| Wanderer 2005-12-17, 10:52 am |
| On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:16:55 -0500, ray wrote
(in message <uyKof.17726$tQ7.12897@fe04.lga> ):
>
> I had a vasectomy and am 65 so there is little likelyhood of my
> becoming a father again. My understanding of HCG dose when given
> as a testosterone stimulant to replace the LH that I am not producing
> is 1500 IU per week. The HCG costs about $40 per 10,000 IU
> so the cost is less than $20 per month. The objections my endocrinologist
> mentioned were cost and its use should be monitored. All TRT should
> be monitored and cost did not seem excessive. I thought it seemed
> like a more natural method. Tell me what I am missing. I am not a
> model and do not care about what others think of me so that is not
> an issue. His objection to the shots was the uneven levels. That
> seems vaild. Are there other issues that I am missing?
HCG is not particularly effective in older males at significantly raising T
levels. I started HCG therapy in my late 50s, and it gave a mild boost to my
T levels, but nothing like T cypionate. It's also a pain in the XXX, needs to
be refrigerated, mixed, injected every other day, etc. You need to keep it on
ice when you travel. Within a few months, I graduated to T-cypionate and saw
a much more significant increase in T levels, and a noticeable improvement in
overall health, libido, mood, etc.
But there's no harm in trying HCG. IF testosterone turns out to be the
solution to your problem (and that's a very big if), my guess is that you are
headed for full TRT with T-cypionate.
Here's a link to an interesting study which suggests that your endurance
training may actually be CAUSING your hormonal problems:
http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/testo...stosterone.html
I think one possibility is that you are hiking with men who are actually
elite athletes (albeit senior citizens), and you are defining their
performance as "normal." I suspect that YOUR performance is actually the norm
(or average), and theirs is well above average. The more you punish your body
trying to keep up with them, the worse you make all your physical problems.
This is my last post on this thread. Good luck.
Wanderer
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