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Testosterone Dominant (Was Re: CA-125 test and symptoms)

From: Vicki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jun 26 09:33:21 2005

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Beth- I was on Progesterone cream for many years and it's now at a normal level - so normal I cannot tolerate even a drop of progesterone cream (swollen eyes, hands, feet). The odd thing about the testosterone is that I don't look like it's high. I'm not furry, no deep voice, no acne. I have large shoulder bones but am otherwise thin. My doctor has hinted that he thinks I was born with high testosterone (as in was almost a hermaphrodite). The problem is they don't start measuring your hormones until there's a problem, so they don't know what "normal" is for you. I'm currently in premenopause and taking bio-identical estrogen for hot flashes. It works but since then all the problems I've strongly suspected are endo have increased. Which has increased my suspicion of endo. And I have had such strange symptoms that I've been sent back and forth between Gyn and gastro. At first was chronic constipation. I have to take 6 gm of Vit C powder in water each morning to give me Da D. This is the only way I have been able to go for 5 years now. Colonoscopy showed nothing (diagnosis IBS - read psychosomatic). Gyno said I had ascites from burst cysts but since no fever, no follow-up. I couldn't gain weight but was quite swollen in the tummy - kind of an Ethiopin look. Then, 4 years ago, whenever I have sex it feels like I'm getting a finger up my backside at the same time - making sex a really yukky feeling as you can imagine. Recently (a year) I finally started getting traditional endo symptoms, the bloating, cramping, bleeding, weird period schedule, gaining weight overnight, cellulite for the first time in my life, etc. I have dastro appt on July 5 and gyno appt on July 6. I have to tell the gyno about the "finger in the butt" thing. How embarassing is that going to be? Anyone else get that symptom?

At Sun, 26 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote: >
>Vicki, If you are Testosterone dominant you might want to talk to your
>Dr. about using natural compounded progesterone cream. It helps with
>endo and can get your hormones back into balance. I don't know if you
>have HMO or PPo type insurance but if you can choose your own DRs. you
>might want to try an endocrinologist for the hormones. Good luck.

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