The Endometriosis Sourcebook

"I am starting to read this book and so far I think it is very full of important information."
~ Written on 2007-09-07

"This book have helped me a lot to learn about the deasease.
If you know someone who is suffring from it or yourself then i highly recomend you to buy it and read it, you will learn so much about how it is to have it."
~ Written on 2007-09-03

"The Endometriosis Sourcebook is a valuable resource on the subject of endometriosis, providing education about the illness as well as treatment options, while offering insight on coping skills. In addition, anyone who has suffered in excruciating pain will thoroughly enjoy the insert in the book written by Kevin Cowherd: "He suffers from excruciating discomfort."

Mary Lou Ballweg has compiled every ounce of information she could find and placed it into the pages of this book in an effort to help the thousands upon thousands of women who suffer from this disorder. Though I would have liked to have seen more emphasis on the impact of adhesion formation, which almost always accompanies endometriosis, I must take into account the date of publication, along with advances in knowledge in respect to endometriosis and adhesion formation. Moreover, there is so much controversy over endometriosis that to throw adhesion formation into the mix often causes great groans among endometriosis sufferers as well as physicians.

Since endometriosis is repeatedly termed "perplexing, puzzling, baffling," it has learned to wear those terms with enigmatic pride. In turn, countless women have succumbed to this impenetrable cloak, summing up their lives as an endometriosis sufferer. This is an unfortunate position, as this can cause one to lose hope and stop searching for an answer to her pain. There are instances where scar tissue (adhesions) are the true culprit behind debilitating pain in cases that were originally termed solely as endometriosis.
Likewise, there are cases where endometriosis is the ruling factor behind the pain and adhesions are few.

In either case, women must learn to take charge of their health which is only done by research, questioning one's doctor, getting a second opinion, and studying one's symptoms against the gathered research. I highly recommend Mary Lou's book to women who have been told that they are suffering from endometriosis. Karen Steward, author of Doctors: Bound By Secrecy? Victims: Bound By Pain!"
~ Written on 2007-08-25

"I was just diagnosed with severe endo. This was the first book I got that had to do with the subject. It was pretty informative and I learned a lot. The cartoons were really funny too. This book is at least a good starter book for people who were just diagnosed."
~ Written on 2007-02-27

"I agree with the reviewers who mention the "company line" behind this book. I personally was looking for something that would help me figure out what to do on a personal level to assist my body in fighting endo, but this was more of a conventional medicine read, and hard to get through at that. I recommend "Endometriosis - A Key to Healing with Nutrition", if this is what you're looking for. Did enjoy the cartoons, though!"
~ Written on 2006-10-14