Nearly 90 million women worldwide suffer from endometriosis, which is an extremely painful reproductive and immunological disorder. Essentially, what happens is that the sensitive lining of the inside of the uterus (where babies grow) grows OUTSIDE the uterus, and on surrounding organs.
There is no cure.
The only way to eliminate endometrial tissue is to cut the woman open, and use lasers to burn the endometrial tissues, then sew her back up, with no guarantees that the tissue won’t grow back next month.
Of all the endometriosis research currently underway, there are NO studies actively seeking a cure. Sounds like quite a racket for not only the surgeons, but the pharmaceutical companies supplying all of the surgical and post-surgical medication for all of these surgeries!
From the Endometriosis Research Center, here are a few statistics:
Endometriosis affects twice the number of Alzheimer’s patients and seven times those with Parkinson’s Disease, and is a leading cause of female infertility, chronic pelvic pain and gynecologic surgery. It accounts for nearly half of the 500,000 hysterectomies performed in the United States annually. It is more prevalent than breast cancer, yet continues to be treated as an insignificant, obscure ailment. Recent studies have even shown an elevated risk of certain cancers in women with Endometriosis. Endometriosis can be so painful as to render a woman or teen unable to care for herself or her family or attend work, school or social functions. Endometriosis affects every aspect of a woman’s life, from her self-esteem to her relationships to her ability to be a contributing member of society.
When was the last time you watched a television for longer than 15-20 minutes an did NOT see an ad for one of many, many drugs that help men who can’t maintain a boner for very long?
Know now many men “suffer” from lack of long-lasting boners? “Estimates” from the US National Institute of Health, those numbers range between 15 and 30 million men.
Let’s get this straight (pardon the pun):
90 million women are in a lot of pain every day from a disease that is currently only diagnosed and treated by CUTTING THEM OPEN.
At MOST, 30 million men can’t fuck. They can take one of myriad pills, and can fuck again whenever they like.
And where does all of the research funding go? Turn on the television and see. Or do a quick Google search like I did.
What the hell is wrong with this world?! I suppose the squeakiest wheels get oiled. The NIH should take this into consideration:
When I’m screaming in pain, it’s sort of difficult to bitch about it to the government. What form, exactly, would I have to fill out to register a complaint anyway? How do I contact medical researchers? I can’t. I can’t because I have no power. I don’t work for Big Pharm. All I have is a lot of pain, and no options for pain relief other than surgery.
Am I saying that endometriosis is the worst disease out there and should take precedence over devastating and fatal illnesses? No. I’m saying that there needs to be a law that lists, by priority, disease research programs that are eligible for federal and state and private funding. There needs to be oversight of research funds.
While I understand that socialized medicine is extreme, and could very easily result in a reduction of the quality of medical care in this country, there absolutely needs to be SOME sort of control over where research funding goes.
I can hardly wait to go under the knife again. And yes, I resent each and every medically-induced boner. It seems like the 90 MILLION women are suffering excruciating pain, in essence, we are all paying for your erection.
You’re welcome. You’d better enjoy each and every minute of it. And don’t come begging me for a handjob when you give yourself priaprism.
I guarantee that if men had the sensitive material that comprises their testicles growing on other, internal organs, there would be several cures for it right now.
I’m not saying that women’s issues are more important than men’s issues. I’m saying that strictly in terms of numbers (90 million versus 15-30 million) and severity (terrible, crippling pain versus embarrassment), endometriosis NEEDS to take precedence over erectile dysfunction, both financially, and academically.
John said,
December 17, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Try a simple change in your diet that I recommended to my step-daughter who had been suffering from ovarian cysts, endometriosis and enlarged lymph nodes under the armpits. Replace whatever chicken you are eating with hormone-free organically grown chicken and switch to hormone free brown eggs if you’re eating the white ones. One of the little known causes of ovarian cysts and other female problems is excess estrogen and estrogen immitators from hormone fed animals and disposable plastic water bottles for starters. In 2 1/2 months of making this change and without any medications, vitamins, exotic herbs, etc. my step daughter returned to completely normal health. No ovarian issues; only healthy tissue as verified by her gynecologist. And her lymph nodes had returned to normal by the time the radiologist and surgeon checked her in pre-op. Nothing was found, everything is healthy again. Surgeries cancelled. Once the sources of the problems was removed, her body healed itself completely.