The taper

I had my weekly monitoring bloodwork done yesterday.

And my body is doing a good job! For once! Yay body!

This week I had cut down the estrogen patches from 4 to 3, but my e2 continues to rise, up to 1278. Good job body, making estrogen on your own!

But even better, my p4 increased! I stayed on the same dose this week, but my p4 rose considerably, up to 46.5. That is very good news, as it means my placenta (or the critter's placenta? I guess we share it) is beginning to produce progesterone! It is supposed to kick in around 9-ish weeks, so I'm right on time.

Given how little trust I have in my body's ability to do just about anything right, I am very happy with this weaning process. Keep it up, body!

So I drop to 2 patches, and down to 1cc of PIO every other day starting Tuesday, and more monitoring next Thursday. This means that next Wednesday, I will not have to do anything. No shots, no putting on patches. Nothing. Wow! That is exciting!! I think the last time I wasn't doing some sort of treatment was back in December. Sure, with the evil depot loopyron I was not doing a shot every day, but trust me, I was feeling the effects daily. So that counts as treatment in my mind.

One more step closer to becoming a normal person. Very exciting, indeed.

(Now if this SCH would just resolve quickly...but that's another story. I take the hope where I can get it!!)