Finally figured it out!
This is my first post on the board. Thank God there is the internet and sites like this that allow the sharing of knowledge and experience.
I'm 43 year old male living in the Pacific Northwest. For the last seven years I have felt increasingly fatigued, irritable and depressed. I would go through short periods of feeling normal just after my morning workout but by noon that good feeling would be gone.
About 4 years ago I sought help through a Dr. regarding my overall feelings. He did full blood work and said everything was normal except for my cholesterol and elevated liver levels, high but not major. Basically he told me I was getting old.
Fast forward to this summer I start feeling VERY lethargic and irritable so I see a new Dr and have full blood work. He tells me the same thing high cholesterol and liver functions...I'm getting old.
Three months ago I started to get really depressed and lethargic. It made it hard to go to work let alone interact with my 4 kids.
So I surfed the web and read about my symptoms. I got a copy of my latest blood work. My testosterone level was 251. I confronted my Dr with the low level. He explained that 241 was actually the low level on the scale and I didn't fall below it. Basically I was 10 points away from the lowest level.
I was feeling more and more devastated and helpless.
I decided to get testo and HGH on my own through the internet and heal myself, but was afraid of the legality and what would be the proper dosage. Also I wanted to make sure I wasn't screwing myself up more.
I told my wife what I wanted to do and she was supportive and a little scared, because although I have gained knowledge on the subject by my investigating... I'm no expert. But on the other hand she wanted her old husband back. I figured 100 mg a week would work at the start and then I'd see how I felt.
Enter my wife and the advice nurse at Multicare. My wife basically started making calls and explaining my situation because I was at the end of my rope and couldn't even explain how I felt anymore.
She and the advice nurse put together a plan for me to see a very good Dr. in the area. On my first visit he ordered a full battery of test and a referral to see an Endocrinologist. Basically this move saved my life...or at least made it worth living.
My Endo also ordered more blood work, checked my prostate (no fun but necessary) and checked the size of my testis’s (Yes, size does matter...small testis’s low testosterone.) (Now I know what they mean by having no balls.sorry couldn't resist.)
The Endo found my Testo level about the range my first Dr did and immediately prescribed 100 mg testo every week. His words were, "yeah your testosterone levels are okay...for an 80 year old."
After my first shot I felt better the very next day. It's so dramatic I believe some of it is in my own head, but I don't care. It's like the fog in my head has been lifted.
Thanks to this board and others I was able to get through the last 3 months by reading of the successes and the struggles of others.
For other men out there going through the fight with the unknowledgeable medical community I feel for you. But don't stop until you find the right Dr. They are out there but you may have to do a little searching.
Take care
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Originally Posted by UpstateNY
thanks I need that
