Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for March 06, 2021

And not one of those supplements will make much of a difference. After all, it is Irving’s brain we are talking about.

jbarnes and lightenup I had a long talk with my younger daughter last night – it was her birthday. Starting when she was about 12 years old she had severe pain during her period. The doctors (there was more than 1 involved) prescribed birth control pill to help with the pain. Some research on our part indicated that her pain sounded a lot like endometrioses – the doctors scoffed at the idea as she was too young. In the last couple of months her naturopath (my daughter’s monthly pains have continued until recently) pointed out that the start of her migraines coincided with the start of her taking the birth control pills. Her migraines stopped in her early 20’s shortly after she stopped taking the pills. Kind of obvious what was causing her migraines! On the plus side her current doctor (the first female doctor she has seen) confirmed that my daughter does indeed suffer from endometrioses. Her naturopath is providing some supplements to help with the pain and she is now seeing an acupuncturist. Both of these are helping a great deal – she is almost pain free now. In my opinion it is about time – my daughter turned 36 yesterday. To me this is a failure of our medical system – she suffered pain needlessly for 24 years.

I hope everyone is having a great, pain free Saturday.