Yeah, I've heard such good things about progesterone supplementation for the second half of the cycle. Evidently many women are a bit deficient, especially at my age (44), maybe because of chemicals in the environment that act as estrogen. I don't know. I do know that the progesterone drop at the end of my cycle wreaks havoc on me in general. Even before I got MG, it used to give me terrible migraines (cured, strangely enough, by diuretics). So I thought supplementing might be a good idea. It was worth a try.

I was using Prochieve, which is real progesterone (not progestin). It's usually prescribed to women to help them conceive, or to help them maintain an early pregnancy. It was my idea, by my ob/gyn thought it was sensible. She told me I was the day's most interesting patient.

I have a relatively mild case of MG. It stops me from doing things, but it doesn't make me groggy or nauseous, and it doesn't cause me pain. My recent experience with the progesterone is yet another reminder to me how much worse off I could be...I wonder how many reminders of that I'm going to need before it sinks in! This learning to be human thing is really tricky...

Abby