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Imagine someone thinking that you have G-d forbid cancer, with the significant weight loss. Oh well just wanted to add my comments to the board and if anyone has any questions or comments feel free to respond.

i am gaining a lot of weight, added 60 lbs since my surgery ( 2 years ). i am on lowest dose of prednisone ( 5 mg/day )... any idea what i can do to control it. i eat very sensibly. now for the imrt, i have to take 4mg dex ( approx. 27mg pred??? ), wow... worried what this might do to me... my pituitary has shut-off and hence i am on ddavp, eltroxin and androgel as well... ( i am 38 now ). are there any alternatives to imrt & surgeries? such as homeopathy etc etc?

I can say I have seen my penis shrink since I used Androgel so I have read that too. But I don't know if its was my weight or what. Talk to the doc.

Hi, I was diagnosed with low testosterone last year (233 total free) and put on the Androgel packets. At that time, all of my liver panel numbers were normal. My AST/SGOT was at 19. I recently had blood work and everything is within normal range, however my AST/SGOT is now at 48. I have become a bit concerned. I do not drink alcohol at all and do not take any other medications. Would you please provide some insight in to these numbers? Thanks!

My symptoms of fatigue, hair loss, weight gain (more fat than weight), tinnitus, and muscle cramps are still with me. I am just over 5'9" and weigh 170.

Before falling sick I was 164lbs but I have a natural muscular build so that's a good weight that I would stay at. My problem right now is still the low T symptoms, but my weight and belly is increasing at a very fast weight. I exercise daily yet my stomach is growing. I think the 20 lbs I gained is all in my belly. I'm starting to get desperate as I don't go for a follow up for 3 months. Mentally I am fine and have a positive outlook, but it's kinda getting out of hand.

Exercise 4x week with 30 minutes of intense cardio, 30 minutes weight training Consume 2,000 calories/day. 3,000/weekends Good Health. No diseases.

He has had chronic diarrhea for years. No weight loss. A couple of years ago he had an experience of what we thought was torsion of the Appendis. We have since found out a few months ago he has an extremely painful (to the point he wishes he could just cut it off) varicole on his right testicle. He also has severe pain in his right lower abdominal area. Swollen prostate and loss of testosterone. High blood pressure controlled with quite a few rx's.

I am certain, without a doubt that I have hypogonadism, (probably primary hypogonadism), and I want to know if blood tests check for testosterone levels so that I can hopefully get referred to a urologist/endocrinologist so that i can get prescribed androgel or testosterone shots. Just wondering, how likely is it that your family doctor will tell you to see a urologist/endrocrinologist if your regular and free testosterone levels are below 300ng/dl?

I m not sure about addison's b/c weight loss is a symptom of addison's and youve been gaining weight. Though there are other types of adrenal disorders. I would definately have the doc check your cortisol lvls. Are you on any other medications besides the inhaler? Or any other diagnosed medical problems, like high BP, high cholesteral...etc? Also is there anything that releives the symptoms?

I am going to get retested as there were certain issues surrounding my first test recent sudden weight loss, poor diet, poor sleeping habits all due to health anxiety. It is also worthy to note that I am about 100 pounds overweight based on the normal weight for my height.It is actually not as bad as it sounds as I am big boned. 6'1" broad shoulder size 13 feet.... I took my hormone test at about 12:00pm. So I am going to try and be healthier for a couple weeks and then get retested.

I can't tell you how much better I feel. The urologist I saw a month ago gave me Androgel 5mg packets to use once a day bc my T-level was only 356. Low-Normal range but still low for a 21 year old right? My mood has improved substantially since (I don't get depressed/irritable much anymore). However, my penis is still small flaccid, my libido is still low, no morning wood, etc. (all the above symptoms are still occuring). For this reason I thought the diagnosis must have been wrong.

I am able to run again, lift weights without fatiguing too easily, and am losing weight. For anyone who is low on the normal range, I encourage you to look into trying this therapy. Of course you should consult with a proper physician. If you get a 'no' answer, see another. I connected with a urologist after being told I didn't need this by my internal med doctor, and can relate many examples where I had legitimate conditions where doctors swore I had no problem.

For example, I do not have Abdominal pain, bloating, gas, or indigestion, Constipation, Decreased appetite, Diarrhea, Nausea and vomiting, Unexplained weight loss, Bruising easily, Depression, Hair loss, Itchy skin, Mouth ulcers, Muscle cramps, Nosebleeds, Seizures or Unexplained short height. The sympoms from this page that I do have include anxiety, numbness in hands and fingers, fatigue, joint pain (mild). I am unsure of the lactose intolerance.

unexplained joint pains, loss of libido, loss of erections, etc...many doctors don't even consider testing for this...I am going to request that the tests to check my iron levels be done to at least eliminate or determine if this may be my problem...Because when my hormones tested high normal, I still didn't feel like myself...low to no sex drive, erection difficulties, chronic fatigue...I honestly don't understand this...

This sounds exactly like what my husband is going through. Add infrequent hives after running, loss of upper body muscle mass and somewhat low libido and that is him. He also seems to have lost weight without trying. We already went the heart route to eliminate the most serious first which turned out okay and finally got blood test results on Friday that showed an extremely low free testosterone level. His total testosterone level was in normal range..

Every time I see my endo I constantly complain of many side effects. These effects include fatigue, weakness, WEIGHT GAIN of about 40 pounds, decreased sex drive, depression, and some memory loss. Also, blood tests reveal a trigylceride level of 557 with no family history of high trigylceride and I eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly. I was wondering if anyone had any useful information for me so I could finally feel "normal" again!

I have no symptoms at all.. Normal color urine stool, no fatigue, swelling, jaundice, fever, pain, loss of weight except for being off of prilosec my digestion is normal..I always delt with constipation, and bloating being on prilosec..Now i'm regular and normal...I went to see another liver specialist today and he said the same thing autoimmune hepatits... Everything i read about this disease ,my blood tests don't fall into this diagnoses....

It responds approiately with exercise or any type of activity. I'm 23 years old. I run 15 miles a week, and do weights 3 times a week. I had an echo, it was normal, and a holter two years ago showed an average rate of 60, I had one last month showed an average rate of 47. It showed some PAC's and PVC's, but not enough to be clinically significant. My EP I believe calls my condition sick sinus syndrome. He tells me that I may need a pacemaker someday.

Constant constipation or diarrea and have put on weight which is something I have never done before and hair loss. I believe they are all related. Maybe down to me damaing my prostrate causing chemical imbalance. 6. not sure what this is. 7. no apart from the obvious shrinkage. 8. Just recently I have started experiancing a dull ache. Its the pain you get if you have had a hard on for a long time but I now get them when I am flacid? 9. A dull ache. 10. yes, anal play with my gf.

I know it is the same as candy bars but it makes me feel a little better if I can fool myself into thinking it may be good for me. Because of the weight gain my high blood pressur returned. I have constapation that requires me to take laxitives, try to use the fiber ones. After taking the meds for several years I had a big drop in my testastrone levels, I now take androgel to get the levels back up. Not to mention the reduced sex drive...so I wont mention it. My skin has changed.

This has been going on for 13 years and the latest thing is they put me on Androgel for low testestorone, now it has made my blood to thick, got taken off it going to Bioidenticals for my testestrone. This simple Surgery has ruined my life and they really don't care.

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