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Hypogonadism  [message #58887] Sun, 27 September 2009 23:46 Go to previous message
Macky is currently offline  Macky

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Well, there's a diabetes thread here, so I guess I'll mention my woe too. It's called Hypogonadism. You don't have to be old to get this, so you might want to consider this if you have similar symptoms. Its a big name for low testosterone. The doctor did lots of tests and made sure that my pituitary was normal. So apparently, my testicles have taken an early retirement. Testosterone decreases naturally by about 1% per year after age 30. That has been called male menopause or more accurately, andropause. Hypogonadism goes way beyond that. It seems that I have but 60% of the normal testosterone level for men in the 85-100 year old category. Impotence is, of course, one symptom. Low sexual desire is another. It's a little difficult to ejaculate with a flaccid penis, but it can be done. However, with this condition, I find that, often when I do ejaculate, it is not accompanied by an orgasm :'-( . Now that really pisses me off, as I'm sure you can imagine. When a man does not produce enough testosterone, it can lead to muscle loss, osteoporosis, heart disease, depression, fatigue and a bunch of more minor stuff. It's like it accelerates aging. With that in mind, I decided to accept the doctor's offer of testosterone replacement, even though this therapy increases risk of prostate cancer. It's in the form of a topical gel. I was gettin' off on the thought that I was rubbing some other guy's testosterone in my skin, but the doc said that this testosterone is derived from soy beans. (Can you believe that shit?) I just started replacement this week. He said that it should be 20-30 days before I begin to notice the effect. But after just 3 days, I already noticed that when I passed a soybean field on the way home, I had this almost uncontrollable urge to get naked and roll my body around among the plants. Surprised


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