Has anyone been prescribed testosterone by their surgeon?
My surgery was May 9 2011, the last 4 weeks or so my energy level has increasingly dropped to where i fall asleep at work, lucky i telecommute from home, i get a good 8 hours of sleep and am still tired, i fall asleep in my chair in the evening etc., my Endo had a total testosterone test done per Dr. Mcginn's request, it came back <10 ng/dl, normal female range is 20 ng/dl to 70 ng/dl, i sent Dr. Mcginn an email last week giving her the results but had not heard back from her so i called her office, Sara her office manager said she would let her know, about 15 minutes later Dr. Mcginn called, i described my symptoms, she is prescribing testosterone cream that i will apply once a day, she said my energy level and libido should pick up in about 3 days, she also recommended testosterone cream with estrogen, this can only be ordered through a compounding pharmacy, she does not know if my Endo will do this due to compounding pharmacies not being regulated by the FDA and my Endo being a stickler for rules since he is the head of the oncology department at one of our local hospitals, she would like my total testosterone level around 80 ng/dl.
Does anyone use testosterone cream with estrogen added?
Paula
