After my red blood cell count (RBC) went high and my clotting factor (CF) also gave cause for concern again this year, it was decided to take me off injected TRT and put me back onto gel.

I'll be honest, I'm not happy about this as, in the past, my absorption of T via gel has been poor and I end up with elevated estradiol levels. There's usually an ( Read more... )

OK, previous update might have come over as a bit 'whiny' but here's the weird bit, I actually feel OK.

Tired, washed out, definitely wobbly (avoiding all sentimental music, films, tv ads, etc) and have no energy (20 minute drive into town and back, I could sleep. Shattered).  But this is me feeling 'okay', okay?

A few months back I had some bloods done before my latest TRT shot.  Week or so later I get a letter hauling me in to see the Endo as, once again, my red blood cell count was doing the freaky shit and we were back in Polycythemia County.

As this has happened before and the Endo is concerned that my blood will clot too quickly / blood pressure will ( Read more... )

I'm finding it hard to stay awake and at the same time I'm finding it hard to sleep.

I'll start to drift off while watching TV, eating dinner, sitting here typing. Then *bang* I'm awake again, or at least less asleep. Groggy and slow. Concentration is shot to heck.

Still, I was expecting this, I know what's causing it and I know that in about a week ( Read more... )

OK, so this hormones thing has got it's ups and downs. In more ways than one.

Now, I know this is old hat to the ladies out there, but for us guys it's like a whole alien landscape. C'mon, most guys are raised to have the emotional range of a stone.  Once we get into the whole emotional roller coaster that goes with fluctuating hormones you might as ( Read more... )