Ellis, What a tremendous amount of info in this group! Wow! Many
thanks to you.

[You are welcome. There is actually a treasure chest of
information in the Archives of Rejuvenation, which you can
go to if you sign in to Yahoo Groups, then go to Rejuvenation,
then click on "Messages" which is on the list of links on the
right column. It is amazing, nearly 10,000 posts over 9
years, and there are some GREAT posts, and answers to just
about any question you might have. - Ellis]


This is my first time posting. O.k, here is the last ten yrs. of my
life (condensed) in one email. I need help.

I'm 39, weigh 220 and 5'9. I've been athletic except the last ten
yrs. Got married, children, moved, job change, etc. I could not put
my finger on it but noticed a drastic change in my sense of well-
being, both physically and mentally. After eight yrs. of sluggishly
going through the motions, I wrote down on paper some symptoms I had
been having.

Literally, I had experienced loss of energy, low libido, scattered
thoughts, no attention span, sudden weight gain, very hard to lose
weight, moody, almost a depressing feeling all the time. That made
it hard to function because I work with area young people on a weekly
basis.

I took the list to a Dr. in my area and he said I was just
depressed. I went to another Dr. and he immediately scheduled an
MRI. Came back fine. He then gave me a physical which turned out
fine. He then did blood work and checked my testosterone
level. Guess what? It was 220. He began to give me injections
for two months, twice a month.

Let me say I felt better in those two months than I had felt in
almost ten yrs, honestly! He then did a testosterone level check
after those two months and it had jumped to 1000. He immediately
discontinued my therapy saying it was too high and my insurance
will not pay for it if it is that high.

So, I'm back to going through the motions. That was only two
months ago. I have an appointment to go back to him for another
testosterone level check in about another month. But is hard to
wait this thing out.

What do you think? Sincerely, Lee


[Hello Lee... I think your problem might be related to an
imbalance in thyroid... and I think you should try to find
another more sympathetic and maybe more flexible doctor...

What's this about he discontinued testosterone replacement
because your result came out 1000? Hasn't he ever heard
that he can "lower the dose"? And what does he care if
the insurance company will pay for it or not? What does
that have to do with what you need?

Your testosterone will surely be too low, two months
after you discontinued testosterone. You should not have
discontinued, and if the insurance doesn't pay for it that is
not a correct reason for discontinuing something that made
you feel much better because you need it.

I would also like to know your IGF-1, and your PSA, and
your hematocrit and hemoglobin... and I would like to know
your fasting glucose and also I would like for you to check
your blood glucose level half an hour and 60 minutes after
eating a high carb meal.

With that, a good anti aging doctor would fix you up.

Ellis]