MBB
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My TRT journey has offcially started
I've been struggling to find a good doctor that would take low T seriously (in Australia they are few and far between) and through this forum I was chatting to another member who recommended a doctor, one who has helped a lot of guys in Australia. So I got in contact with the doctor, but the earliest appointment I could get into see him is January 17. I will also mention that he is interstate, making appointments that much more difficult. However, I was told to email through my latest blood work and a document about myself and the symptoms I was having. So I did just that; my full blood work and a 3 page PDF file. A week later I was told that the doctor wanted to do a phone consultation with me. So on Friday I had a phone consult with this doctor. He is amazing. Very knowledgeable and very pleasant to speak to. He went on to explain the stigma behind Testosterone and the general ignorant attitude toward it in the medical community. Despite the fact this was all stuff I already knew through my research, it was very comforting and reassuring to here it from him.
We spoke about how I've come up against a lot of doctors who tell me I'm in the 'normal' range and he went on to explain how inaccurate and irrelevant those ranges are. He did say however, that with a TT of 9.4 nmol/L (8-38 nmol/L) that would be normal were I 85 y.o. Here's the best bit, he wants to start me on treatment before my appointment in January. He gave me the options for TRT; gels, pellets, long-term injection, short-term injections, etc. I opted for short-term self injections and now am currently awaiting for the script to arrive in the post. He is also sending out another form for more blood tests to be done prior to seeing him in January, to see how the TRT is going. He said that ultimately, for my age he'd like to see me in the mid to high 30's on the reference range (8-38 nmol/L).
He also went on to discuss the possible side effects, such as the reduction on my natural test production and reduced testes size, but said if that becomes a problem there are things we can add (hinting at HCG). He also said that if my estrogen gets too high there is something we can do for that (hinting at an AI).
All in all, he is a very knowledgeable doctor and although I have been dealing with low T for a while I think it may have been worth the wait just to find this guy.
Now all I have to done is wait for the script to show up in the post...Longest. Wait. Ever.
I've been struggling to find a good doctor that would take low T seriously (in Australia they are few and far between) and through this forum I was chatting to another member who recommended a doctor, one who has helped a lot of guys in Australia. So I got in contact with the doctor, but the earliest appointment I could get into see him is January 17. I will also mention that he is interstate, making appointments that much more difficult. However, I was told to email through my latest blood work and a document about myself and the symptoms I was having. So I did just that; my full blood work and a 3 page PDF file. A week later I was told that the doctor wanted to do a phone consultation with me. So on Friday I had a phone consult with this doctor. He is amazing. Very knowledgeable and very pleasant to speak to. He went on to explain the stigma behind Testosterone and the general ignorant attitude toward it in the medical community. Despite the fact this was all stuff I already knew through my research, it was very comforting and reassuring to here it from him.
We spoke about how I've come up against a lot of doctors who tell me I'm in the 'normal' range and he went on to explain how inaccurate and irrelevant those ranges are. He did say however, that with a TT of 9.4 nmol/L (8-38 nmol/L) that would be normal were I 85 y.o. Here's the best bit, he wants to start me on treatment before my appointment in January. He gave me the options for TRT; gels, pellets, long-term injection, short-term injections, etc. I opted for short-term self injections and now am currently awaiting for the script to arrive in the post. He is also sending out another form for more blood tests to be done prior to seeing him in January, to see how the TRT is going. He said that ultimately, for my age he'd like to see me in the mid to high 30's on the reference range (8-38 nmol/L).
He also went on to discuss the possible side effects, such as the reduction on my natural test production and reduced testes size, but said if that becomes a problem there are things we can add (hinting at HCG). He also said that if my estrogen gets too high there is something we can do for that (hinting at an AI).
All in all, he is a very knowledgeable doctor and although I have been dealing with low T for a while I think it may have been worth the wait just to find this guy.
Now all I have to done is wait for the script to show up in the post...Longest. Wait. Ever.
