Hormone Truth

Does This Sound familiar: 

Decreased sexual interest or response, mood swings, hot flashes, fatigue, anxious, weight gain, depressed, dryness, heavy or irregular periods?

The Truth Is...

The Truth Is...

The Truth Is...

There are options to help these symptoms of hormone imbalance:

You deserve to understand how hormones may be related to your symptoms. You deserve to have the right tests ordered, and you deserve complete consideration of the results in light of your symptoms.

When it comes to thyroid issues (which may relate to fatigue, depression, trouble losing weight and irregular periods and infertility), you may need more than one test (TSH is typically the only one ordered.)

Hormone Truth is your gateway to the practice of Dr. Steven A. Rabin. He will take the time to understand your symptoms and how they affect your life. Together you will explore the options you may have, not just write a prescription and send you on your way.

The hysteria of the headlines and the confusion about just what is right and wrong about hormones has caused unnecessary confusion and difficulty for women who are trying to make a decision.

We all have and need hormones. Some hormones are essential to maintain life! With abnormal, excess, deficient or unbalanced level, we may live miserably. These imbalances can cause health problems and they can even cause cancer. The diabetic needs insulin; those with sluggish thyroids need thyroid!
Is there any question about that?

The natural existence of hormones in our bodies and the balance we humans are programmed to maintain is challenged daily by the lives we lead (stress, lack of sleep), the foods we eat (highly processed and refined carbs) and the chemicals we are exposed to. Even the fat around our middle causes dangerous and cancer-promoting changes that we not have to accept.

We strive to educate, enlighten, and help our patients understand their symptoms as a result of some underlying hormonal, dietary or stress related cause. Once we uncover those challenges we work on them. By removing the obstacles to health, your body can return to the healthy balanced state it was programmed to maintain.

The truth is, our hormone levels change every day, throughout the month and with every year and decade of our lives. There are consequences, of those changes, and many are not too pleasant. We live longer lives (on average) than ever before. So the years of decay and disability, of dryness, mental confusion, saggy dry skin, thinning hair, and fatigue (which may start around age 35 - 45) can plague us for another 40 - 50 years given the life span of humans today in our sophisticated world!

What are you willing to do to help your health span equal your life span??

Does your  doctor treat you with the same pill, at the same dose as his/her last 100 patients?

Are you beginning to see that there really might be a better way?
You are probably wondering why all physicians don't practice this way.

Come met your new Gynecologist.

Call today to schedule your appointment!

404-252-3898

Here is a general outline of how we take care of

 our new Hormone Consultations:

Hormone Consultations and New Patients for Dr. Rabin

We cannot conduct phone consultations and cannot review labs, treatment changes, etc. by telephone.  Please schedule a follow up visit.

Generally the visits look like this:

1^st visit

• Fill out questionnaires see “New Patients” (on DoctorRabin.com or HormoneTruth.com).

• Meet with Dr. Rabin to review

• Order appropriate labs and tests

• A prescription may be given at the first visit based on your history and symptoms

• Advise what vitamins, supplements to take; Review diet guidelines

• Review sleep issues if any

• Schedule a follow up in 3 weeks

2^nd Visit (about 3 weeks later)

• Conduct the annual exam, pap, (possible ultrasound)

• Review the lab results

• Review initial response to prescription if already given

• Write new prescriptions based on response and lab reports

• Plan follow up lab tests if necessary

• It may take 3-10 weeks to feel the effects of a new or changed prescription

3^rd Visit (about 3 months later)

• Get an order for the blood testing

• come to our office or go to a nearby Quest or Lab Corps 3 weeks before this visit

• Get Labs Before This Visit While Using Prescription

• Will review your labs at the visit (takes about 3 weeks to get all the labs back)

• Do Lab testing 8-12 hours after last dose of hormones

  • (if normally using cream in AM and Pill At night; use both cream and pill the night before the blood test is done)

• Changes to the prescriptions can be made at this visit

• Annual exam with pap if due, possible ultrasound

4^th visit

• Only needed when adjustments seem to be needed based on your symptoms

• For testosterone refills (cannot get more than 6 months from one prescription)

 Additional visits may be scheduled as needed.

 Please note, we cannot review your labs over the phone.  We can mail you a copy of your labs if desired.  If your insurance prefers Quest, you can access the lab reports via Google Health if we set up your Google Health account at the first visit.

 Due to the number of patients we take care of and due to the importance, intensity and time involved in reviewing hormone problems, response or lack of response to prescriptions and problems with unscheduled bleeding, etc, we cannot care for you via phone calls.  We will make every effort to fit you into the schedule especially if you are having an urgent problem. 

 After your initial year, there would typically be only one or two visits per year to continue therapy with Dr. Rabin. 

 We are a full-service gynecological practice and hope to become your primary gynecologist for all of your routine and specialized women’s health care needs.  Dr. Rabin is a board certified gynecologist and performs procedures both in the office and surgery at Northside Hospital. 

 You are encouraged to attend his lectures, seminars and call in for the telephone lectures from the convenience of your own home!

 You are encouraged to improve your diet, sleeping patterns, exercise routine, vitamin and supplement use, and continue to learn about optimizing your health and vitality.

 Visit www.DoctorRabin.com

 On the HOME page, you will see a box, “Dr. Rabin’s Recommended Books.” Click on this and find excellent resources to help you understand hormone, diet, fatigue and sexual issues that you may have discussed at your visit.