Who knew spit could be so valuable?  What's the price of spit you ask?  Well I'll tell you that my spit is priceless.

Several weeks ago I woke up one morning on Day 21 of my cycle and spent a half an hour in bed spitting into a test tube.  I know test tubes may appear small but geez do they take a long time to fill up with spit!  If you've taken a saliva hormone test before you what I'm talking about.  You only learn how valuable each drop of your spit is when you actually have to produce a test tube full of it!

My spit isn't just priceless because it is limited when it comes to filling test tubes, it is priceless because of the information I've gathered from it.  I went to the doctor yesterday to discuss the results of my saliva hormone test.

As expected, my precious saliva revealed that my estrogen level is low and my progesterone is high.  My beautiful, blissful hormonal balance has been thrown off-kilter!  I'm very likely feeling the effects of peri-menopause. And while it's a bit disheartening that after all my years of dealing with devastating hormone problems I

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to spit or not to spit that is the question....

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