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re: Friend had a heart attack - doctor says its from testosterone shots
Posted on 6/27/16 at 7:22 am to bencoleman
Posted on 6/27/16 at 7:22 am to bencoleman
No sweat Ben. Head over to T nation forums
Start reading. Have some good info on people new to the process.
Step one is finding out why your production is gone. I'm 34 and have primary failure. Basically after all the meds from being sick for so long cooked my balls. Some people it's a pituitary or thyroid issue. Not even a testicle issue. Doctors treat symptoms not always problems. Find out why then go from there. Good luck sir
Start reading. Have some good info on people new to the process.
Step one is finding out why your production is gone. I'm 34 and have primary failure. Basically after all the meds from being sick for so long cooked my balls. Some people it's a pituitary or thyroid issue. Not even a testicle issue. Doctors treat symptoms not always problems. Find out why then go from there. Good luck sir
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Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:19 am to thejudge
I've been on the T pellets for around 4 years (38yrsold). I go every 3 months to my urologist. They take blood work and alter my dose accordingly.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:20 am to bencoleman
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:26 am to Pepe Lepew
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:39 am to joeytiger
I'm 35 and I take it. My years of steroid use when i was younger destroyed my natural production. I get blood work every 6 months, and take a statin to help manage cholesterol.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 8:46 am to joeytiger
Damn, 33 and low testosterone? That must suck. Was he crying all of the time and growing boobs?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:18 am to ThinePreparedAni
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I may "know" a professional in the BR area who could help you with what you are describing
This would be most appreciated. Does anyone know what a PSA number of 5.1 means?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:33 am to bencoleman
quote:Depends partly on your age, but a PSA of 5.1 is generally considered elevated. It could be from some kind of irritation to your prostate (like prostatitis or urinary tract infection), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or from prostate cancer. But just getting a single measurement of 5.1 doesn't mean that much by itself. You should make sure you see your urologist regularly and get your PSA checked as often as he recommends. Usually, PSA is monitored over time and if it continues to rise, they'll do a prostate biopsy to check for cancer. The good news is that most prostate cancers are caught early if you get your PSA checked frequently, so make sure you do that! Catching prostate cancer early means you have a veeerry good chance of being cured.
This would be most appreciated. Does anyone know what a PSA number of 5.1 means?
Testosterone fuels prostate cancer growth, so if you have an elevated PSA, that may be why your doctor doesn't want you taking it. That doesn't mean you have cancer, just means your doctor is being very careful just in case.
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 9:38 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:52 am to joeytiger
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. Do doctors even have a clue anymore?
How DARE you question the all-knowing doctor who is ALWAYS right!
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:57 am to Hog on the Hill
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Testosterone fuels prostate cancer growth
The historical associations are mainly correlations not causation
The relationship is complex. The most current model is linked below.
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Prostate growth is exquisitely sensitive to variations in androgen concentrations at very low concentrations, but becomes insensitive to changes in androgen concentrations at higher levels.
LINK
There are few bold people (the author of the paper I linked being one of them) treating hypogonad men with active prostate cancer (on surveillance regimens) with TRT (with no progression of cancer)
The best analogy is using a wilted plant. Water (testosterone) may stimulate the plant (prostate) to grow. At some point further watering the plant will not cause it to grow into the size of a Sequoa (cancer)
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:58 am to Jim Rockford
quote:Probably a steroid user in the past, thereby wrecking his natural production
WTF is a 33 year old doing on T?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:59 am to bencoleman
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Does anyone know what a PSA number of 5.1 means?
Go see this guy
This post was edited on 8/18/16 at 11:55 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:02 am to joeytiger
This is scary. I have a friend at the gym that is offering to get some test for me. I lost nearly 30 lbs. last year, and I've been trying to put the weight back on. I put 15 lbs. back, but I'm stuck. I have seriously been thinking about taking it. I don't want to screw up my body though. I'm 35 years old. I think my lack of energy is from stress. But my doctor has been wanting me to get my blood checked for low T.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:05 am to El Magnifico
Wrecked mine about 4 years ago bc of roids. Done with that shite now. I only take 75 mg a week though and I'm normal. But once I stop, after about 3 weeks I am tired all the time, no motivation to do anything like work or the gym, and my interest in sex is way low. I think I'll just stay on my low dosage and monitor myself. I get it checked every year for my yearly physical.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:07 am to jvilletiger25
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I have a friend at the gym that is offering to get some test for me.
If your going to do it, do it under the watch of a Dr. Not some guy at the gym.
There may/may not be side effects. That's why its important to have a Dr. looking at your blood test on a regular basis.
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 10:11 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 4:21 pm to stout
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stout
Posted on 6/27/16 at 4:24 pm to Bmath
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I've had a suspicion for a while that low T meds are mostly a moneymaking scheme.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 4:25 pm to joeytiger
I'm just going to go ahead and say it, your friend went to the doctor to get testosterone shots so he can get beefed up in the weight room and impress your wife.
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