I was experiencing loss of libido, difficulty having strong erections, after an injury that happened to my left testicle while I was sleeping. (Testicle got stuck under the waistband of my underwear and I slept on it.)
I went to a doctor and they said my pain was due to an infected epididymis (epididymitis) and I took just under a month of antibiotics. The pain seemed to ease a bit afterwards but there was still all the problems from earlier and still some noticeable discomfort and tenderness.
A year later I’ve got my bloodwork done and apparently my testosterone level is at 10.5 in a range of 8-32. My doctor wanted me to get an ultrasound on the left teste and also another blood test for biologically available testosterone. Still waiting on results and a date for the ultrasound.
I’m scared that I’m gonna have to deal with this for life will I be okay? Do you think they might prescribe TRT?
State healthcare doctors only care about “in range” even if you have the levels of an elderly person, doctors almost never take into consideration your age when looking at testosterone.
Young men are supposed to have the highest levels and old men lower levels. If you get quacked by your doctor, you would then you would have to go to a private clinic to get TRT.
Levels this low, you are at risk for the diseases associated with aging, heart attacks, cardiovascular disease etc.
Tough to say as of now. You’ll need a thorough workup and pituitary hormones should be part of it. Guys with testicular cancer function fine with just one testicle, so there may be more to this than the one damaged testicle.
I’ll post once I can get a copy of it. I’m really worried though. Hopefully everything works out I really don’t want these problems at my age. My girlfriend of 6 years just left me for another guy and I think my low T had a big role to play.
It was not meant to be. Maybe this was a blessing in disguise. Imagine you were married and going through something that affected your libido or dick…
Good riddance.
Use Cialis/Viagra while you figure this out. And enjoy your single life
Sucks though. Hard to get another girl now that I have no libido, lower confidence and am less sexually able. Couldn’t believe my girl left me and was with another guy right away.
Yeah. By the time I realized it was low T and talked to her about it she was already barely attracted to me and just kept insisting that my hormone level had nothing to do with why our relationship wasn’t going well. Then a month later it was over. I wish she had been able to understand what I was going through and had been supportive.
I’m able to masturbate but my dick basically only gets 70% hard. Yeah I’m gonna be talking to my doctor about ED pills next time I see him for sure. His office called today and he wanted me to make an appointment to talk about the bloodwork results so I’ll know more soon.
I expect your doctor to blame it on your mental state, we see this a lot, then offer an SSRI when the problem is more than likely a testosterone deficiency.
It’s not hard to understand doctor bias, they are taught TRT causes prostate cancer. Studies are showing the opposite, men with lower than normal Free T are a risk for more aggressive prostate cancer than those with higher levels. Prostate cancer is an old man’s disease.