RE: bio identical hormones

[Guest guest]

Hi Cooky,

 

Good to read about the positive effects of the bio idential hormones for

you.   I was thinking that getting off of them last Summer is what threw me

into a flare-up of my RA, but I've been back on them (estrogen, progesterone and

testosterone),  for 2 months now, and I don't see any improvement.   I do

sleep better though, so that in itself is a benefit, eh?

BTW,  I just had a mammogram, and everything was good, so they haven't affected

me negatively.

 

Ana

From: Cooky Stonkey <cookee1@...>

Subject: rheumatic bio identical hormones

" rheumatic " <rheumatic >

Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 9:05 AM

 

Hi everyone,

This is for anyone on biodentical hormones.

With the advent of my flare last year I became so very tired. Nothing

helped. I had to push myself to get OOB anytime. Last month my muscles

became weak and weeks ago I tried to do exercises and my muscles shook and

I got nauseated. I really thot I had MS. During the last few years my doc

has been doing hormone testing and has encouraged me to increase DHEA and

Progesterone. I only use these 2 creams once a day. I kept trying to use

more but my breasts (hope it's OK to say this) would increase and hurt on

the sides. With the increase of progesterone I would get crabby and cry a

lot. One night I was going over papers I had on the hormones and a light

bulb went off. That night I used all my hormones and in the morning I used

them all again. I woke up refreshed the next day! It has been about 5 days

and today I did 3 songs of (exercise tape) in a row without

stopping to rest. I got up perky this morning and started working right

away. No pain in breasts or increase in size. This is so amazing to me. I

feel so good. I still do not sleep thru the night (darn) but I wake up ready

to go. I do still get tired about 9:30.

So I am just passing this along for anyone who uses cream bioidenticals and

are feeling tired or have fibro (I think this may help it) The symptoms of

fibro I get are the ones that hit suddenly as tiredness with muscle pain in

neck upper back and hips. Lasts anywhere up to 3 weeks. So I am waiting to

see what happens.

Hope this helps someone.

cooky

[Guest guest]

Hey Cooky,

I can't remember from previous posts and am too lazy to look it up --- have

you ever been tested for Lymes? El

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From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of Ana Willson

Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:07 PM

rheumatic

Subject: Re: rheumatic bio identical hormones

Hi Cooky,

Good to read about the positive effects of the bio idential hormones for

you. I was thinking that getting off of them last Summer is what threw me

into a flare-up of my RA, but I've been back on them (estrogen, progesterone

and testosterone), for 2 months now, and I don't see any improvement. I

do sleep better though, so that in itself is a benefit, eh?

BTW, I just had a mammogram, and everything was good, so they haven't

affected me negatively.

Ana

From: Cooky Stonkey <cookee1@... <mailto:cookee1%40comcast.net> >

Subject: rheumatic bio identical hormones

" rheumatic " <rheumatic

<mailto:rheumatic%40> >

Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 9:05 AM

Hi everyone,

This is for anyone on biodentical hormones.

With the advent of my flare last year I became so very tired. Nothing

helped. I had to push myself to get OOB anytime. Last month my muscles

became weak and weeks ago I tried to do exercises and my muscles shook and

I got nauseated. I really thot I had MS. During the last few years my doc

has been doing hormone testing and has encouraged me to increase DHEA and

Progesterone. I only use these 2 creams once a day. I kept trying to use

more but my breasts (hope it's OK to say this) would increase and hurt on

the sides. With the increase of progesterone I would get crabby and cry a

lot. One night I was going over papers I had on the hormones and a light

bulb went off. That night I used all my hormones and in the morning I used

them all again. I woke up refreshed the next day! It has been about 5 days

and today I did 3 songs of (exercise tape) in a row without

stopping to rest. I got up perky this morning and started working right

away. No pain in breasts or increase in size. This is so amazing to me. I

feel so good. I still do not sleep thru the night (darn) but I wake up ready

to go. I do still get tired about 9:30.

So I am just passing this along for anyone who uses cream bioidenticals and

are feeling tired or have fibro (I think this may help it) The symptoms of

fibro I get are the ones that hit suddenly as tiredness with muscle pain in

neck upper back and hips. Lasts anywhere up to 3 weeks. So I am waiting to

see what happens.

Hope this helps someone.

cooky

[Guest guest]

Ana,

That’s good that you sleep better. I would love that. I don’t think you will

have any problems with bio idents.

Flare’s take a long time to get out of especially (I am finding) when you have

been on antibiotics for a long time. It will be a year in March for me and I am

finally getting days of no pain in a lot of the joints.

Hope you feel better soon.

cooky

From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf Of

Ana Willson

Hi Cooky,

Good to read about the positive effects of the bio idential hormones for you.

I was thinking that getting off of them last Summer is what threw me into a

flare-up of my RA, but I've been back on them (estrogen, progesterone and

testosterone), for 2 months now, and I don't see any improvement. I do sleep

better though, so that in itself is a benefit, eh?

BTW, I just had a mammogram, and everything was good, so they haven't affected

me negatively.

Ana

[Guest guest]

Yes. I had a rash on my ankle(not a bulls eye) and had the lab where I

worked do a test. It was positive. When I saw the high mucky muck lymes

expert of Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh he said it was a false

positive. This was before I had any rheumatoid symptoms and about 20 yrs ago

(wow time flies).

Cooky

From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of ehgooding

Hey Cooky,

I can't remember from previous posts and am too lazy to look it up --- have

you ever been tested for Lymes? El

[Guest guest]

I asked because your symptoms sounded like Lyme's to me. El

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From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of Cooky Stonkey

Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:55 PM

rheumatic

Subject: RE: rheumatic bio identical hormones

Yes. I had a rash on my ankle(not a bulls eye) and had the lab where I

worked do a test. It was positive. When I saw the high mucky muck lymes

expert of Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh he said it was a false

positive. This was before I had any rheumatoid symptoms and about 20 yrs ago

(wow time flies).

Cooky

From: rheumatic <mailto:rheumatic%40>

[mailto:rheumatic <mailto:rheumatic%40> ] On

Behalf

Of ehgooding

Hey Cooky,

I can't remember from previous posts and am too lazy to look it up --- have

you ever been tested for Lymes? El

[Guest guest]

I'm pretty typical of fibro and RA. If things don't get better soon I will

look into getting tested for Lymes again.

Thanks,

cooky

From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of ehgooding

I asked because your symptoms sounded like Lyme's to me. El

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