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What do all these diseases/conditions have in common?

Endometriosis
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Pelvic Infection
Ovarian Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Fibroids
Hormone Imbalance
Anorexia
No Ovulation
STD's
Eating Disorders
Brain Tumor
Von Willebrand Disease
Most all cancers

 

They all have the Irregular Cycles as a symptom!

 

For a complete list of all 300+ diseases that all have irregular cycles Click Here

Camie's Story

I am Camie Gontier, the founder and co-owner of MyCycleDiary. I am more than just a woman who knows about women’s issues. What I do is more than just talk about products or getting pregnant. What I do is help women to help themselves by learning from my personal battle with trying to get pregnant.

 

My dedication and passion stems from my own personal battle and medical frustrations that I encountered while trying to get pregnant. It seemed nearly impossible to get any type of reliable information. The medical community offered very little and the lack of knowledge that is out there to help women get pregnant is ridiculously lacking by Today’s standards of technology.

 

The promise I make all women trying to get and stay pregnant is that by keeping a cycle diary, you will save yourself invaluable time and pain. Charting what your cycle is doing, has and will continue to save women from many years of suffering.

 

My journey began when I was 26 years old. My partner and I were living together and I was on birth control, like most responsible adults. As many women know, when on birth control your cycle is very predictable. You simply have no bleeding for approximately 3 weeks and bleed one week during the month.

 

At some point my cycle became unpredictable. I started to bleed mid-cycle. Spotting was not a common problem mid-cycle for me, so I let it go for a few months. Once it became a regular pattern, I decided that my OBGYN needed to become involved. I was asked by my physician when my last period was. When it was on time, they dismissed me. I was supposed to swallow the idea that the pill was the cause of this spotting and it was considered “normal”.

I wish I knew then what I know now: that mid-cycle spotting is not normal in any way.

 

The spotting continued until it was time for my next yearly exam. I made it very clear that I was still spotting mid-cycle all this time. Finally, my doctor decided an ultrasound was in order. I was told that I had cysts on my ovaries. This was no big deal to anyone. At least that was what I was told at the time. Again, my doctor ignored my concern.

 

If you are not actively trying to get pregnant, or having pain, most doctors do not bother to tell you what your journey to get and stay pregnant later on may be. They never warn you that getting pregnant down the line could be a challenge. They simply tell you not to worry, and to move on.

 

Fast forward to when I turn 29 years old. We decide it is time to have a family. I am dreaming of the pitter-patter of little feet and excited at the prospect of having my first baby. I stop taking my pill and wait to get the big fat positive I desire. We weren’t really trying, more like not preventing. We were on the relaxed approach of allowing Mother Nature to run her course. I should be pregnant before long, right?  

 

But after a year of no birth control and no positive pregnancy test, I begin to wonder if something is wrong with me. The spotting that’s supposed to be no problem is still plaguing my cycles and getting worse. My periods are also becoming horribly heavy.

 

In my attempt to get a child I was subjected to four fertility specialists, a barrage of painful fertility tests, and many emotional scars that will never quite properly heal. I was finally diagnosed with severe endometriosis. In fact, it was so bad that they had to remove my left ovary and fallopian tube. The damage was so intense that only one doctor was willing to go in and do the job. This was the doctor that only helped when no one else would. After him, I would have nowhere else to go if it failed. Once the surgery was said and done, I was told it was the hardest procedure he had performed in 5 years.

 

I think of the time I spent allowing my condition to worsen. I think about the doctors who did not bother to warn me of the long-term effects that an irregular cycle can have on your body later on. If I had been charting my cycle in a cycle diary, a doctor would have been able to see that my cycles were abnormal. They would not have been able to deny it. I would have been able to be diagnosed while my endometriosis was still in the mild or early stages. Instead, I suffered through 3 years of infertility, four extremely painful tests, and two very long surgeries with long recoveries. There were also years of emotional pain that left me wondering if I was defective.

 

I don't know what I would have done without the insurance I have, while at the same time I despise the insurance company for not covering infertility. To spend over $7,000 in specialists to fix a problem that never had to get this far in the first place is criminal. Yes, I would have still had endometriosis. However, if I had kept a cycle diary, I would not have been powerless and my situation would never have been as severe as it was.

 

My Cycle Diary is a tool for all women. It speaks for you when you think you have no voice. All the four thousand questions you forget to ask once you enter the doctor’s office will be summed up in your chart. All you have to do is hand it over and demand help. I cannot stress this enough, if you are dismissed, find a doctor who will listen.

 

I believe with all I am and all my heart that My Cycle Diary should be a part of every woman’s life, whether she is trying to conceive or not. If all women charted their cycles from the onset of menses through to menopause, many reproductive issues and ailments could be avoided altogether. I encourage you to do it, and to educate the women you love, doctor’s, insurance companies, and governments to do it too! The dream I have that the first words from my doctor’s mouth will be “May I see your cycle diary, please,” can become a reality with education. My cycle diary speaks for itself, and for the women who use it.

 

It’s time for you to take control over your personal journey!


Camie