busybee fluffy rambles

I got my lab results back regarding my hormone levels.

Normal estradiol levels are 100-200 pg/mL.

Mine were 31.

So anyway, I’m doubling up on my patches for now, and hopefully my doctor can get me a prescription for higher-strength patches (and proper regular monitoring of my levels) going forward. Fortunately, my new doctor is also a lot easier to get to, as he’s actually in my town and not two towns over, which means I’ll also be able to get there easily by ebike!

Also my new ebike should be arriving Saturday, much earlier than expected. Yay!

Back in November of 2017 I had a pulmonary embolism, the result of a DVT which was the result of a combination of risk factors. At the time that it occurred, the insistence from the hematologist was that I’d have to cease the use of estradiol entirely, and this led to the worst month of physical and mental health that I can remember. I was basically going through menopause. A month later, a different hematologist said there was no reason I couldn’t keep taking estradiol, especially since I was on a course of warfarin to clear up remaining clot.

A couple years after that I had another minor DVT, and this led to needing to be on blood thinners, so now I take Xarelto daily, and likely will for the rest of my life.