booty pellets

Well, put me in the hormone therapy club.

My hormone test results came in. I am not yet clinically in perimenopause but am still experiencing symptoms like I am. What fun.

The biggest struggle? Fatigue. I don't know how to describe this feeling. It's not normal tiredness. You know how you feel when you're coming down with something? It's that bone-deep weary heaviness, all day, most days. It makes it hard to function normally and I don't have the energy to do the things I want to do. My labs all came back fine for the normal culprits like iron, hemoglobin, vitamin levels, and thyroid.

Which led me to the hormones. In fact, the potential issue is not the one I expected; it's testosterone.

The way the doctor described it, testosterone levels drop in your 30s, and by your 40's they're half of what they used to be. Guess what? Lower testosterone levels lead to fatigue. Plus a bunch of other things.

So we're trying this and starting slow. I opted for the pellet in the booty (vs a daily cream on your inner thighs), which lasts 3-4 months and of course is not covered by insurance. If I was a dude, it would be. What fun.

The insertion was about what I expected- you get a numbing shot and they stick this little thing into your butt cheek, and then you go home and you can't take a bath or do intense booty exercises for a few days until the incision heals. Then you can take off the bandage and go about your normal life. 

I hope this works. I'd like to have normal energy levels again. Plus it might help with the brain fog and make it easier to build muscle. Which would be awesome.

The irregular periods and all that? I'm on my own for now. Honestly, that's okay. That part doesn't bother me much.