Hi All
I found this site a while ago and firstly I want to thank everybody who contributes here, making this site a great source of information for people in need.
Introduction;
-Age 46
-Height 6.0
-Waist 38
-Weight 192 lbs
-Describe body and facial hair I have hair on the arm,legs ,beard though I start to loose some hair on the head
-Describe where you carry fat and how changed mostly on the belly (can’t get rid of )
-Health conditions, symptoms [history] exercise induced asthma,enlarged prostate,always feel cold
-Rx and OTC drugs, any hair loss drugs or prostate drugs ever oil fish,Vitamin D3,Zn 50 mg,Potassium 99 mg on daily basis,Albuterol inhaler as needed only
-Lab results with ranges:See bellow I put them along my case
-Describe diet [some create substantial damage with starvation diets]-never fast food,cut on wheat,pasta,pops-I drink a lot of milk and have a lot of no fat yogurt (might be not the best for me)
-Describe training I ride my bicycle about one hour a day-I am crazy about it though my strength is not there at all I have endurance but no strength
-Testes ache, ever, with a fever No pain or any discomfort in a separate note I pee sometimes 5 times a night
-How have morning wood and nocturnal erections changed once in a while I have morning wood .low libido though.
Now the story:
July 2012 one day I had a scary amount of blood in my urine (basically I was peeing blood).Two days after that I was seen by an urologist who initiated his protocol for such a situation CT scan, some BW and a cystoscopy evaluation plus a DRE which he claimed was all right (CT scan revealed my prostate was prominent size â??)I insisted to have the T tested as well (remember not so much strength ?)
July 2012 BW came back as follows:
Testosterone 208 ng/dL (280-800)
SHBG 21 nmol/L (10-80)
Free test calc 12.3 pg/mL ( 12-25)
PSA 1.43 ng/mL (0.03-4)
Cholesterol 223 mg/dL (70-199)
HDL 56 mg/dL (40-90)
LDL 144 calculated mg/dL (50-129)
Triglicerydes 117 mg/dL (30-149)
Also to rule out cancer he run a fish test that came negative(it was OK he said)
Based on those results without any explanations or directions he put me on Androgel 1.62% two pumps a day and a follow up visit in 4 months .
Being completely uneducated into this, I trusted him and started the gel .
I felt extremely good-energy,strength,sex,sharp mind.In the meantime I tried to educate myself and I understood the wonder was not there to last and I cold turkey stopped the gel
.I let the system to clear up and I ordered myself a hormone panel that came back as follows
September 2012
Testosterone serum 255 ng/dL (348-1197)
Free testosterone direct 5,8 pg/mL (6.8-21.5)
FSH 2.5 mIU/mL (1.7-8.7)
LH 2.9 mIU/Ml (1.5-12.4)
DHEA S 240 ug/dL (88.9-427)
Estradiol 18.4 pg/mL (7.6-42.6)
TSH 5.2 uIU/mL (7.6-42.6)
Insulin 96.4 Uiu/mL (2.6-24.9)
HA1c 6.0 % (4.8-6.0)
Seeing that insulin #, I tried to be more diligent with my diet while continuing to ride my bike
While looking for a doctor this January 2013 I run myself another blood work (Surprises at least for me !)
January 2013
Cholesterol 240 mg/dL (50-200 )
Triglycerides 187 mg/dL (0-150)
HDL 50 mg/dL (40-61)
LDL 160 mg/dL (0-99)
TSH 7.78 Uiu/mL (0.45-4.5)
Tyroxine (T4) 6.3 ug/dL (4.5-12.0)
T3 Uptake 34 % (24-39)
Free Tyroxine Index 2.1 (1.2-4.9)
RBC 6.07 X10e6/uL (4.14-5.8)
Hematocrit 47.9 % (37.5-51)
AST (SGOT) 26 U/L ( 15-37)
ALT (SGPT) 74 U/L (30-65)
GGT 66 IU/L ( 0-65)
Glucose serum 97 mg/dL (74-106)
H1Ac 5,7 % (4.8-5.6)
Insulin 10.4 Uiu/mL (2.6-24.9)
So in about three months I see an increase in TSH ,cholesterol,tryglicerides,a significant drop in insulin.My body temp (oral) is average 96.8 at 7am / 97.7 at noon / 97.8 at 9 pm and I always feel cold as ever felt
Now what shall I start with ?
Start iodoral and check the temps .till I see the new doctor? Shall I wait to get a baseline?(I hope I will have full hormonal panels this time
But mostly what do you guys think my case is about-? How bad is it ?
Thank you for your time !
(I forgot to complain about some brain fog ,some mild memory issues I am doing now )
Respect