I'm literally at the end of my rope. All that I've tried isn't helping and I'm still left without a direction in which to pursue this. Still terrible appetite..still unable to gain weight, still fatigued and struggling. What the fuck has happened? My first year of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) was so great, I put on muscle in my sleep. Now I'd be lucky to gain a lb in a month.
My only lead is that I think I may have something going on in my GI system. I've had:
-excessive gas (to the point of cramps and discomfort)
-loss of appetite, which I know can be related to some GI diseases
-sometimes fatty, sometimes bulky, sometimes pebbles, sometimes green..overall irregular bowel movements.
-An unexplained inability to put on weight.
-joint pain, particularly in the wrists, shoulders and elbows.
I don't know if this is a route I should try to pursue with my doc though..these things can be so difficult to diagnose. I guess a good place to start would be a stool sample.
He decided to finally test me for HIV just to rule it out, and threw a cortisol in there as well to see what's going on.
I still want to get some test prop to see if it makes any difference..but even if it did and I went to my doc saying "THIS IS IT!!" he'd want to know how I knew and would never prescribe it.
Basically I'm stuck in a very shitty and difficult place. Literally any form of advice would be greatly appreciated.
