help with test results

[dayman]

update. saw the new endo today. didn't do anything but ask me more questions and look at my old results. he set me up to get more blood drawn to see if my last results (334 ng/dl) were an anomaly. the appt is for 8am because he said my levels would be at their highest then. i am debating whether to stay up all night to lower my T to ensure a more convincing result. any suggestions?

 

[dayman]

2nd update: after seeing the new endo and getting blood taken he told me to call him in 2 weeks. i did and he didn't give me results over the phone but said that i needed to get another test done to confirm the first results. seems like a bit of an over kill but I got a good night sleep and had it taken saturday a.m. he said to call this week and to find out next step pending the 2nd results. to be continued...

 

[LeoG]

I have some of the same questions. Where did you find the chart?
thanks!

 

[kingplaya4]

Have you looked (carefully) into your thryoid? Blood tests won't always show if there's a problem. Constantly having a cold body temperature is a red flag, your waking body temperature is the most telling. I'm on T replacement at age 29, and I started going downhill around your age. I still don't feel anywhere near the way I did in my early twenties, and am looking into thyroid treatment. (TSH in normal range, but not optimal)

Anyway, your doctors are right to be cautious, Androgel or shots will treat symptoms, but the question is why are you so low? You have to know trt is likely to be permanent not temporary. For environmental reasons men today do tend to have lower testosterone than they did years ago, and there can be genetic reasons but that wouldn't explain it if the energy loss has been rather sudden. If you do go the trt route, try to get some weekly hcg injections to keep the production you do have up.

 

[dayman]

Have you looked (carefully) into your thryoid? Blood tests won't always show if there's a problem. Constantly having a cold body temperature is a red flag, your waking body temperature is the most telling. I'm on T replacement at age 29, and I started going downhill around your age. I still don't feel anywhere near the way I did in my early twenties, and am looking into thyroid treatment. (TSH in normal range, but not optimal)

Anyway, your doctors are right to be cautious, Androgel or shots will treat symptoms, but the question is why are you so low? You have to know trt is likely to be permanent not temporary. For environmental reasons men today do tend to have lower testosterone than they did years ago, and there can be genetic reasons but that wouldn't explain it if the energy loss has been rather sudden. If you do go the trt route, try to get some weekly hcg injections to keep the production you do have up.

thanks for the help kingplaya. i've been meaning to post back my updates. long story short, after the second blood draw and another two week waiting period he called me back asking for a third blood test! after the third test he got back to me saying test was highest result @ 424 and that was at low end of normal range and that we can talk more about trt in a follow up appointment in September. everytime they check TSH and they said those values were fine. doesn't look like i have an option other than to talk more to him in september...

...any help/suggestions would be appreciated. thanks gents