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Nick34

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Blood results HRT ???
« on: May 20, 2025, 09:04:17 PM »

Aged 67
These are my blood results
If they were yours would you go on Hrt

Oestradiol

97.3 pmol/l
45 - 854 Follicular Phase
151 - 1461 Midcycle
82 - 1251 Luteal Phase <505 Post Menopausal
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
52.6

3.5 - 12.5 Follicular Phase
4.7 - 21.5 Midcycle
1.7 - 7.7 Luteal Phase
25.8 - 134.8 Post Menopausal
Luteinising Hormone (LH)
26.2
U/l
2.4 - 12.6 Follicular Phase
14 - 95.6 Midcycle
1 - 11.4 Luteal Phase
7.7 - 58.5 Post Menopausal
Progesterone

0.90 nmol/l
0.5 - 2.2 Follicular Phase
6.4 - 79.5 Luteal Phase
23 - 139.9 Pregnancy Ist Trimester
62 - 262.4 Pregnancy 2nd Trimester
206.7 - 728.2 Pregnancy 3rd Trimester
0.27 - 1.68 Post-Menopausal
Prolactin

169 mlU/l
<102 Low
102 - 496 Optimal
Test
Result Units

Reference Range



497 - 700 High
>700 Very High
Testosterone
0.489 nmol/l

50.0 Low
0.001 - 2.03 Optimal
>2.03 High
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG)
77.09 nmol/1

$18.0 Low
18.01 - 144.0 Optimal
244.0 High
Free Androgen Index
0.63

50.19 Low
0.2 - 3.63 Optimal
>3.63 High
Key
Follicular phase: the follicular phase is the first phase of the menstrual cycle, beginning on the first day of the menstrual
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GalwayGirl

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Re: Blood results HRT ???
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2025, 08:06:13 PM »

Hi  Nick

I would honestly go by how you are feeling - if you have clear symptoms that trouble you then speak to your GP. If not and you feel ok and can manage then maybe ask yourself what you hope to achieve by going on it x
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bombsh3ll

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Re: Blood results HRT ???
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2025, 09:12:28 AM »

Why on earth would anyone test gonadal hormones in a 67 year old untreated woman?

This is of no clinical utility whatsoever, unless you had some kind of hormone secreting neoplasm which is exceptionally rare, they were always going to be in your boots.

It's like testing the woods for bear faeces.

Given that you have tested them, your results don't actually suck for someone your age - often FSH can be 80-90 IU or higher and estradiol usually lower. However they are nowhere near where they would have been in optimal health. For example the absolute minimum threshold to prevent bone loss is considered by the NHS to be 250pmol/L. Private specialists without the same budgetary constraints on prescribing would generally recommend over 300pmol/L.

I personally would never not be on hormone therapy, as I don't want osteoporosis or any of the other sequelae of chronic hypoestrogenism/hypoandrogenism.

I would base your own decision on your own individual health goals, including but not limited to the presence of any menopausal symptoms, but certainly not on hormone blood tests.
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