Plix,

First - Fire your Doctor and tell her that.

Second - get a list of all the doctors that except your insurance, I know there is more than one.

Third - Call your first doctor and tell her to go screw herself.

Forth - you can find a gay/ts doctor in the gay phone book which is I think purple or something like that. If you get a doctor from this group your in.

Fifth - FIRE YOUR DOCTOR. Remember its your body she is dealing with not hers.

Sixth - Send me an email

DO NO believe one study that shows "estrogen makes osteoporosis worse." I cannot believe someone on this board would be so irresponsible as to suggest that estrogen actually CAUSES osteoporosis.

Time and time again, estrogen has been shown to be effective in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. Anyone who's been castrated for any reason should take the health of their bones very seriously and should either be on HRT, calcium, or closely monitored. The minimum effective dose of estradiol that's been shown to prevent osteoporosis is 1mg.

More importantly, I urge people to take things with a grain of salt. Study after study has shown a much lower rate of hip fracture amongst post-menopausal women on Premarin vs those on placebo. I myself take Estrace daily to prevent bone loss, and despite what some crackpot might tell you it's certainly not doing me any harm. Don't fall for ONE person who says nonsense things when the vast, vast majority of medical professionals and studies say something else. Not a single person on here should believe any of the anti-estrogen nonsense.

Very true, thank you.

I remember back oh 40 yrs ago I guess, this gal who lived around the corner fell and broke her leg. Her estrogen was gone do to age and she traded boos for milk and cheese through her adult life.

Every person is different but I too think this doctor is a quack. I would want to see an open test for him to prove his point. Lets say at one of the major teaching universities or several.

River

Lack of hormones + lack of calcium = Osteoporosis

OK OK EVERYBODY STOP

NUTRI-SPEC is a product pluged by this doctor in lou of other treatments. I am sure he can show all sorts of test results. I doubt he would be able to show any results of these test performed by a teaching University with hospital attached.

This doctor is not an MD. he is a D.C. which is a doctor of?

This sounds like the guy selling (use the voice of W.C. Fields) snake oil, will cure anything, trust me.

River

Ordinarily "DC" would indicate a chiropractor. --FLO--

When I brought this concern to my doctor last year, he suggested I take a pre-natal vitamin with my horomones. It has MANY of the essential parts, to include calcium, which can help in future problems of osteoperosis.

Seeing how pre-natal vitamins are MEANT for women with high, birth induced estrogen levels, they are helpfull for those of us in transition (or post-castration in a eunuch's case) Something to think about. A bottle of like 200 costs like $13 at Wal-Mart. Certainly worth the minimal cost, for over half a year's supply!!!

Something to consider!

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:44 am This doctor is not an MD. he is a D.C. which is a doctor of?

I think "D.C." stands for "Doctor of Chiropractic" and I think that anyone who goes to a chiropractor for advice on hormones is setting himself up to learn what real trouble is.