From 2b39175011422a0d8f96d7f598f46e2a781dd28f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steph Enders Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:31:15 -0500 Subject: Initial rework commit: Build Script POC and CSS done I've created the main CSS layout and a proof of concept for the build script: this will actually build any "done" _post/ file and generate it as a workable HTML file. However, no index file generate, rss, or gemini is implemented --- mds/blog/hormone-levels.md | 43 ------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 43 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 mds/blog/hormone-levels.md (limited to 'mds/blog/hormone-levels.md') diff --git a/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md b/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md deleted file mode 100644 index 87eaabf..0000000 --- a/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -# Hormone Levels - -On Fedi I talk quite a bit about struggling to dial in my hormone levels. Part of that involves getting tested and such. So this page is going to be where I catalog everything so its easier for me to share more clearly whats going on. - -## The Problem - -I switched to injections from pills to injections in April of 2023. After a few weeks of injections I start to notice that over the weekend I am just wrecked. My emotions are all off, I feel like I did pre-HRT and I start getting depressed. This has been happening every weekend since starting injections. - -## My dosages - -I currently (as of August 04, 2023) on 0.15mL of 20mg/mL Estradiol Valerate injecting weekly on Monday mornings. - -My original dosage was 0.1mL of 40mg/mL of EV. - -## The trials - -So my doctor tested my levels on a Thursday a week after my initial message (due to my own error missing a call to get the next day locked in). Since I wouldn't be testing for a week she asked me to do 0.15mL of the 40mg. I tested. And then tested again 1 week later. -Both results were in the mid 900s pg/mL which is insanely high. I was averaging in the high 200-300 range on pills. - -So she had me immediately return to 0.1mL and then actually dropped me to 0.75mL of the 40mg and prescribed 20mg EV so I could take 0.15mL of that instead. - -Thus began a 6 week waiting period while I adjusted to the lesser dosage. And the feelings only got worse. - -## Where I am now - -I got my bloodwork done on the afternoon of Friday August 4th to conclude the 6 week trial and am awaiting results. - -**Update**: The results came back as 253pg/mL. Awaiting call from provider. - -**Update**: On August 9th I followed up with my doctor about the levels and she recommended moving to a .1mL of the 20mg EV (down from .15mL of the 20mg EV) and inject every 5 days. - -So I am going to follow-up again in 3 weeks and report how I feel. - -## What Fedi has helped with - -Some possible things to note are: - -1. What day are you testing? Ideally I should've been testing the day before or morning of. -2. I am doing weekly dosages. Some girls do every 5 days. -3. I am generally stressed and anxious. But I can feel the hormonal difference on the weekends. Especially on Sat/Sun. -4. I could switch to Friday injections since rarely do you test the day after. So that would allow for any day at the latter half of my injection cycle. - -But I suspect there is the possibility I am feeling the dip and not the actual level itself. So I feel amazing on the peak but the end of the cycle ramp down is so sever I just get depressed from it. In which case increasing frequency or other medical intervention (maybe anti-depressants) could combat this. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf