hormone testing

[cirella]

Hi there,
Just wondering if anyone has done the saliva hormone testing?  I am currently doing it.  I am wondering if the results are more accurate than the blood test?  I'll be tested for Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone, DHEA, Cortisol and NTx.

Am having the tests done b/c I have had 1 normal period in 7 months after surgery 11/07 to remove a cyst and ovary.  I have an ovary remaining.  I've had to take 400 mg Progesterone 2 times to start a period and at one time had to use the Progesterone cream to stop spotting (after 6 weeks).  Up until the cyst was found last Sept. I was so regular, even to the day, starting every 28 days.  I am 47, soon to be 48.  I've had 2 blood tests for hormone levels and each time they've shown me to be in the normal ranges.  Not sure why or how, given all the problems.

Thanks!
Lori

[sbelliott]

Hi!  I've never even heard of saliva testing for hormone levels!  I've tried blood tests 3 times since my hysterectomy in 2007 and I think if I hear the words "within normal range" again I will strangle whomever said them.  I know what normal feels like and this is so far from it it's not even funny!  My dr. left one ovary but I think it's gone caput.  I'm so tired of being looked at as a hypochondriac because I want to know when I'm going to feel like me again.  I am not this tired, irritable old lady I feel like!  Will you tell me how you found out about saliva testing and whether or not it is a test I can request from my doctor, etc?  

Thanks,
Susan

[April2]

I've heard about the saliva test. I was thinking about trying it myself.