So much has happened in the last few months! We have had a baby, lost a job, ramped up our business, moved and preparing to move again! CRAZY!!! So here we go :)
Shortly after having Xaylia I went and had my prolactin tested...575! Holy crap! No wonder the headaches were back. I was also struggling big time with PPD and anxiety like never before. I hadn't been diligent with the oils during my pregnancy. I attribute that to not having something to work towards! I usually have blood tests regularly to see where I am, but it is pointless during pregnancy since my levels are elevated anyway and it is impossible to know what it is going on. So, I slacked big time...I won't be slacking ever again though! Anyway, I went and had an MRI later that week and sure enough my tumor had almost doubled since my MRI over two years ago after weening Tux! Crap. My obgyn suggested the neurosurgeon route....no thank you. I know exactly what he would say....uh, the same thing he said 2.5 years ago....get surgery! I had a frank conversation with my obgyn. I asked him if it is really truly an emergency or urgent and he said as long as my headaches aren't non-stop and I'm not having weird vision problems I have a month or two to figure things out. So, once again....hitting everything hard!
I started doing a lot of research again. The medications that are typically prescribed for those with prolactinomas are bromocriptine and cabergoline which are dopamine-agonists. They are also prescribed to those with Parkinson's. I have spent days and days researching oils that have these properties. I also talked to an essential oil expert about oils that may be considered dopamine-agonists. Her name is Emily Wright and she told me that Rosemary and Basil are in that category. I started looking into them and decided to give them a go. Emily suggested I use them aromatically since that is the best way with dopamine-agonists. So, along with my regular Frankincense regimine, I put a drop of each on a terra-cotta pendant at night and place it on the pillow by my nose. Every time I wake up to nurse I do it again :) During the day I wear the pendant (when I remember). Within a few days my headaches were completely gone! A month after my initial blood results I got another test and my results came back at 474!!! That is the fastest my prolactin has EVER gone down! Even when I was taking frankincense with cabergoline! I'm hoping it is NOT to good to be true. I really think the rosemary and basil are doing amazing things and coupled with the frankincense it is hitting it from 2 sides! The frankincense is shrinking my tumor and the rosemary and basil are boosting my dopamine levels, which in turn are blocking the prolactin!
In a nutshell, I feel amazing! Better than I have felt in over a year! My depression and anxiety are gone even though the last several months have been the most tiring, craziest and busiest of my life. I plan on having another blood test soon and I am hoping the results are just as good as my last one. I have no doubt they will be just based on how I feel. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. Email me and if you would like to talk I will send you my number via email as well. Bless you all and I hope to hear good things from many of you as well!
Here are some interesting links. Make sure to check out the links/references at the bottom of the links as well!:
http://www.naturalnews.com/029359_rosemary_stress.html
http://www.smart-publications.com/articles/rosemary-extract-cancer-fighter-brain-protector-and-more/page-2
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18695511
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