Your Name (or nickname) : Yen Comment : Pep, Keep up the good work :o)!!! I'm glad you're able to find some relief from your pain. I, too, have found that dietary changes have had a profound effect re my endo pain. Eggs, non-organic dairy, cheese, etc. flare my pain (so does the Primrose Oil!) Your Name (or nickname) : TinkerBelle Comment : Good work Pep, Awareness is the key and I totally agree in dietary changes but we also have to remember that we will all respond to different treatments but things like changing our diet, not using products eg... bleached tampons etc. Changes like these, Your Name (or nickname) : TinkerBelle Comment : Continued... Changes like these can make all the difference in the long run. Thanks for your contribution to the awareness of Endo.Good luck to you Pep and may good health and pain free days be with you today and always. Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : Ms Yen, Ms TinkerBelle, Thank you so much for your very kind messages. I updated on primrose oil issue in "PS". I wish you the best. Please take care ! 2-24-01 Your Name (or nickname) : Kathy Comment : Pep, Very nice info! I too, have made dietary changes recently due to ongoing severe endo pain. Keep up the good work, as we all need to be as informed as possible! Kathy Your Name (or nickname) : Katherine Comment : I read your messags w/ Yen on the endo board. I am 24, and my gyn told me about a month ago that she "thinks" I am developing endometriosis. She put me back on the pill (which I had been off of for 3 years). Thank you for being so open, so someone like me Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : Kathy and Katherine, thank you very much for your messages. I have lots of things I'd like to write though I just don't seem to be able to update as quickly as I want to. But messages like yours give me a lot of encouragement. And I'm sorry this guestbook Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : seems to cut you off and I don't know how to fix it at the moment. Please keep writing ! Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : I am going away for 10 days or so and I hope I can come back with more of new information. I'll try to update as soon as I can unless the pain came back because I will have to eat out (every meal) during the trip..or -continue- Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : maybe having a nice time during the trip will keep my immune system happy and strong and then I might be ok...We'll see. Take care everybody, see you soon. 3-3-01 Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : Hi, everybody, I'm back. Despite of all the restaurant food ( that does include some natural food )I had during the trip, my pain did not come back. But my IBS got worse with tummy flu for several days after I came back. (cont.) Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : I am starting to feel better now and ready to update the page as I got some more information from the trip and etc...Ciao! (3-23-01) Your Name (or nickname) : shell bell Comment : iam living wiith stage 4 endo and iam only 21. Your Name (or nickname) : Pep Comment : Hi, shell bell, thank you for stopping by. I'm sorry you have to suffer while you are still so young ! Did you want to talk? If you like , you are welcome to e-mail me, too. Take care. Pep (3-26-01) Your Name (or nickname) : Robin Comment : Hi Pep! I think you are on the right tract. I also have believed from the start that toxins we have been exposed to are related to endometriosis...I am a classic example from all I have read on this exposure to DDT & Dioxin in the Great Lakes area, as Your Nickname: Pep Your Message: 4/1/01 12:56:41 AM Hi, Robin and everybody, Robin, thank you very much for your message and I am so sorry the guestbook cut you off. Now I have a new guestbook and it lets us write a little longer. Thanks. Your Name (or nickname): Kathy Comment: Pep, Like your site. You have put a lot of effort into research. I agree with dietary changes, I stumbled onto that a year ago, read my story at my site. www.agewizard.com 17 Your Name (or nickname): Marcia Comment: Hi Pep...I've been meaning to check your page, and now I am glad that I did...I knew a lot of this. peripherally, but some of it doesn't always stick.. and I did learn a thing or two. I didn't know you have been controlling your pain without any surgical i 18 Your Name (or nickname): Marcia Comment: ...surgical intervention. I salute you in your choice and success, and thank you for showing us the alternatives. 19 Your Name (or nickname): Pep Comment: To Kathy and Marcia ! Sorry but I saw your messages for the first time today.. Thank you very very much for stopping by! 5-9-01 * The home is at http://www.geocities.com/pepchun/p.html thank you