It is my pleasure to be able to share my experience with you about my acupucture treatment. I would like to begin by a short story of my infertility. I am a 33 year old with Stage II, very painful endometriosis. I had a child over 5 years ago with the assistance of a laparoscopy and six month of Danocrine, a drug that essentially mimics menopause in wich I did not ovulate nor menstruate. I was able to conceive after taking this medication.
Two years after that, I started feeling the endometriosis again. I sought the medical care of an OB urgeon/infertility specialist. Ten days after my first consultation, in November, I was in the hospital for my second laparoscopy. The doctor said that the operation was effective in that he was able to laser most, if not all of the endometrium lesions. He suggested that I not waste aany time before beginning infertility treatment. My husband and I decided to wait two to three months before starting the expensive, anxiety-enduce treatments. In February, I began Fertinex/Profasi treatments for ten days, administering shots to myself and going every other day for blood work and internal sonograms. My body overreacted to the medication in that my ovaries were overstimulated and caused me a great deal of pain. After complaining about this for days, I was finally seen by the doctor and advised that many women in this predicament are hospitalized for the pain, but that it was problably due to the fact that I had become pregnant, I was told I had to just wait it out and see what happened. Well, I wasn't pregnant, but I was heartbroken. Ane it was at that time I decided I was not going to put myself, nor my family through such an ordeal again.
Several months later, I ran into a friend of mine that I had not seen in quite a while. She was eight months pregnant. I knew that she had problems in conceiving and asked her how she did it. She told me she too was recently diagnosed with endometriosis, but had been told by a friend that she had been to an acupuncturist for infertility and was successful-so she tried it, and it worked! Well, that was all I needed to hear. I made an appointment that day to be seen.
This was the beginning of a wonderful experience for me. I knew nothing about acupuncture, but I trusted my friend and I knew that it had to be so much better that what I had gone through in the past. When I met Dr. Tan, I was immediatly put at ease, her disposition was incredibly soothing and comfortable. I told her my story and she got right to work. I am not going to try to explain hot she does what she does, or why...I know that it took her years of training and experience to learn herself. But I can tell you as I write this, that I am almost four months pregnant with my second child and have never been happier. I have all of the confidence in the world that I was in good, capable hands and I left the rest up to Dr. Tan. To her, I am truly grateful. I would also like to say that my relaxing, enjoyable, non-stressed experience with my infertility/acupuncture treatments by far outweighed the anxiety, money, stress and uncertainty of the infertility doctors I have dealt with in the past. It makes me want to tell the world that there is an alternative to the standar care of the Western doctors.
If there is a doubt in your mind, I suggest you try acupucnture. I believe that you will enjoy as much as I did, the peaceful, relaxing experience in and of itself. What is the worse thing that can happen....your dreams just might come true.
Stefanie Dodge
