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On 4/11/14 I seen a urologist to get a digital rectal exam because my pcp was thinking my prostate was acting up. I had a problem with frequent urintation but urine test always came back negative. on 12/2012 I had a varicocele surgery done to fix the problem with my testes. The left one was hanging real low. It was a stage 3 or 4, either way doc said it's the highest it could be. I decided to get that taken care of to see if it'll cure my low testosterone.
A month later I did labs and they were still low. I did notice though, that my nuts were atrophied and a little blue on the bottom. Doc said it's still healing from the surgery. I've always had long and full nuts so seeing something this small had me confused wether it was normal nuts or infected.
So fast forward back to 4/11/14, a different urologist, checked my prostate with her fingers. She said it was warm to the touch, meaning I had prostatitis. I also mentioned that I was tender on my groin area, above the penis, but she seemed to not find anything to be concerned about. She prescribes me doxycycline and 2 days into the antibiotics my nuts are starting to descent and get full. To this day they are still lowered and the color is returning. I'm thinking I had an infection in my testis or maybe that prostatis worked it's way up. Either way I need to know if this was suppressing my bodies way of producing testosterone.
Are the results of my final labs the effects of the testosterone still in me, or if it's my body trying to make a come back. This was done 3 1/2 weeks after my last injection.
TLDR:
op gets varicocele surgery
think nuts are infected, doc says don't worry
still low
gets on trt for 2 weeks, crashes estrogen
gets off for almost a month, takes antibiotic 5 days before labs are done
test goes up from baseline
exogenous test or body making come back?
11/18/2013 baseline labs
Testosterone, Serum 255 (ref. 348-1197)
LH 4.5 (1.7-8.6)
FSH 5.5 (1.5-12.4)
Estradiol 24.9 (7.6-42.6)
Excersised and reduced stress
3/11/2014 labs
neutrophils 38 LOW (40-74)
LYMPHS 52 HIGH (14-46)
BUN/creatinine ratio 20 (8-19)
Testosterone, Serum 268
LH 4.2
FSH 5.3
Estradiol 9.2
3/13 100mg shot enanthate
3/15 .05 ai
3/20 100mg shot
3/25 0.5 ai
3/27 labs 8:45 am
LYMPHS 47 HIGH
Testosterone, Serum 619
LH 0.3 LOW
FSH 0.6 LOW
Estradiol <5.1 LOW
3/28/14
TSH 0.79 (0.4-4.5)
T4 1.0 (0.8-1.8)
stopped cold turkey, seen urologist and I have prostatitis. Been taking antibiotic since 4/11/14.
4/16/14
NEUTROPHILS 47 normal
LYMPHS 45 normal
Testosterone, Serum 310
LH 3.3
FSH 4.5
Estradiol 13.3
Also, My lymphs seem to be in the high end of normal; is this good or bad?
A month later I did labs and they were still low. I did notice though, that my nuts were atrophied and a little blue on the bottom. Doc said it's still healing from the surgery. I've always had long and full nuts so seeing something this small had me confused wether it was normal nuts or infected.
So fast forward back to 4/11/14, a different urologist, checked my prostate with her fingers. She said it was warm to the touch, meaning I had prostatitis. I also mentioned that I was tender on my groin area, above the penis, but she seemed to not find anything to be concerned about. She prescribes me doxycycline and 2 days into the antibiotics my nuts are starting to descent and get full. To this day they are still lowered and the color is returning. I'm thinking I had an infection in my testis or maybe that prostatis worked it's way up. Either way I need to know if this was suppressing my bodies way of producing testosterone.
Are the results of my final labs the effects of the testosterone still in me, or if it's my body trying to make a come back. This was done 3 1/2 weeks after my last injection.
TLDR:
op gets varicocele surgery
think nuts are infected, doc says don't worry
still low
gets on trt for 2 weeks, crashes estrogen
gets off for almost a month, takes antibiotic 5 days before labs are done
test goes up from baseline
exogenous test or body making come back?
11/18/2013 baseline labs
Testosterone, Serum 255 (ref. 348-1197)
LH 4.5 (1.7-8.6)
FSH 5.5 (1.5-12.4)
Estradiol 24.9 (7.6-42.6)
Excersised and reduced stress
3/11/2014 labs
neutrophils 38 LOW (40-74)
LYMPHS 52 HIGH (14-46)
BUN/creatinine ratio 20 (8-19)
Testosterone, Serum 268
LH 4.2
FSH 5.3
Estradiol 9.2
3/13 100mg shot enanthate
3/15 .05 ai
3/20 100mg shot
3/25 0.5 ai
3/27 labs 8:45 am
LYMPHS 47 HIGH
Testosterone, Serum 619
LH 0.3 LOW
FSH 0.6 LOW
Estradiol <5.1 LOW
3/28/14
TSH 0.79 (0.4-4.5)
T4 1.0 (0.8-1.8)
stopped cold turkey, seen urologist and I have prostatitis. Been taking antibiotic since 4/11/14.
4/16/14
NEUTROPHILS 47 normal
LYMPHS 45 normal
Testosterone, Serum 310
LH 3.3
FSH 4.5
Estradiol 13.3
Also, My lymphs seem to be in the high end of normal; is this good or bad?
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