lindsay
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I'm new to the Ray Peat forum, although I've been reading his work now for the past 4 months and am a regular follower on Peatarian.com. Anyhow, I stumbled upon Peat's work just after having surgery to have a large ovarian tumor removed. My left ovary was also removed and my right ovary showed signs of scar tissue and inflammation. So, I started changing my diet (being a former vegetarian, low-carber and occasional vegan) and started supplementing Progest-e.
I experience nothing when I apply progest-e. No anesthetic feeling or well-being, anxiety, etc. I am assuming I am very estrogen dominant, based on my former diet and ovarian issues, so I've been supplementing daily, but usually just once per day in one semi-large dose.
The problem I'm having is that I haven't had a period since March (had two periods following the surgery and then nothing). I've gained back about 10 or 15 lbs. that I lost pre-surgery while experiencing digestive troubles from the tumor, and I've tried to add a lot of dairy, eggs, gelatin, protein, etc., but I'm not getting periods and it started just after I started supplementation with Progest-e. I've taken 4 pregnancy tests recently to double check and all were negative. I've had irregular periods in the past, but this seems strange to me considering I'm eating well, have gained a good amount of muscle and my temperatures are back in the 98 degree range.
Any suggestions for supplementing better? I'm also taking Cytomel - one tablet per day now. I'm nervous about my periods that I'm getting another cyst/tumor and want to stay on top of it.
I experience nothing when I apply progest-e. No anesthetic feeling or well-being, anxiety, etc. I am assuming I am very estrogen dominant, based on my former diet and ovarian issues, so I've been supplementing daily, but usually just once per day in one semi-large dose.
The problem I'm having is that I haven't had a period since March (had two periods following the surgery and then nothing). I've gained back about 10 or 15 lbs. that I lost pre-surgery while experiencing digestive troubles from the tumor, and I've tried to add a lot of dairy, eggs, gelatin, protein, etc., but I'm not getting periods and it started just after I started supplementation with Progest-e. I've taken 4 pregnancy tests recently to double check and all were negative. I've had irregular periods in the past, but this seems strange to me considering I'm eating well, have gained a good amount of muscle and my temperatures are back in the 98 degree range.
Any suggestions for supplementing better? I'm also taking Cytomel - one tablet per day now. I'm nervous about my periods that I'm getting another cyst/tumor and want to stay on top of it.