Re: Got my labs back...(Karin)

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Hi Atlanta girl,

I just read your previous post. I too saw Dr. Redmond and he is big on the BCP.

He did

some of the original studies on the BCP and acne (for the drug co). He gets some

things

but than he seems to not understand others. I have been off the spiro for a

while now and

I am just taking thyroid and E (not as much as before due to one bleeding

episode) and my

hair loss is something I don't experience much anymore.

I sent my daughter to see a new Dr in NYC (she has done studies on calcium and

hormone

response). I am currently using some of the Vit D/calcium (fairly high dose)

that my

daughter uses and the funny thing is that I am sleeping like the dead. I don't

remember

sleeping this well since my 20's. It is too soon to tell whether this is working

for my

daughter but I will let you know.

The one thing this Dr said is that the ovaries need is adequate calcium which in

turn

supports hair skin and nails. I would investigate that route w/Vit D and your

bodies ability

to absorb calcium. I think that it is fairly complicated w/the blood

tests(knowing what to

look for) and the 24 hour urine. Let me know if you would like her name (I think

she also

teaches at Columbia)

Karin

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> This might explain why I had such horrible hair loss on the spiro. It

> might have crashed my E both on the pill and right when I was building

> up the BHRT having come off the pill. Bad timing, but it's hard for me

> to imagine it caused losses of 300-600 a day!! Unbelievable the loss.

>

> Atlanta Girl

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> > Subject: Re: Got my labs back...(Karin)

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> > I was on the Spiro for about 2 1/2 years and it did not help w/new

> > hair growth and I had to take much more E when taking it. I have had

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