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"Wanderer" <unlikely@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BFC894BF001B7DC8F0284550@news.verizon.net...
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:21:48 -0500, ray wrote
> (in message <yFFof.6376$Xx3.5070@fe03.lga> ):
> It's possible that low testosterone is driving your (perceived) inferior
> athletic performance, and driving some of your other hormonal issues. For
> a
> real test of this, you should try weekly injections of testosterone
> cypionate
> for a month or two, and see if your performance and hormone levels
> improve.
> Testim is an inferior form of TRT, with little likelihood of
> effectiveness.
> In your case, it didn't even help with your abnormally low T levels.
>
T replacement methods seems to be a controversal subject, refer to Greg's
response. Since the gel did not seem to be my answer I would be willing to
try HCG or testosterone cypionate as a test. Some also argue that I didn't
give the gel a fair trail
> Find a doctor who specializes in male hormonal issues. Typical docs don't
> get
> it, and become argumentative when you push them. You need to find one who
> is
> genuinely knowledgeable about this area of male physiology.
>
This gets to the crux of the problem. I have tried to no avail. Any
suggestions?
> Of course, another alternative is to find pals who walk a little slower,
> and
> enjoy the great outdoors at your own pace.
>
Good idea except people who go my speed can not go anywhere near
the distances I like so I hike alone.
> As for the torn rotator cuff, face it: as you get old, you just plain fall
> apart. I had the same damn shoulder problem and got the same ten different
> diagnoses you did (bone spur, bursitis, calcification, torn rotator cuff,
> etc.) Instead of going in for surgery, I toughed it out for a few months
> talking pain meds when I couldn't sleep. I cut back on upper body
> workouts.
> Two months later, the pain is mostly gone. Of course, now I got a pain in
> my
> back. Plus, my tennis sneakers give me blisters, and I got this
> troublesome
> hangnail. Good luck with your quest. If you stick with it, you'll find a
> solution. (But by then, something else will be wrong.)
>
I brought up the rotator cuff as an example of how poorly most doctors
can diagonose a situation. I am glad you didn't have to go through the
surgery. In my case the decision was not based on the pain, rather on the
fact that I could no longer raise my arm above 90 degrees and it was
getting worse. The bone spur was not going away by itself and rotator
cuff tears seldom heal by themselves. Since surgery the pain is all gone.
Next week I start PT. Thanks for the reply.
and maybe I will see if the arm works again.
> Wanderer
>
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