Maintenance
Blood work: June 3, 2010
As always, you can find the record of my blood work history – from July 2001 to present – in this Hormone Table. Blood was drawn on a Thursday morning prior to my weekly meds. I should have had the least bit of Cabergoline in me as possible. I continue to take .25 mg of [...]
Some weight gain
I went to my endocrinologist today for a blood draw – I’ll likely have the results, and Hormone Table updated, on Monday. I’ve gained a bit of weight in the time that has passed since November 25, 2008. If we were to attach a number to that “bit of weight” that number would be 61 [...]
Blood work – December 2009
As always, you can find the record of my blood work history – from July 2001 to present – in this Hormone Table. Blood was drawn on the morning of December 3, 2009, a Thursday, prior to my weekly meds which means I should have had the least bit of Cabergoline in me as possible. [...]
Supplements
I was looking through my hard drive the other day and came across this list of supplements, and notes, I’d written down after reading Dr. Eugene Shippen’s The Testosterone Syndrome. I’ve not done any other research on any of them and would encourage you to do your own. (My old PCP was not a big [...]
Pituitary Tumor, Testosterone, Gynecomastia, Misc.
I have another blog, What’s a Delmer Look Like, that I’ve recently started cleaning up a bit. This post is one of the first, possibly the first that mentioned my gynecomastia. It was posted shortly before my gyno surgery. Take a look at this blog’s INDEX if you’re looking for posts by category. Originally posted [...]
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MRI – March 2009
Earlier in the month I had an MRI to see how the tumors are doing. Going into the MRI I had two tumors, one was 3 mm and one was 5 mm in size. The most recent MRI shows: The tumor that was 2 x 3 mm is now recorded as 1.5mm. The other could [...]
My Story
I have a couple of pituitary tumors that caused hormone problems — high prolactin and low testosterone. Before getting into the long story I’ll give a bit of summary: I currently take cabergoline at 1/2 pill per week; at my peak I was taking six pills per week (three on Sunday and three on Thursday) [...]
Hormone Table
In the interest of tidiness I’ve omitted my Free Testosterone and Percent Free Testosterone values. As my Total Testosterone and Prolactin came into line so did those items. A larger, easier-to-read version of this table is HERE. Date Tot T (ng/dL) Prolactin Other Info 07/01/2001 147 (300-1000) 56.2 (1.6-18.8) I mentioned to my doctor that [...]
About My Pituitary Tumor
For the longest time – more than a year – this blog consisted of just two posts. My Story and the Blood Work History table. In March 2009 I had another MRI and I posted the results of that. In July of 2009 I started cleaning entries off of What’s a Delmer Look Like – [...]