Re: Week #2 after pellet implantation

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:30:04 -0000, you wrote:

>Improvements include being less housebound (was almost

>totally housebound for 4+ months). Went out to a store to buy

>shoes, accompanied wife to memorial service, went to church,

>did household project (incl. trip to hardware store), more time

>awake, had 2 days without PM naps, more productive. Much

>happier about the whole situation.

Congratulations! Ain't it grand to have some get up and go?

[Guest guest]

Excellent news. Good luck!

> Hi-

>

> Week #2 after pellet implantation

> Sexual: Libido & erections remain improved. Definitely attributed

> to TRT.

> Mood: Slightly elevated, attributed to elation over improvement..

> Energy: Increasingly better, most likely due to TRT.

> Mental clarity: Increasingly better, most likely due to TRT.

> Motivation: Increasingly better, most likely due to TRT.

> Sense of well-being: Much better, most likely due to TRT.

>

> Have had improvements in past concurrent with spring weather,

> but they were much more gradual.

>

> Improvements include being less housebound (was almost

> totally housebound for 4+ months). Went out to a store to buy

> shoes, accompanied wife to memorial service, went to church,

> did household project (incl. trip to hardware store), more time

> awake, had 2 days without PM naps, more productive. Much

> happier about the whole situation.

>

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> Week #1 after pellet implantation

> Sexual: Libido improved. Erections improved. Definitely attributed

> to TRT.

> Mood: Remains good, stable, no major change.

> Energy: A little better, too soon to attribute to TRT.

> Mental clarity: A little better, too soon to attribute to TRT.

> Motivation: A little better, too soon to attribute to TRT.

> Sense of well-being: Definitely improved, too soon to attribute to

> TRT.

>

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> Started pellets 4/5/04 (6 each 200mg) after 5 years on TRT

> (Androderm then

> Androgel, then Delatestryl injection), had not been able to elevate

> T levels effectively, highest 344, latest 130 (3/26/04). Hope pellet

> TRT will help with a disabling physical & mental fatigue, which

> has been remitting/relapsing. Being careful not to attribute

> perceived improvement to TRT, when other causes might be

> responsible. Example: short-term improvement perception might

> be psychological, could be due to heightened optimism for

> improvement. Could also be coincidental with remission due to

> non-TRT cause.

>

> Bruce

[Guest guest]

Bruce,

Glad to hear you are doing better!!!

My doc now wants me to see an endocrinologist (due to low LH/FSH and

other endocrine abnormalities). He also told me to go ahead and take

the Striant for now.

Mark

[Guest guest]

Sounds promising, Mark.

You have the right lab tests. If the new endo doesn't know what

they mean, find another.

Best,

Bruce

> Bruce,

>

> Glad to hear you are doing better!!!

>

> My doc now wants me to see an endocrinologist (due to low

LH/FSH and

> other endocrine abnormalities). He also told me to go ahead

and take

> the Striant for now.

>

> Mark