Testosterone Replacement Therapy expectations!

[+ Notor]

20 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

News update!

He's doing fine, elevated his testosterone level to 600, and he feels young again, he's also taking estrogen blockers and getting tested every month at LabCorp. 

he might stop doing TRT or do it less often.

Suddenly stopping TRT is "maybe" not a good idea! I would consult an endo that specialized in TRT.

[marylander1940]

2 hours ago, Notor said:

Suddenly stopping TRT is "maybe" not a good idea! I would consult an endo that specialized in TRT.

He's been taking 1ML per week and he started on December 1st. Before that a friend gave him a couple of injections in November, therefore he's been on it for 2 months. 

yes, he'll slowly stop doing it while measuring his testosterone level, he doesn't want to go over 800 because he's now "too horny". 

 

 

Edited January 5 by marylander1940

[BeamerBikes]

I’m going on 6 months plus on the topical 2 pumps a day.  Doctor monitored with blood tests.  
Only downside for me is ball shrinkage. It’s real.  However while they were bigger before, they weren’t producing enough Testosterone.  I’ll have to live with the trade off for a better libido.   

Went from slightly bigger than average, they are now about 30% smaller.  Just enough to go hiding more regularly when it’s cold so filling out a jock as a grower not a show-er isn’t in the cards anymore.  
 

oh well, I’d rather have a working set and the energy back.  

Edited January 8 by BeamerBikes

[marylander1940]

Update!

My escort friend is now taking estrogen blockers, everything down there works well with the help of Viagra and he gets tested every 4 to 6 weeks at LabCorp!

[Deadlift1]

On 1/7/2025 at 10:56 PM, BeamerBikes said:

I’m going on 6 months plus on the topical 2 pumps a day.  Doctor monitored with blood tests.  
Only downside for me is ball shrinkage. It’s real.  However while they were bigger before, they weren’t producing enough Testosterone.  I’ll have to live with the trade off for a better libido.   

Went from slightly bigger than average, they are now about 30% smaller.  Just enough to go hiding more regularly when it’s cold so filling out a jock as a grower not a show-er isn’t in the cards anymore.  
 

oh well, I’d rather have a working set and the energy back.  

Take 250 mcg of HCG every third day.  Buy HCG 10000. Your balls and sac will drop and it mellows you out. 

I did my own research and asked my doctor for a script. I also do a 1/2 a pill of estrogen blockers every other day. My estradiol level is perfect. World of difference.

[marylander1940]

On 2/1/2025 at 2:56 PM, Deadlift1 said:

Take 250 mcg of HCG every third day.  Buy HCG 10000. Your balls and sac will drop and it mellows you out. 

I did my own research and asked my doctor for a script. I also do a 1/2 a pill of estrogen blockers every other day. My estradiol level is perfect. World of difference.

This escort I know takes two pills of 1 mg anaztrozole l per week to block the production of estrogen

[marylander1940]

On 2/28/2025 at 1:34 AM, Gar1eth said:

 

In my previous hiring career, I did lots of overnights. ( I don't hire anymore-for one thing I have no money. And even if I did, my libido is mostly in the 'toilet'. My urologist on seeing how low my testosterone level was recently said, "I'm surprised you're awake.")

 

TRT is your solution! 

 

[+ Gar1eth]

In my previous hiring career, I did lots of overnights. ( I don't hire anymore-for one thing I have no money. And even if I did, my libido is mostly in the 'toilet'. My urologist on seeing how low my testosterone level was recently said, "I'm surprised you're awake.")
 

19 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

TRT is your solution! 

 

Oh you've said or rather written a mouthful. When I was last on testosterone, my PSA shot up really high. While testosterone can cause elevations, this was really high. It made the urologist nervous. He sent off an experimental test that I can't remember the name of to assess my risk of prostate cancer. He expected it to be low. It wasn't. He decided to get an MRI.
 

I was in a tizzy because some places insert  an endorectal coil to perform a prostate MRI. And the place I was getting it done did use one. As I've told on here in the distant past but will repeat for newcomers, aside from not wanting to be gay, one of the things that kept me a virgin until I was 41 was the thought of bottoming. I have a phobia about being penetrated much more than possibly a finger tip. And maybe really only  a 1/4 of a finger tip would be ok. (In case anyone is wondering I also have a phobia about catheterization). 
 

Also as a background to this-I have a history of some type of chronic pelvic pain syndrome or chronic prostatitis starting in my early 30's. 
 

I could go on but to make a long story slightly shorter-I was able to get them to perform the MRI without the coil-some places routinely do it without the coil. So this isn't unheard of. 
 

As I recall the results, the prostate showed evidence of inflammation. And there was one area that they couldn't really define well for some reason. They didn't say it was cancer. But because of this area, they wouldn't resume the testosterone unless I had a biopsy. As my PSA was low with a normal digital exam, they were fine with not doing the biopsy if I wasn't on testosterone.

 

So that's where it stands. Plus now they say I have evidence of coronary artery disease. So they might not start it even if my prostate we're suddenly normal. 

[aiseeya]

TRT is for life...there is no 'stopping' it - more like cruising on PCT whilst off TRT.