| Joe D. 2005-09-23, 5:45 pm |
| With such a significant problem history, any Dr worth his salt will
do the usual androgen tests at a minimum. If you get any resistance,
change Drs -- you are the consumer purchasing a service, either
directly or indirectly.
In general total testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, thyroid,
prolactin. They'll also usually do a CBC (complete blood count).
Anyone contemplating testosterone replacement should have
a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test to check for prostate
cancer. Testosterone doesn't cause prostate cancer, but it will
make existing undetected prostate cancer grow faster.
"Stan Stansbury" <Abstansburynospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96C85C87C12DAstanstanscomcom@38.119.71.105...
> So I've had ED off and on since I was a teenager, with very low libido for
> much of the time. It seems like maybe there's a hormone deficiency at the
> root of all this.
>
> It happens that I've got a complete physical scheduled for next week. I'm
> thinking that I'll tell the doc I want my hormones tested. And I'd like
> advice about the test I should have run. History suggests that the doc
> will
> not take my request for hormone tests seriously so I want to go in armed
> with a complete list of desirable tests.
>
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