Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 In the AACE guidelines there is a listing of common reasons why men become hypogonadal. Go down the list and eliminate each one. Check your ferritin iron to rule out hemochromatosis iron overload. Also, your DHEA is so low you might have an adrenal problem. I would investigate that. In a message dated 8/1/2004 6:47:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tshooter1@... writes: Hello again and thanks for the information and ideas you all provided me with the last time I posted. I have not gone back to see the doctor yet as I will call him first to discuss the latest round of blood work as opposed to paying for an office visit if he refuses to do anything for me.Just to give a little background, I am 49 years old and have been suffering with this problem for a number of years. So much to the point that my wife is ready to shoot me for having low/no drive. As I first wrote, I felt my testosterone was low because of the 265 number which was on the low side. Here are the numbers from the recent blood work that I had done. Any suggestions that I can give this doctor or if he refuses to listen, another doctor would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for all of the help you have provided me with. THe numbers to the left are mine and the numbers in Parenthesis are the lab standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:10:01 -0000, you wrote: > >Free Testosterone 227 ng/dl (260 - 1000) I believe that should be total T. You have Free T twice. - - - - Just another albino black sheep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 I'll try to google if for myself, but you wouldn't happen to have a handy link to the list you mention of causes? > Re: Thanks and help again > > In the AACE guidelines there is a listing of common reasons > why men become hypogonadal. Go down the list and eliminate > each one. Check your ferritin iron to rule out > hemochromatosis iron overload. > > Also, your DHEA is so low you might have an adrenal problem. > I would investigate that. > > > > > > In a message dated 8/1/2004 6:47:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > tshooter1@... writes: > Hello again and thanks for the information and ideas you all > provided me with the last time I posted. I have not gone back > to see the doctor yet as I will call him first to discuss the > latest round of blood work as opposed to paying for an office > visit if he refuses to do anything for me.Just to give a > little background, I am 49 years old and have been suffering > with this problem for a number of years. So much to the point > that my wife is ready to shoot me for having low/no drive. As > I first wrote, I felt my testosterone was low because of the > 265 number which was on the low side. Here are the numbers > from the recent blood work that I had done. Any suggestions > that I can give this doctor or if he refuses to listen, > another doctor would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance for all of the help you have provided me > with. THe numbers to the left are mine and the numbers in > Parenthesis are the lab standards > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hi Dave, The AACE Hypogonadism Guidelines can be found in the " files " section on this board, and can be downloaded in pdf format (use Adobe Acrobat reader). Best, Bruce In , " Dave " <daultman@s...> wrote: > I'll try to google if for myself, but you wouldn't happen to have a handy > link to the list you mention of causes? > > > Re: Thanks and help again > > > > In the AACE guidelines there is a listing of common reasons > > why men become hypogonadal. Go down the list and eliminate > > each one. Check your ferritin iron to rule out > > hemochromatosis iron overload. > > > > Also, your DHEA is so low you might have an adrenal problem. > > I would investigate that. > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/1/2004 6:47:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > tshooter1@a... writes: > > Hello again and thanks for the information and ideas you all > > provided me with the last time I posted. I have not gone back > > to see the doctor yet as I will call him first to discuss the > > latest round of blood work as opposed to paying for an office > > visit if he refuses to do anything for me.Just to give a > > little background, I am 49 years old and have been suffering > > with this problem for a number of years. So much to the point > > that my wife is ready to shoot me for having low/no drive. As > > I first wrote, I felt my testosterone was low because of the > > 265 number which was on the low side. Here are the numbers > > from the recent blood work that I had done. Any suggestions > > that I can give this doctor or if he refuses to listen, > > another doctor would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance for all of the help you have provided me > > with. THe numbers to the left are mine and the numbers in > > Parenthesis are the lab standards > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Ha, should have thought to check there. I rarely actually visit the board, just get the email versions. I'll check it out. Thanks! > Re: Thanks and help again > > > > > > In the AACE guidelines there is a listing of common > reasons why men > > > become hypogonadal. Go down the list and eliminate each > one. Check > > > your ferritin iron to rule out hemochromatosis iron overload. > > > > > > Also, your DHEA is so low you might have an adrenal problem. > > > I would investigate that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/1/2004 6:47:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > > tshooter1@a... writes: > > > Hello again and thanks for the information and ideas you all > > > provided me with the last time I posted. I have not gone > back to see > > > the doctor yet as I will call him first to discuss the > latest round > > > of blood work as opposed to paying for an office visit if > he refuses > > > to do anything for me.Just to give a little background, I am 49 > > > years old and have been suffering with this problem for a > number of > > > years. So much to the point that my wife is ready to shoot me for > > > having low/no drive. As I first wrote, I felt my testosterone was > > > low because of the > > > 265 number which was on the low side. Here are the > numbers from the > > > recent blood work that I had done. Any suggestions that I > can give > > > this doctor or if he refuses to listen, another doctor would be > > > greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks in advance for all of the help you have provided > me with. THe > > > numbers to the left are mine and the numbers in > Parenthesis are the > > > lab standards > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Just check in the links section of the group and you will find the document, plus many other valuable resources. It's worth your time. In a message dated 8/2/2004 5:58:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, daultman@... writes: I'll try to google if for myself, but you wouldn't happen to have a handy link to the list you mention of causes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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