Although my testosterone levels have tested low most all of my adult life, I only began treatment for this a couple of months ago. I am sixty-five years old. The main reason for this delay is because my previous urologist would not prescribe testosterone replacement therapy because he was also treating me for an enlarged prostate and felt testosterone replacement therapy would aggravate that problem. In truth, my prostate was first diagnosed enlarged when I was eighteen. I’ve never had a problem with it - as my wife says, I pee like a horse. My PSA numbers are low. When my urologist recently retired, I started with a new urologist who has a different perspective from the old doctor.

My most recent pretreatment lab test result was, T =348. Free T was not tested at this time. As a result of the labs, the fact that I lost one testicle to mumps at age fourteen and our discussion about my symptoms, which include depression ED, and low energy levels, the doctor prescribe Androgel @ 5 g (four pumps) per day.

Unfortunately, the pharmacist misread the doctor’s prescription and told me to only use one pump per day. Even so, after a month of a fourth of the normal low dose, my T improved to 417, free T to 94 and percentage to 23. More importantly, some of my symptoms have improved as well.

For the past three weeks I have been on the correct dose of 5 g per day. I continue to experience improvements, although they are less dramatic than they were originally. I do not see the doctor again until March 2010. Prior to seeing him, I’ll be doing labs again, testing overall T, free T and PSA. I’m a bit concerned that six months is a bit long to wait to see if this is working. Naturally, one hoped for result is that I would overcome forty-five years of ED and regain the ability to actually have a full on erection. At this point, I am aware of getting half hard during the night and in the morning.

Overall, I am a fit man and unusually healthy. When I was sixteen and weighed only 127 lbs while standing 5′11″, our family doctor put me on a three month cycle of Dianabol, which included daily pills and a weekly shot. This did help me gain a little weight. At the same time a friend of my parents, who was a bodybuilder, took me under his wing and taught me about lifting weights to build muscle. While I can’t say I built a lot of muscle, I certainly looked better than I had at sixteen. Between the age of sixteen and eighteen, I did two more cycles of Dianabol and continued to dabble with weight training. By eighteen I’d managed to increase my weight to 185 lbs, while maintaining the same height. Actually, I didn’t grow in height after having orchitis I have continued to lift weights most of my adult life. Since retiring last July, I’ve been very regular about getting to the gym. Hopefully, this will have a positive effect on my testosterone levels too.

Anyway, believe it or not, this is a summary of my “Story.” I am looking forward to discussions with other guys who’ve had similar experiences and to learning from those who probably know more about this condition than I presently know.