I forgot to mention, that as of my last injection of Sotto Pelle hormones, I am down to TWO prescriptions - one for blood pressure (which annoyingly remains high for no apparent reason), and an anti-depressant that I have to take for Achalasia disorder (a swallowing problem). I am taking several vitamin supplements, but I would rather take vitamins than eleven prescriptions. I am off the daily sleeping pill, the daily anti-anxiety, the as-needed-more-often-than-not muscle relaxers and Xanax, two cholesterol meds, and one of the blood pressure meds...I do still have a prescription for water retention and one for something else that I can't remember, because they are as needed and haven't been needed! Hooray! Life is good! And very little self-medicating with Jagermeister anymore either...that was a big sign that the hormones weren't working, because the physiological need for SOMETHING to alleviate all the day's anxiety and stress is no longer there.
I'm not kidding ladies...if you are entering that phase of life where hormone replacement might be something to consider, ask your doctor about Sotto Pelle. Visit http://www.mrmgyn.com/ - it's my doctor's website, and links to information on Sotto Pelle. It's been a lifesaver. There is no reason that a reasonably healthy woman of 45 should be on 11 prescriptions, most of which were things that were fixed with the right dose of hormones!
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Showing posts with label hormone replacement therapy. Show all posts
Sunday, January 15, 2012
My "Cranky Pants" aren't so cranky today...
...must be due to the hormones. The doctor told me when I had my first implant three months ago that I would just know when it was time for a new injection - I had no idea how I would know. Well, I finally figured out that I KNEW, but it took me a couple weeks. I just had my second injection this week, and I feel great again. However the mood leading up to the injection was bleak, and the correlation finally dawned on me right before I was scheduled for my second injection.
I had bad insomnia - literally three nights a week I wouldn't sleep at all. Thank God for my Kindle - I read a book and a half on Monday night, and went to my doctor's appointment after another sleepless night. The insomnia led to depression and anxiety creeping back in - I didn't want to get out of bed some days, and was stressed about little things. It's been four days now, and I feel back to normal again. A good night's sleep, a good meal with family and friends tonight, and life is good.
Which in a roundabout way leads me to my point - or whatever it is I'm babbling about. I have one girlfriend - my best friend - that I have known for more than 30 years and I would trust my life to. We lost touch for many years, but once we made up our minds to stay in touch regularly, we revert immediately to the goofy 14-year old girls that met on a field trip, and bonded by sharing a room on the 14th floor of the Hilton in San Antonio, spent tossing pizza and gummy bears on to the cabs parked below. We speak each other's language, so to speak. No other female that I have met before or since gets my twisted sense of humor, or shares my values (other than family, since it appears to be genetic) . That's important - shared values. And it's taken me a lot of years to figure that out.
My best friend and I can go a month without talking, but always pick up right where we leave off. We had dinner tonight with my parents, and we spent most of the evening trying not to shoot our beverage out our noses while laughing. It's always a game to see who will snort first (it was Elizabeth tonight, after her SO made a comment having to do with Reese's Feces, which I won't even try to explain). I have lots of female friends and aquaintances, but only one best friend for life. And that is more than enough - I'm truly blessed to have her in my life. And I don't tell her that enough. So this is my mushy "love letter" to my best friend, I guess.
Several years ago, after a particularly brutal relationship ended, I suddenly felt the need to TELL the people in my life that I love them regularly. It may drive family nuts when I talk to them on the phone, because I always end the conversation with "love you!", and I mean it. My husband has learned that he can't hang up the phone without telling me. My aunt Jane always laughs, but she says it back. I tell my ex-husband, and I mean it, just not in the "husband & wife" way. My best friend Elizabeth has never laughed, and always says it back - half the time she says it first. Those three little words, when said with meaning, truly do have an impact. I will call Elizabeth back if I forget to tell her "love you!" before I hang up the phone...and it makes my day brighter to know that she gets it, she understands the importance.
I know, I know, I'm getting maudlin and depressing, and entirely too mushy for most's comfort...I'll go back to being my typical snarky opinionated bitchedy person soon, I promise...love you! :-)
I had bad insomnia - literally three nights a week I wouldn't sleep at all. Thank God for my Kindle - I read a book and a half on Monday night, and went to my doctor's appointment after another sleepless night. The insomnia led to depression and anxiety creeping back in - I didn't want to get out of bed some days, and was stressed about little things. It's been four days now, and I feel back to normal again. A good night's sleep, a good meal with family and friends tonight, and life is good.
Which in a roundabout way leads me to my point - or whatever it is I'm babbling about. I have one girlfriend - my best friend - that I have known for more than 30 years and I would trust my life to. We lost touch for many years, but once we made up our minds to stay in touch regularly, we revert immediately to the goofy 14-year old girls that met on a field trip, and bonded by sharing a room on the 14th floor of the Hilton in San Antonio, spent tossing pizza and gummy bears on to the cabs parked below. We speak each other's language, so to speak. No other female that I have met before or since gets my twisted sense of humor, or shares my values (other than family, since it appears to be genetic) . That's important - shared values. And it's taken me a lot of years to figure that out.
My best friend and I can go a month without talking, but always pick up right where we leave off. We had dinner tonight with my parents, and we spent most of the evening trying not to shoot our beverage out our noses while laughing. It's always a game to see who will snort first (it was Elizabeth tonight, after her SO made a comment having to do with Reese's Feces, which I won't even try to explain). I have lots of female friends and aquaintances, but only one best friend for life. And that is more than enough - I'm truly blessed to have her in my life. And I don't tell her that enough. So this is my mushy "love letter" to my best friend, I guess.
