It was fantastic to read on Shannon's blog that her efforts to treat her infertility holistically have reaped rewards, namely a reduction of her FSH from 50 to 6.2 (post-menopausal to fertile and normal!). Contrast that with my visit to my GP today who congratulated my weight loss and consequent reduction in blood pressure but wouldn't entertain the notion that POF can be reversed in this way, and not even for the tiniest percentage of afflicted ladies.
I managed to convince her to give me a blood test to see how my FSH is doing, and she casually added a thyroid test when I started on about the fact that no-one has ultrasounded me, checked my bones, tested me for autoimmune disorders or any of these things. Her viewpoint is that the pill would solve everything for me, why would I even want HRT?
I decided not to tell her about the DHEA as that would just inflame her opinion further nor did I ask for the specialist that I wished to be referred to as she was only interested in referring me to the same gynaecologist who wanted the next conversation to be about egg donation.
Once I've had the blood test though, we will have another conversation until I get what I want. I'm afraid I do believe in "miracles" that happen once you treat the cause of your affliction holistically, rather than randomly throwing overly strong medication to plaster over the effects.
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