October 02, 2004
Hormone Replacement News
I got so caught up in the biopsy etc., that I never posted about the test results I got back the day before. DHEA was fine so I'll stay on 5 mg. Testosterone was normal. Cortisol was a little high. That indicates stress so I guess I should stop watching the news! Progesterone was low normal and estradiol was really still low. So she doubled my prescription to .250 Triest with 75 mg. progesterone. She said the estradiol has to be higher if I want my sex drive back. It's not just the testosterone that you need. Why do some women not have this problem? I talked to someone over the weekend that is not on hormones and her sex drive is fine. My doctor intimated that really is not the norm though.
The prescription came Wed. so I started on the new dose, but by Sat. I was not feeling too well. Then on Sunday I was exhausted, had a "hot head", and was close to tears all day. So I called the office Monday and she said it was probably increased too much too quickly and to cut back a little for a week.
So that's what I've been doing for two days but I'm still so tired I may cut back to the old dose for a week and then start going up again. I guess when you haven't had your hormones for four years it takes your body a while to adjust.
I'm supposed to retest again in six weeks.
Posted by laura on October 2, 2004 09:17 AM
Comments
how frustrating! i'll be following your story to see how it goes and what you decide to do. thanks for writing about such a difficult topic.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 6, 2004 03:07 AM
Yes, sex drive...mine left and HRT hasn't brought it back. But, my dose is tiny and I don't want to up it.Good luck :)
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TITLE: New Saliva Test Results
AUTHOR: Elizabeth
DATE: 8/31/2004 09:26:50 PM
Posted by: Manic Blu at November 24, 2004 11:02 AM
I have found that the most physiologic way to help women feel their best and to prevent osteoporosis, improve cardiac risk, return sex drive and mental fn and energy, is the subdermal implantation of bioidentical estradiol and testosterone in pellet form. This therapy has been sorely neglected in the US probably because of the dominance of Premarin. It's like putting in a new tiny ovary. Pellets last for 4-6 months and insertion is fast and painless. Hormone levels are measured before and after implantation. We try and return women to the hormonal state of their mid-30's. We seek an FSH level 70. Results in my practice have been excellent so far. The procedure is well-documented in the medical literature for 50+ years. In a recent study of 976 women using subdermal pellet therapy with estradiol and testosterone over 10 years, there was not a single new case of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, or uterine cancer. Right now, there are not yet a lot of doctors who do this type of therapy, but I'm sure the number will be growing soon. I think you should consider trying it. I'm hoping to have my website up soon, www.PelletTherapy.com, but until then, you can go to www.SottoPelleTherapy.com for more info, or just do a Google search with words like bioidentical hormone pellet subdermal implants. Good luck!
Posted by: Dr. Bill at January 31, 2005 09:01 PM
There was typo in my last post. It should have read that we try and achieve an FSH level below 25, and a total testosterone above 70.
Posted by: Dr. Bill at January 31, 2005 09:04 PM