Cortisone

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Sorry bob that was a bit over my head, dont really understand what you are saying.

I have no idea about my estrogen levels at all

From: bob.m9uk <Bob.m9uk@...>Subject: Re: CORTISONEthyroid treatment Date: Sunday, 21 September, 2008, 2:06 PM

Hi

I reminded myself of this file again for Anne P whilst looking for the one by Lightman on the pulsatile release of cortisol.

[[...In addition, gonadal steroid replacement reverses stress-induced alterations in hypothalamic- pituitary- adrenal (HPA) activity. These data demonstrate a major contribution of gonadal steroids to the regulation of HPA axis activity and to the pulsatile characteristics of corticosterone release....] ]

Are your estrogen levels 'all over the place' as may be implied by the above reference?

best wishes

Bob MY DHEA LEVELS WERE LOW, SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE STARTING CORTISOL? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MY SEX HORMONES ARE, I WAS NEVER TOLD OR ASKED THIS BEFORE STARTING CORTISONE

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I havent been recommended to use DHEA and there is experimenting and messing around with things that I dont understand, I am a bit more careful about how I go about using hormones, could cause more harm than good, was you told to use it or did you decide for yourself?--- On Sun, 21/9/08, marsaday1971 <jphenderson@...>

> MY DHEA LEVELS WERE LOW, SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE > STARTING CORTISOL? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MY SEX HORMONES ARE, I WAS NEVER > TOLD OR ASKED THIS BEFORE STARTING CORTISONEget some ordered then. again its all about experimenting withyourself until you come good. i take dhea, but until i stop it icannot say if it has helped or if the hc increases have done the job.mine was low as well.

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You need to wait and see what effect the HC has on you . Once you get your cortisol boosted, your DHEA may rise accordingly. If not, there would be no problem in using 25 mgs DHEA to raise the level, in the same way that you any of the other hormones you are not making.

Sheila

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You said in a preivous message "I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MY SEX HORMONES ARE, I WAS NEVER TOLD OR ASKED THIS BEFORE STARTING CORTISONE".Oestrogen is just one of your sex hormones, the others being progesterone and testosterone. Bob was just respondong to your statement. Ask your GP if you have had such tests done lately, and if not, ask for them to be done.

Sheila

Sorry bob that was a bit over my head, dont really understand what you are saying.

I have no idea about my estrogen levels at all

Are your estrogen levels 'all over the place' as may be implied by the above reference?

best wishes

Bob -

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Hi , last year my Rheumy gave me two cortisone shots in the left ankle on

separate occasions, but I was still experiencing pain. So I went to my

podiatrist (he's very experienced and been in practice for thirty years) and he

seemed to pinpointexactly where I needed the shot and it took care of the pain

for seven months.  I then must have done something because the pain started up

again. So I went to my podiatrist and I suggested physical therapy before we

tried cortisone again.  The physical therapy (2x a week for a month) didn't

help.  Took the cortisone shot and my ankle is doing much better.  Hope this

helps.

Jody

Schaumburg