Still on the right track
Aug. 18th, 2015 10:34![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI upped the GSE dosage a little and slept like a rock. I'm still a little groggy.
I feel pretty good, though. The nausea is gone, and though my temperature still isn't dropping (sigh) the cramps have retreated to light and occasional, the sort of thing I'm used to during periods. Quite manageable.
I'm also losing weight. Slowly -- on the level of a pound every couple of days -- but without more than my average activity level. The very fact it's happening is significant; I had become resigned to the extra 35 pounds I picked up over the last year sticking to me without strenuous physical exercise, but they seem to be quietly leaving now. It suggests that I've corrected something significant. It also explains why my appetite hasn't come back, even though the nausea is gone; my body usually has a very strong metabolic set-point, and when I'm overweight my appetite turns off until I get down to my proper range again. Without the extra estrogen inhibiting weight loss, that seems to be happening now.
I'm still glad I'm not going out to the desert, given how up-in-the-air all of this is... I'm convinced I still have a thickened uterine lining, and at some point it'll slough off. I would hate to have that happen in the middle of a giant party without any serious medical support.
I feel pretty good, though. The nausea is gone, and though my temperature still isn't dropping (sigh) the cramps have retreated to light and occasional, the sort of thing I'm used to during periods. Quite manageable.
I'm also losing weight. Slowly -- on the level of a pound every couple of days -- but without more than my average activity level. The very fact it's happening is significant; I had become resigned to the extra 35 pounds I picked up over the last year sticking to me without strenuous physical exercise, but they seem to be quietly leaving now. It suggests that I've corrected something significant. It also explains why my appetite hasn't come back, even though the nausea is gone; my body usually has a very strong metabolic set-point, and when I'm overweight my appetite turns off until I get down to my proper range again. Without the extra estrogen inhibiting weight loss, that seems to be happening now.
I'm still glad I'm not going out to the desert, given how up-in-the-air all of this is... I'm convinced I still have a thickened uterine lining, and at some point it'll slough off. I would hate to have that happen in the middle of a giant party without any serious medical support.
