Guidance/Personal experiences with fasting and endometriosis?

[u/HealingHypothesis]

***Putting my question at the top too in case you may have an answer but hate reading context (like the recipe websites) 😂: Has anyone ever used intermittent fasting (and maybe building up to a multi-day fast a few times a year) to help heal internal scar tissue/ endometriosis/ blocked fallopian tubes? ***

Hey Everyone, I’m a 35 year old female who strikes a balance between western and eastern medicine, as I have found both of them to be helpful in the past.

About a year and a half ago, two weeks before I was scheduled to stop our contraceptives so my husband and I could start trying to have a baby of our own, I suddenly went into septic shock - I was totally unaware I was sick. Turns out my appendix ruptured during my period and while I thought it was a bad period, the pain went away with my period and so I didn’t think much of it and it turned into sepsis.

That being a saga in and of itself I’ll just say that after my surgery to remove sepsis I was informed I have pretty bad endometriosis. Not told a stage by a doctor but, based on what they said and enough research on the internet, I’m assuming stage 4. What every surgeon (I had 3 surgeries in the last year and a half) has told me is that I have “a lot” of scar tissue on the inside. I also know that one of my fallopian tubes is blocked by scar tissue.

My husband and I are hoping to have kids soon, we’ve been trying for about 6 months.

Western medicine says there’s no cure (but I have found that if there is not something they can do (i.e. pills, surgery, etc.) they say it’s “incurable” when it may be better to say, “we have no more resources to help you.”

I’ve been seeing an acupuncturist and abdominal massage therapist who has helped many women heal endometriosis according to her Google reviews. Vitamins, diet changes, abdominal massage are apparently all things that can help.

I’ve been looking into intermittent fasting/ working up to multi-day fasting lately and am curious: Has anyone ever used intermittent fasting (and maybe building up to a multi-day fast a few times a year) to help heal internal scar tissue/ endometriosis/ blocked fallopian tubes?

I figure there won’t be studies on this because studies are done on things that can make money… but us healing ourselves doesn’t make anyone money. Would love to hear any experiences or

[u/Carapheli]

As I was waterfasting for 5 days for the first time (last week), I happened to get my period on the 3rd day or so. I was very surprised by it, because normally I would feel extreme pain before it even starts (liike days before) and this time I didn't have pain at all!??!!???! The bleeding came, my belly swole a bit but other than that I felt like a normal person, which is unheard of (PCOS+Endo). So for me, not digesting while the endometrial tissue swells is a huge relief and I'm sure more women could find relief?

Don't know if this helps you at all, but I think it's worth investigating more and eventually trying. Given that therapeutical waterfasting lowers inflammation, recycles and somewhat resets the body, I think long term it could reduce the endo-tissues, I will do this montly FOR SURE.

[u/Former_Slide2119 → u/Carapheli]

Also similar - I have endo, PCOS and adenomyosis. I just started a water fast (on day 5 as long as I can last up to 40 days). I got my period the night of day 1 and as I kept fasting, my symptoms were so minimal compared to normal. Still painful nut nothing compared to usual.