets, flax seed oil, evening primrose oil, royal jelly, PABA and Isotonix OPC3 (a super antioxidant).
- Had one week of therapy at Clear Passages in Florida. I would encourage anyone with a history of pelvic adhesions/scar tissue to check them out. They were fantastic and I received such wonderful care there! They treated me the first week of this cycle and now I am pregnant! They can help women who are infertile due to mechanical causes (adhesions etc.)
- Started taking yoga classes 1/week.
My prayers go out to each and every one of you as you continue this painful and difficult journey. I never thought I would be posting a success story here but miracles really do happen! Praise God!
PS my RE is in shock but he was interested in all of the "alternative" therapies I tried and especially wanted literature about Clear Passages. He has never seen anyone get pregnant naturally at my age with FSH reading so high.
– Tanya
CPT Staff comment:
We feel very honored and humbled to be able to assist with such difficult, complex cases. Due to the remarkable case above, we have begun clinical research on the effects of our therapy treating women with high FSH levels. As we go to press with this web page, we have treated eight women with high FSH levels. Remarkably, FSH levels plummeted in six of these, dropped some in the seventh, and only remained the same in one! At the enthusiastic urging of the gynecologist, former Chief of Staff of our local hospital, we are now designing full scale clinical trials for all appropriate cases with hormonal diagnoses. For more information, please read our brochure entitled Improving Hormone Levels Naturally.
I thought you might like to know that my FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) level came down from 12.6 (before I went to you) to 8.1 (after therapy with you). This brings my hormone levels from "unacceptably high" to within a "normal" range. As you know, a high FSH is a sign of diminished ovarian reserve. The FSH levels can fluctuate slightly, but I did not expect that it would go down given my age. I certainly think that CPT helped.
– Lexie
