Well, its been 4 months that I have been lurking in the shadows in this forum and it's now time to say Hi and Thank You!
Over the past 5 or 6 years I have been dealing with numerous issues that I just thought were normal. I was a very active person who played numerous sports growing up and into my late 30's. Around 40 I started to have issues with recovery after sports. It would take me 3 days to recover from a hockey game. My desire to do anything active diminished greatly as the years passed by. I had constant hip/groin/lower back pain over the last 3 years, my libido was not great, my mood was generally bad, no memory or attention span..... Well, I went for my annual check up in early Sept and my Dr mentioned checking my T levels. I thought why not. Anyway sure as anything my free T was at a level of a 85 yr old man. My doc order a full blood screening and immediately started me on IM injections of 75mg week. I noticed an positive effect after 3 days but started to drop off quickly on day 5-7.
This is when I discovered this awesome web-site. The knowledge I gained over the week provided me with great info when I went back to see my Dr. I asked her about bumping my injections to 100mg, given how low I was it couldn't hurt and she agreed. My blood work came back good except for the free T so she didn't add any other RX to my treatment. I was sent to a specialist and he said that my Dr was on the right track. I have had blood tests on a monthly basis and my levels have been steadily moving up and I'm now sitting in the mid level for free T. It has been a long process to get my levels back to a normal range at 100mg week but in the end I but I didn't have any other side effects that I read about with the higher doses.
What can I say. My energy levels have been better than I ever remember and my workouts have been great. My hip/back pain stopped after week 2 which made me think that my muscles in my back and hips had slowly been wasting away. I actually get a full pump at the gym and my wife has noticed my muscles look fuller, she also enjoys the increased libido. Makes me think I have been deficient of T my entire life. When I joined the military 23 yrs ago I was 5'7" and 135lbs. I have always been a small but active person but the past 4 yrs I have been slowly gaining weight in the wrong areas and was @ 153lbs when I started TRT. After 4 months I have lost the doughy area around my gut and now sit @ lean 163lbs.
Anyway, I just wanted to pass on my sincere thanks to all the helpful members in this forum who have helped many others and allowed me to lurk and educate myself.
I look forward to helping others out there now as I'm sure they are also lurking in there quest for answers.
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