Daily Update

I am really trying to update my CAIS blog in hopes of better tracking my hormones, since we all know memory fades.

A few things about my CAIS and my meds.

1. I take my trans-dermal BHRT cream at 12:30 in the afternoon, every day.  When daylight savings happens I don't adjust accordingly with the time change immediately but slowly work back towards 12:30 on the new time.  
2. I am really bad at taking my Vitamins, Especially Vitamin D.
3. I only put a half pump on every day, even though it says to put a full pump on.  I know that it means I am not getting an exact dosage every day, but I think it helps.  Sometimes when I feel ho-hum I put on a little less.
4. Yesterday I had 4 hot flashes.  One around 10:45, another around 14:00, one around 19:00 and another around 20:30.
5. My alarm just went off to take my meds.

Have a wonderful day!  Don't forget to smile. 

Point Five Estrogen = Hot Flashes

So I am calling Dr. Filbeck tomorrow, just to update him on how my hormones have been working the past month since I switched to the new formula of .5 Estrogen and 3mg of Testostrone and taking a progestrone every other day (ish).  The other thing about my hormones, is that I usually only put on a half a pump every day.  I usually don't do more, and sometimes if I am feeling weird, I do less.

Every once in a while my hormones get the better of me and I feel really, really anxious.  I don't know why my anxiety shoots up and it is like my brain is a computer and someone opened too many window's and it is running slow, but my chest feels like I just took a triple or quadruple espresso.  That is the only way I know how to describe it.  I usually have to do some deep breathing to calm myself down as well.

She never wants to look at the camera!  

And the BLOOD results are in :)

So my blood results are in...I was 1. not taking any estrogen or progestrone the last 4-6 months.  2. Feeling great except for 3. my eye sight was getting worse and my skin was less elastic.  4. barely having hot flashes...sometimes I even got COLD flashes.  

Overall:  I need a little estrogen and should be taking progesterone to help as well.  My Vitamin D was LOW so I am on 50,000 I.U. of Vitamin D3 a week and my estrogen was virtually non-existent! 

Cold Flashes!!!

Who knew!  Yesterday I forgot to put my meds on till 15:00 or so and the rest of they day I got random cold flashes...Today too!  If I can order these instead of hot flashes, sign me up!

All in all, I have had very few hot flashes as of late.  So that makes me happy.

Blood Draw: Thursday 5th of December 2013

Got my blood drawn today at Dr. Filbeck's and my right arm was not working to well.    Thankfully Christoph was with me, since the last two he was unable to make it due to work, since this blood draw did not go too well.  I started crying after the second vial in my right arm (it hurts so bad and they had to pull on my skin to keep the needle in)  (tapped out after three vials)  So we switched to my left after a minute and the other seven or so were done quickly!  Yay!    Minimal bruising even though they said I would get a hematoma on my right arm...I didn't :)

New Order

So I ordered more of my trans-dermal cream, hormones and supplements.

I am really excited, because I have been working out a ton lately and I need my vitamins!  So I am going to try and remember to take everything everyday!  I really only remember my cream everyday.  Otherwise I can really tell.

Hormones off...

So I found a bottle of my old hormones that I hadn't used in a couple of months (since I had been using the newest ones with less cream) and I decided to use the older bottle.  I figure, might as well use it up.  Plus if I do react weird to the hormones I should be fine.

ERRRR.

Well I did lose a bit of weight, since I had morning sickness.  But other than that my emotions were totally off!  I was crying and freaking out like a wuss it was very unbecoming.

So I guess I won't use old ones any more :/