hi, well i finally got my bloodwork back and to be honest the dr wasn't very helpful in telling me if i was peri or not... here's what it reads...

Luteinizing hormone 11.0
follicle stimulating hormone 18.5
TSH 0.64
Estradiol 101
Free T4 0.85

Any ideas or comments are welcomed!
Thank you!
Tina

HI

I think your Dr or lab should explain this to you - not sure if there are standardised reference ranges for LH/FSH - depends on age and where in cycle you are - what it means. BUT - I have a crud Dr - so I do understand when they dont explain anything!!!

Hormones are by nature hard to measure and gauge cos they are pulsatile - 30 mins later you may have a different reading

Your results are different to mine - much lower FSH and LH

Go back and insist on an explantion - it is your blood for goodness sake - not theirs - what are these people being paid for?

Mele

Much lower than your readings? Is this bad? I'm really confused... Do you think this means I'm not going through any peri?

I'm so anxious right now about all of this and I did call back there and of course, she is gone for the day and now I will have to wait until next week. I did fax this info on to my pcp and i'm waiting on a call back from him. i sure hope he calls me back today!

Also, I thought the lab wasn't allowed to explain any findings to us? Is that not true?

Dear Tclark417, I dont know about the readings but you do sound very anxious, from what mele says
it seems as if readings go up and down alot of docs. dont even like testing the hormones levels just try and settle down a bit I am sure you are ok, oik? take care tinks

Tina,

The only one I can help you with is the Estradiol: Depending on what day in your cycle you had the test this is what my lab work says:
From day 1 of your cycle:
2 days later: 58-157
6 days later: 60-211
12 days later: 55-150
12 days before period: 19-83
4 days before period: 64-183
1 day before period: 150-528

I am surprised they didn't check your progesterone level and cortisol level..that would let you know how you are estrogen vs progesterone..like my estrogen was WAY elevated and my progesterone was WAY low..so of course it was easy to see I was estrogen dominant and my cortisol was high..which let my Dr know my adrenals were working too hard..adrenal fatigue..

Hope that helps at least a little! But please call them back and ask them questions..if they can't help you, find a midwife or GYN who specializes in perimenopause. When I first started, I called and asked somewhere "Do you specialize in that" and the girl said "well we deal with everything"..so right there I knew that was NOT the place for me. The next place I called, I asked the same thing, and they said "Oh yes, we have a midwife (my doctor now) who specializes in peri and menopausal stuff" and I said "sign me up!"..she is GREAT!

Tawnya