WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: Chris S.-Peggy, Doctors

Re: Chris S.-Peggy, Doctors

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:11:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, chris wrote: >
>At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peggy wrote:
>>
>>Hi Chris,
>>
>>Good question you just asked! I am totally confused with all of this. My
>>levels are as follows
>>
>> FSH 2/00 -36.9
>>
>> 7/00 17
>>
>> 8/00 4.9
>>
>> Estradiol 2/00 57
>>
>> 7/00 42
>>
>> 8/00 67
>>
>>If not ovarian remnant what would cause these levels ?Remembering that I
>>have no ovaries!
>>
>>Hi Peggy:
>
>This is very strange. Are these tests all being done at the same lab?
>Makes you wonder if you should be retested at another lab. I'm not
>familiar with normal estradiol levels. Are these levels typical of a
>non-menopausal woman? What happens to FSH levels when Lupron is given?
>Do they rise as they would in natural menopause? Doctors?
>
>Chris S.

These levels would certainly imply an estrogen sourse. If there is no estrogen being taken, then it may be coming from an ovarian remnant. the gonadotropins (FSH)goes up significantly at first with lupron therapy, then goes back down... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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