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December 4, 2007
More Blood Work
I had blood drawn last Thursday. After the prior draw my meds were dropped from 1 mg of Cabergoline (generic Dostinex) weekly to .75 mg weekly.
As the pills come in a .5 mg size this means I went from taking one pill twice a week (Sundays and Thursdays) to 1/2 a pill on Mondays and a full pill on Thursdays.
And what has happened since the draw of September 25?
I weigh a pound less, coming in at 236.
My prolactin remains unchanged at 7.8 (2.1-17.7).
See the Hormone Table Summary in living color.
By the way, my meds have been dropped to .25 mg twice a week -- or, I'll be taking 1/2 pill on Sundays and another 1/2 on Thursdays. [You may recall that at one point I was taking 1.5 mg (3 pills) twice a week (for a total of 6 pills weekly).]
I thought you'd want to know.
[I forgot to mention the part where I have two pituitary tumors that cause my prolactin to be elevated which, in turn, causes my testosterone to be low. I thought I should add that bit for Googling and blog-search purposes. Click the 'Hormones' category for more in-depth entries.]
Posted by delmer at December 4, 2007 9:02 PM
Comments
So you went from Hitler to Mother Teresa (I actually spelled it right this time) to getting all better?!
I suppose a toast is in order... except I don't know how to do anything but say 'Cheers' and swig. We could do that instead! Cheers!
Posted by: Sue at December 5, 2007 12:27 AM
That's good news they were able to decrease your dosage. I've been on 1.5 mg per week since August, up from 1 mg weekly for the previous 8 months. I should get my MRI result next week to see if it needs to increase or remain the same. Don't see a decrease happening any time soon.
Posted by: Bill at December 5, 2007 1:36 AM
Great Delmer. The less medication you need, the better. And the less weight, the less spokes in the backwheel need to be renewd.
Posted by: Jack at December 5, 2007 8:43 AM
Hey Delmer,
Did you ever e-mail me with the info on your parents? If you did, I didn't get it.
Sherry
Posted by: Darrell at December 5, 2007 10:33 AM
Good good :o)
Posted by: Pen at December 5, 2007 11:40 AM
Less is best, in your case.
Posted by: The Phoenix at December 5, 2007 8:20 PM