Intro

[BabyBob]

What’s up guys,

Figured I’d finally make an intro. Back in my late teens I started dealing with low libido, which pushed me to get bloodwork done. That spiraled into what was probably a misdiagnosis of a pituitary tumor, and I’ve been on TRT ever since. Been about three years now, and I still haven’t found that perfect “sweet spot” mostly because my SHBG is super low and makes things tricky.

I’m mostly here to learn, and see if anyone else has gone through the same stuff and actually figured it out. Always down to hear what’s worked (or hasn’t) for other people.

Glad to be here.

 

[Elektrobot]

How much investigation was done into the tumor theory?

 

[BabyBob]

How much investigation was done into the tumor theory?

Three different sets of MRIs, the first was

How much investigation was done into the tumor theory?

First MRI was when they “found it,” second one came back kind of unclear, and the last one with contrast said there wasn’t anything there. All of that was after multiple sets of bloodwork showed my FSH was under 1.0 mIU/mL, while LH usually sat around 4–6 mIU/mL.

 

[Elektrobot]

Three different sets of MRIs, the first was

First MRI was when they “found it,” second one came back kind of unclear, and the last one with contrast said there wasn’t anything there. All of that was after multiple sets of bloodwork showed my FSH was under 1.0 mIU/mL, while LH usually sat around 4–6 mIU/mL.

Fuck dude, I can't imagine being told I have a tumor and being raked through that uncertainty. Are you still working with a doctor about this?

 

[BabyBob]

Yeah man it was a mess. I’ve been through a few different endos. First one tried to start me on 200 mg every two weeks, I never did that cuz even with a little research I knew daily shots would prob be better with low SHBG. Next doc was even worse, put me on 0.5 mg anastrozole every other day… that was brutal ahaha. Right now I’m with a doc who doesn’t really care, just hands me 200 mg test cyp a week, so I’ve just been messing around with different protocols myself the last year and a half.

Those rough starts are what pushed me to figure things out on my own, which is why I’m here. Hoping to learn from people who’ve already been through the same crap.

 

[Elektrobot]

Yeah man it was a mess. I’ve been through a few different endos. First one tried to start me on 200 mg every two weeks, I never did that cuz even with a little research I knew daily shots would prob be better with low SHBG. Next doc was even worse, put me on 0.5 mg anastrozole every other day… that was brutal ahaha. Right now I’m with a doc who doesn’t really care, just hands me 200 mg test cyp a week, so I’ve just been messing around with different protocols myself the last year and a half.

Those rough starts are what pushed me to figure things out on my own, which is why I’m here. Hoping to learn from people who’ve already been through the same crap.

I can say for certain that you can learn lots of things that will help you here.

Is the tumor concern completely ruled out?

 

[BabyBob]

I’d say so, or at least I hope so. After that third MRI they seemed pretty confident, and every other marker has been in range except for the FSH. Appreciate you being welcoming, man.