Last summer in June I saw my GP, he’s a really nice guy and has been straight with me for 17 years or so. He’s in his 60s now, I’m gonna be 45 this summer. I just simply asked him during my physical "so, what’s up with T loss? What are the symptoms and signs beyond what I know of: tiredness, lack of drive and energy, weaker libido, weaker erections, etc.?"He said it just like this to me: "Do you get erections?" I said yes, no problem. "Can you maintain an erection for pleasure and orgasm? Does everything function down there as normal?" I said yes, it does. He said, "I’m (can’t remember what age he said, I think 62) and I don’t have problems with my erections; I eat healthy and exercise regularly, just like you do. Keep your cholesterol levels where they need to be, keep active and don’t worry about it. If anything changes then we can figure it out."
I then asked "what about T tests, when do I need to think about getting one? Should I think about it?" He replied, "Only if there’s a change and you notice major differences. Don’t think or worry about it and maintain your normal life; if there’s a change, come back in."
I know there’s a lot more to T levels and health than just "do you get a boner?" question from your doctor. But to him, its a good indicator of a lot: blood flow, diet, cardiovascular health, T, stuff like that. He’s a big "eat healthy and exercise and you will be healthy" kind of doctor, not fast to prescribe any meds. God I’ve been in for major low back pulls in the past and the most he ever gave me was some muscle relaxers, just like 8 of them small dose, to help me stand and sit for a few days after a bad pull in 2017. I couldn’t even lean over to turn the faucet on for a shower it hurt so bad. I took those pills for 2 days and tossed the rest.
Reading this thread is inspirational and makes me want to keep at it with my workouts, keep up my Vit D and other vitamin/supplements (recently added magnesium, wow I can feel the difference!!) and kick the sugar and eat more fresh food more often!! Thanks to everyone sharing their stories and struggles :)
Vitamin D and magnesium both excellent but you should really add zinc to that.
But this…
Doctor, You get a boner"?
Yea.
Your T level’s fine.
I do hope everyone here knows that’s just not true. By the time T- levels get that low that you wouldn’t get a boner or have difficulty getting one due to a lack of T it’s very possibly you have developed diabetes or cardiac disease along with that ED due to a lack of T. You don’t want to not know your T-level when you’re feeling good. It’s valuable info for you. And I highly recommend you get one now and insist it’s the LCMS version, not the cheapo test. This will give you an idea of what YOUR body feels like at that level. You are heading for the big five O…get ready…it’s going to drop. Like it or not. Get your levels drawn. And don’t forget, you want Total, Free, SHBG the whole ball of wax. Don’t want to go to your doctor just to ask him for lab work? Then don’t. Go through discount Labs and order your own lab work. Ya know ultimately, it’s your body, your life. Take control of your health. And with men, we NEED to know our T levels. A 20 year old walks around with very high levels, that’s why he’s a dog in heat yes? But consider that according to Times magazine, our great grandfather’s had 5 times more testosterone than boys do today. So if you started out much lower than you should have been and then take into account each passing decade past your second lowers your test considerably, chances are, it’s lower than you think..https://www.dis countedlabs.com … e-hormone-tests
