E6 S2 | Difficult to Diagnose: Holistic Endometriosis and Hormone Expert Dr. LJ Johnson Shares What You May Not Know or Understand About Endometriosis
Welcome to Episode 6, Season 2 of the Sick and Seeking Podcast
On this episode I speak with Dr. LJ Johnson, Holistic Endometriosis and Hormone Expert. Her passion is to empower, motivate and educate women so they too can have quality of life despite their symptoms or diagnosis.
Takeaways:
- LJ’s 16 year personal experience of chasing down her own endo diagnosis and being told by her doctors that there aren’t many options available to ease her symptoms.
- LJ’s realization that conventional medicine wasn’t providing what she and others needed, and retrained in functional medicine and holistic health
- Endometriosis is uterine-like tissue found outside of the uterus. The endo lesions inflame and the surrounding tissue can inflame as well
- Endometriosis has stage one, two, three and four and they do not equate to the level of pain, discomfort and inflammation you will have in your body.
- Symptoms of having endo is different for everyone, with many people having GI and digestion issues
- Endo is often difficult to diagnose, and it can often be a process of exclusion to make the diagnosis
- Lj shares that the best way to confirm if it’s endo is to work with a endometriosis excision surgeon
- Ablation versus excision surgery to treat endo.
- Finding and doctor and surgeon you can trust; not just the first person that could get you in
- Lifestyle changes that can support your body to feel better, such as learning your trigger foods that set off inflammation, bloating, loose stool etc. and logging this information
- How functional medicine can help you look for the root cause of the issue you’re having in your body
Quote:
“ I really and honestly turned my pain into my passion. It took me 16 years to be properly diagnosed with endometriosis, yes, 16. So that was 16 years of blaming myself, blaming my doctors, hating my body, hating my doctors, doctors being very dismissive of me, you know, begging, bleeding, literally bleeding out of every orifice of my body, and begging to be heard, pleading for help.” - Dr. LJ Johnson
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