Mesa Approach

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Given all the questioning of why Leah has me doing the program the way she does, I recall that when one of her nurses told me over the phone to use the progesterone amounts I am using now, that I posted in my three month report the other day, she referred to it as the 'Mesa approach.' I had no idea what she was talking about or why, but in an obviously rushed phone call, it wasn't the time to query, just do what she said.

I have to have the blood tests on the 12th and 21st day of this month, since I wasn't able to make it to Santa Fe for them in my third month, in March. I had a test on the 12th day of the second month, they told me to because of the problems I had with the prog. in the first month. From that point on, my estrogen was raised several times. This is all documented in GREAT detail in the message files of the LiveRightByType list, and anyone is welcome to join and browse those.

By the time I took the estrogen test the 12th day of the second month, my estrogen count was around 900. So when I still had problems with prog. at the end of the second month, and was told to lower it some more, the last conversation I had about prog. was with the nurse who referred to the Mesa approach, and that was the lowest amount they had given me yet.

Until I get a blood test or have negative symptoms again, I am to stick with what I am doing now. I have an appointment with Leah Morton at the end of April, when I am beginning the fifth month. I haven't met with her in person since November. I have met with her NP and talked to her two nurses on the phone ever since, to make needed adjustments in my protocol and to discuss various test results (bone scan, estrogen, etc.).

Leah works only part-time, two or three days a week, and you can't get an appointment with her for several weeks when you call to set one up. All of our communication is done with her staff unless we have an actual appointment with her. She has been off all insurance programs since the late 1990s, so we have to pay out of pocket to see her in person. So the fact we have so much phone access to the staff is what makes this work, for me at least. I couldnt' afford to pay to see Leah every week or so!

And she is so booked, she couldn't fit me in every time I have had problems or questions anyway.