Comments on labs please; see Endo tomorrow

December 21, 2004

-I see the Endo tomorrow.

-Here are my new labs.

-I never knew to get tested for female hormones, until reading it on this

list, so I requested those labs and do not know how to evaluate the results.

-Premarin or similar stopped hot flashes cold after hysterectomy 15 years

ago, until summer of 2003. I have had bad hot flashes ever since, although

it's less noticeable in the winter. I stopped taking Premarin, and started

taking Progesterone cream - no significant help. I've been using the

cream for about 6 months.

I'm on 4gr of TimeCap Thyroid. Ferritin OK, no anemia, B12 OK. Fatigue

and aches and pains are my worst complaints. Temperature fluctuates,

usually in the 97s.

I did not take thyroid meds the morning of the labs.

AST and ALT were high before , so retested. Now the AST is normal but ALT

is 56, range 0-31.

Progesterone 1.14 Post Menopausal <0.2 - 0.82

Estradiol 18 Post Menopausal <20 - 41

FSH 53 Post Menopausal 20-138

FT3 3.87 1.45 - 3.48

FT4 1.13 0.75 - 1.91

LH 27.2 Post Menopausal 15 - 62 WHAT IS THIS?

TSH 0.01 0.20 - 6.00

DHEA 38 39 - 183

DHEA: I was on 25mg for months and still tested low, so doctor upped it

to 50mg, and I am still low. Can anybody interpret this for me?

Could this account for my fatigue, falling asleep 3 or 4 hours after I get

up in the morning, and again midafternoon? I split the thyroid meds

into 2 or 3 doses - does not seem to matter how I take it. I had the

cortisol lab previously, and I think it was 10.3 . The doc said it's fine

if it's 10 or over .

I feel like I am getting weaker all the time. I have been to many

specialists, but nobody can find anything wrong.

I know the Endo will want to decrease the thyroid dose. I have been on

4gr for about 2 months.

I ordered from Myrxforless and have a good supply. I was hoping the doc

would give me a script.

Fat chance.

joan

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