Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Hi cardcr and Welcome, You did not post the units or the range of your tests. But I can tell you your not a good candidate for gels or testim. Doing 10 grams should have you up around 600 total T. A good rule to follow on levels is to have your Total and Free T up in the upper 1/3 of your labs range to start. And to keep your Estradiol " E2 " down between 10 to 30 best at 20. Your Testicles have shrunk because adding T of any kind shuts down your testis from making T. If I were you I would switch to shots starting at 100 mgs of Depo T every week. Don't let any one tell you to do shots every 2 or 4 weeks just old and not good. Your E2 needs to be tested and if high bring it down with some Arimidex. High E2 will kill your sex life and being on TRT will raise your E2. If you switch to shots do the gel the same day as the shot then stop. In a month when your levels get up into the upper 1/3 of your labs range for a young man then add HCG this will get your Testis working. So you need your T up your E2 down and your penis should come back. As long as there was no damage from the operation or infection. We have a links and files section at the home page they are on the left side full of info about this. Here is a site I feel is the best TRT treatment out. Go to www.allthingsmale.com and read TRT: A Recipe for Success and the HCG update. Also read this link it has a lot of good info in it. http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcls-txt/t-prtcl-130.html Hope this helps. Phil cardcr <cardcr@...> wrote: I got an epididymitis after an operation I had back in 1998. Soon after months of pain a urologist gave me an antibiotic which cured it but I still have pain at times. Since then my testosterone levels droped to the 100 range. It stayed low for a couple of years but I didnt know it which caused sexual disfunction and a bad case of depression. I was checked for low levels of testosterone three years ago and was put on a patch. It worked until my skin reacted badly to it. Finally I am on Testim ( double dose) for about one year. My levels are just barely in the 200 range. My testicles have shrunk down pretty small and my penis hasnt changed size. The urologist kind of disreguarded the testicle shrinkage. My energy is better than it was but maintaining erections is sometimes dificult. Viagra really dosent help. I thought that this was all I can do. Just take the Testim. But I see here on this site there is more to it. Can anyone give me a suggestion on what might be off setting the Tesim. I have been checked for Prolactin tumor, Negative results. I am on double doses of Tesim and I am still not up to speed, my testicles are getting smaller and its been nearly one year and my levels a re low. HELP. Quote
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