Several years ago, after a particularly brutal relationship ended, I suddenly felt the need to TELL the people in my life that I love them regularly. It may drive family nuts when I talk to them on the phone, because I always end the conversation with "love you!", and I mean it. My husband has learned that he can't hang up the phone without telling me. My aunt Jane always laughs, but she says it back. I tell my ex-husband, and I mean it, just not in the "husband & wife" way. My best friend Elizabeth has never laughed, and always says it back - half the time she says it first. Those three little words, when said with meaning, truly do have an impact. I will call Elizabeth back if I forget to tell her "love you!" before I hang up the phone...and it makes my day brighter to know that she gets it, she understands the importance.
I know, I know, I'm getting maudlin and depressing, and entirely too mushy for most's comfort...I'll go back to being my typical snarky opinionated bitchedy person soon, I promise...love you! :-)
Friday, October 21, 2011
Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Oh...my...God...ladies, if you are of the age that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has become an option, or like me had a hysterectomy and require HRT - RUN, don't walk, to your gynocologist and ask about Sotto Pelle bio-identical hormone replacement. Today is ten days after I had the pellets implanted (took three minutes and local anesthetic shot in my right butt cheek)...the only side affects I've had are fluid retention and minor facial breakout (like three pimples).
BUT...I feel so much better and didn't realize how crappy I felt before! I was always tired, couldn't focus or concentrate, my blood pressure was up, my cholesterol was up, I was on 11 medications for the blood pressure, cholesterol, anti-anxiety, insomnia...plus the daily pill for HRT, and a couple meds for a swallowing issue called Achalasia disorder, as well as Zyrtec daily for allergies. I have now stopped the two meds for the blood pressure, which is back to normal, as well as the HRT pill. The doctor believes I'll be off the anti-anxiety, insomnia and cholesterol meds once my hormone levels have peaked and we find the right dose for me. I can't explain how much different, and better, I feel even after just 10 days - I noticed a difference within the first two days!
There have been no mood swings, no crying jags, no irritability like I always had before and thought that was just part of me...I now sit in traffic that would have made me absolutely bat-shit crazy before, and I just sing along to my Glee CD's (yes, I'm a complete Gleek...). It took me an hour to go three miles in traffic today, and I just didn't even care!
It is so important that women understand how important balanced hormones are to our quality of life (and therefore everyone around us - my poor husband had to take the brunt of my "cranky pants" episodes, but he at least knew the best way to deal with it was simply "wow, that sucks honey...I'm sorry to hear you had a crappy day..."). I never realized how many other areas of our health & well-being that off-balance hormones can affect. I can't wait to see what happens in the next 30, 60, 90 days - the doctor said it's not unusual for women to simply drop 2-3 sizes once their hormones are balanced!
So maybe my rants will be fewer and further between (although the fact that we are still over a year away from the presidential elections and are already going through debates, and Dear Leader has been campaigning on our dime while claiming to be supposedly selling the jobs bill - THAT will definitely rile me up!!)....the stupid emails I get every day from buyers through my online businesses don't stress me out anymore, traffic isn't getting to me, and I am much more energetic and happier overall.
GO GET THESE HORMONES! THEY WORK! And they are all-natural, not synthetics like I was on before....they mimic your own body's hormonal needs, rather than being a one-size-fits-all fix that the synthetic HRT drugs are.
http://www.sottopelletexas.com/
BUT...I feel so much better and didn't realize how crappy I felt before! I was always tired, couldn't focus or concentrate, my blood pressure was up, my cholesterol was up, I was on 11 medications for the blood pressure, cholesterol, anti-anxiety, insomnia...plus the daily pill for HRT, and a couple meds for a swallowing issue called Achalasia disorder, as well as Zyrtec daily for allergies. I have now stopped the two meds for the blood pressure, which is back to normal, as well as the HRT pill. The doctor believes I'll be off the anti-anxiety, insomnia and cholesterol meds once my hormone levels have peaked and we find the right dose for me. I can't explain how much different, and better, I feel even after just 10 days - I noticed a difference within the first two days!
There have been no mood swings, no crying jags, no irritability like I always had before and thought that was just part of me...I now sit in traffic that would have made me absolutely bat-shit crazy before, and I just sing along to my Glee CD's (yes, I'm a complete Gleek...). It took me an hour to go three miles in traffic today, and I just didn't even care!
It is so important that women understand how important balanced hormones are to our quality of life (and therefore everyone around us - my poor husband had to take the brunt of my "cranky pants" episodes, but he at least knew the best way to deal with it was simply "wow, that sucks honey...I'm sorry to hear you had a crappy day..."). I never realized how many other areas of our health & well-being that off-balance hormones can affect. I can't wait to see what happens in the next 30, 60, 90 days - the doctor said it's not unusual for women to simply drop 2-3 sizes once their hormones are balanced!
So maybe my rants will be fewer and further between (although the fact that we are still over a year away from the presidential elections and are already going through debates, and Dear Leader has been campaigning on our dime while claiming to be supposedly selling the jobs bill - THAT will definitely rile me up!!)....the stupid emails I get every day from buyers through my online businesses don't stress me out anymore, traffic isn't getting to me, and I am much more energetic and happier overall.
GO GET THESE HORMONES! THEY WORK! And they are all-natural, not synthetics like I was on before....they mimic your own body's hormonal needs, rather than being a one-size-fits-all fix that the synthetic HRT drugs are.
http://www.sottopelletexas.com/
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