Just got T levels back

[GoinDeep]

I've been searching for the long term effects of HRT. Most of the searches return replacement for women. Not to much on men. I have sent a few emails out to some supposed online Anti-Aging clinics to see what their response is on the matter. I also threw in some questions on how to get my insurance to cover HGH, wouldn't that be nice! Like DTOX says keep us posted, I will do the same.

 

[DTOX]

I wish I had an abstract, or at the least an url, but I remember reading about a few instances where men were taken off HRT (say 100mg every 2 weeks) that they had been on for a few years and their Test, LH/FSH, etc. all slowly adjusted back to what it was previously. So, if your concern is that HRT will "permanently" shut you down, I don't think that will happen.

Hell, look at the 300mg+/wk dosages they have to use for the Male Birth Control! --I don't think 100mg/wk is going to be a big problem.

And as if I'm not going off on a tangent already, there are some treatments for low sperm count that use 200mg/wk of injected Test. (How's that for counter-intuitive!)

Personally, the only thing I'm going to be keeping an eye on are my cholesterol levels. From what I've read, the closer you are to the 800-1000 level, the better, but once you go over it can really cause problems.

I've been searching for the long term effects of HRT. Most of the searches return replacement for women. Not to much on men. I have sent a few emails out to some supposed online Anti-Aging clinics to see what their response is on the matter. I also threw in some questions on how to get my insurance to cover HGH, wouldn't that be nice! Like DTOX says keep us posted, I will do the same.

 

[DTOX]

Talk about jumping through hoops...

My Total Testosterone was 243 so now my doc decides I need to get my Free Testosterone test before she'll start HRT...

I pray my doc doesn't keep this up and start testing my estrogen, LH, and FSH. (I'll ask for those after I get my lifetime scirpt for depo-testosterone. )

 

[easy]

Your doc prbly has the same twisted fetish for drawing blood as mine. My docs office called today(woke me up) to confirm my apmnt for mon morning. I asked if they had the results back from my tests I had on tues and she said "yeah probly". I said"can you plz check?" She said no that the doc would go over it monday. I almost climbed thru the phone to slap the bitch. Don't wake a man up and then fuck with his emotions...


Rant over..

 

[dieman]

My doc is just the oppisite,all he wants are the basic tests.Before my physical 2 months ago i asked for bloodwork to be done and they wouldnt include test untill I said i was feelin tired and low libido.All they did was total test and it came back 313.when I went in for the visit I asked about HRT he gave me a pamphlet and said to look it over.I told him i'd seen it and wanted to get started. he would only start me on the 5gm androgel.Last wk was 30 days and I asked for the follow up blood test.I wanted to get estrogen,lh,and total and free test checked.When I went in to get the order for bloodwork all he had on it were the test and free and lipid.i asked the nurse to have him include the estrogen.She came back and said he said that was a female hormone and he wouldnt order that test .OMG.
I need to find a valid medical abstract to show him why estrogen should be checked ,but i dont want to insult his intelligence ,and lose my cheap test.
The results of the follow up was test went up to 559 and free was 12.74.We had agreed to try to get my levels up to the high end ,upper 800s,so im gonna try to get injections.Ill tell him the gels dryin my skin out and its to messy.I hope I can get some decent injects from him.
Anyone have any idea why my free is still low and how I can bring it up???????????And what injects I might expect to get?

 

[DTOX]

I need to find a valid medical abstract to show him why estrogen should be checked ,but i dont want to insult his intelligence ,and lose my cheap test.
The results of the follow up was test went up to 559 and free was 12.74.We had agreed to try to get my levels up to the high end ,upper 800s,so im gonna try to get injections.Ill tell him the gels dryin my skin out and its to messy.I hope I can get some decent injects from him.
Anyone have any idea why my free is still low and how I can bring it up???????????And what injects I might expect to get?

Maybe you should have your doc give you a referral for an endocronologist if he doesn't start acting like he knows what he's doing.

From what I've read the Rolls Royce of HRT is Delatestryl. A cheaper alternative is Depo-Testosterone. I'd suspect they'd both be great though.

 

[easy]

This is starting to piss me off. My doc called me and said my latest tests came back at a whopping 347. he said that b/c this fell in the normal range that there wasn't anything he could do for me. he advised me to come back in a month for more bloodwork. I think he is a fucking vampire. Anyway, now i'm sittin around feeling like shit. I have an aptmnt with a different endo doc on may 5 for a 2cd opinion. It would be so much easier to just put my self on a self prescribed HRT. I think the fucker forgot I'm only 28.

 

[GoinDeep]

Whelp, I think I passed the self inject test yesterday. Nurse (PJ) and I agreed on a thigh inject. I think she just wanted to see my unit (blatantly ripped from "easy"), lol. easy just remember tired, low sex drive, depressed. I think the Edoc will come through for you. Hang in there bro. dieman don't forget about other family member concerns with the gel also. And DTOX thanks for letting me know I've got the Rolls Royce, nice ride indeed.

 

[dieman]

Yeah it ticks me off a little that he isnt that knowlegable about HRT,hes family phys.,but he did start me on when tecnically I wasnt below low norm.I called his office this afternoon and told the nurse we had agreed to try to get my levels high and I wanted injects.They have to be done there for $15+$12 per.
prob gonna be cyp. Ill find out tommorow the amount and how many per month.I also left the doc the ques as to why me free test was still low,Im thinking maybe high estrogen?BTY im 46.

AS far as a refferal to a endo im concerned that with my origanal level above norm,313 total,I might not get HRT.

 

[easy]

I think she just wanted to see my unit (blatantly ripped from "easy"), lol. [/B]

I'm wondering if I should ride it out with this endo doc or just come in way low at the new doc not even tell them about already seeing an endo.