Back in 2019, I was training HARD for the Spartan Trifecta. Brutal body condition and HIIT training with my personal trainer. I’d been training with Josh for 3 years, but the year of the race, our workouts became more intensely focused. I learned a lot. Things like… what is a erector spinae? Mind/muscle connection, like pumice stone your calluses, or they will tear off! Ouch, and if you want to assist in expediting your healing process, Preparation H is the best! Who would’ve ever thought?
After 2 races, September of that year, I was starting to feel
exhausted! From FT working, and training at the gym? NO matter what the cause, I
learned after some extensive bloodwork, that I had exhausted my adrenal glands,
and had virtually… zero testosterone in my body. I began to take a second hormone,
testosterone. I was already taking Progesterone.
Side bar, the cost of non-covered prescriptions when you
have medical insurance angers me. My
medical didn’t cover any of these compound hormones. I was paying $100/3-month
supply for progesterone. Now a second hormone.
That one was also not covered, and it was $100/mo.
My strength in the gym dramatically improved, the
testosterone aided me in my last months of training before the January Beast
race. I stayed on this hormonal regimen until December 2020. After being
advised from my new doctor that the hormones I was taking weren’t working. I
shouldn’t have these symptoms considering the hormone regimen I was on. My current
symptom was… 2 full periods a month: for the last 11 months, too long! I felt
as if I was on my period, more than I wasn’t!
My FL doc suggested in August of 2020, to get me on estrogen
to fix the problem. When my estrogen in the beginning, before I started taking
progesterone was perfect. Now I must add another hormone? Not accepting this
resolution and I was getting ready to move anyways. I talked to my new doctor
in NC, and I got the green light to stop all hormones. I still workout at the
gym, now 6 days a week on my own. I miss Josh, but I totally have found my mojo
in the gym. Thanks to Josh, because he shared his wisdom as a PT and a friend!
Hormone free, and without the testosterone, I feel the
difference in the gym. But, Good News, symptoms gone! -Who knew I was causing
this onto myself! Thank the heavens for regularity again. More evidence of a
vicious drug cycle I didn’t want to continue!
Loving the Awareness
