Diagnosed with 7mm tumor March of 2008. Went on Bromo and clomid was pregnant within one month. I miscarried after 9 weeks had a D&C in June and started all over. Bromo made me miserable. Major sinus problems, vertigo, severe nausea, bloating and dizziness.
In December 2008 we were pregnant again with our little man! Had an uneventful pregnancy and gave birth to a beautiful perfect bouncing baby boy on August 6, 2009. After nursing for 3 months and many many severe headaches I went to the doc to see what was up. MRI in November showed a 12mm tumor pressing against my optic chiasm. I was recommended to an endo and neurosurgeon. At this time I had no inclination towards "alternative" or "natural" remedies. Endo wanted me to quit nursing and go on meds. The Neurosurgeon wanted me to quit nursing and have surgery. I didn't feel good about either and started writing this blog and went on my quest for natural alternatives to what was recommended. I just knew that God had put some sort of natural remedy on this earth to help me! Started vitex. After several months there was no change.
January of 2010 I went off vitex and started Frankincense February of 2010. Headaches were gone within days and after a few weeks my prolactin levels dropped from around 250 to around 200. A few weeks later they were at 150 and over the course of a few months they were down to around 100 while nursing! They plateaued at 100. I stopped nursing and got another MRI at the end of June. My tumor had shrunk from 12mm to 10 mm while nursing and on frankincense. I started other oils to push me past my plateau. My levels went down a bit, but not as much (or as fast) as I wanted....I am so dang impatient! Wanting desperately for my period to start again for pregnancy and anti-osteoperosis reasons I started on caber in August. Within 3 weeks my prolactin was at 7. The lab lady made me come in and retest as she had never seen prolactin go down so fast. I attribute it to the synergistic combination of cabergoline and frankincense. I took cabergoline very minimally and had zero side effects except for the two week period in which I ran out of frankincense. In those two weeks I suffered severe depression and headaches. Once I started ovulating in Oct. I never took it past ovulation day...so about half of the time. My prolactin levels stayed between 6 and 17. Once I realized my periods were lopsided (follicular phase was at 24-25 days and LP was at 7-8 days) I started using oregano and thyme on my adrenal and uterine reflex points on my feet an ankles to increase my progesterone and clary sage to help with cycle regularity and fertility. I also used Whisper blend to help with hormone balancing and Balance blend to reduce stress and help balance hormones. Every month my LP would lengthen by about 1 day. Cycle 5 my Ovulation day came before day 20! That is the magic number apparently. If your egg is released after that day it is past it's prime and may not fertilize or even if it does it will probably not implant.
Anyway, I am still continuing with the frankincense at this point as well as cycling lavender, grapefruit, wild orange, and patchouli. I have cut the doses in half, but I want to keep this thing under control so I don't have to bring my levels down from 250 again or my tumor from 12mm! Also, I have been using peppermint to keep my nausea at bay and wild orange to quench the heartburn and acid reflux! I have been so much less sick with this one and I attribute it solely to the oils, grapefruit and ginger ale :) Thank you all for your great support, well wishes and prayers!
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