Hi alltogether,
although I already have made some posts I thought I might as well give a short introduction.
I am a 42 year old Western Europe Male and here is my story so far:
Some ten years ago I have been experimenting and taken Estrogen for 2 months. I liked the feeling of the nipples, but as I had fear to end up as a man with tits (at that time looking for a job and girlfriend) I stopped. What I had experienced was nipple tenderness and it was harder to achieve an erection and orgasm.
After I stopped I met my now wife and everything went back to normal, I just did not seem to have the same high desire as before, but nothing to worry.
Three years later for other medical reasons I was pumped full of the hormone prostaglandin for a few weeks – whereby I do not know if this has any relevance with the further development.
In the following years I noticed a gradual decrease in libido, which I did not mind, as my wife was two times pregnant in this period and sex was not in her mind anyway that much.
Now four years ago in the course of a routine check they also did hormone state and they found my testosterone was very low (1,7 where the normal male range would be 2.41-8.30 and SHBG 17.2 (normal 16-76)). Though the endocrinolist told me I might see a urologist she saw no further need for action on her side.
To be honest I did not see a urologist till now. I told my wife the outcome of the check and that I have low testosterone – so she knows and she knows that this is why I have a low sex drive. We once discussed if I should go to see an urologist, I told her I had fear of prostate complications as my father had prostate cancer if they would prescribe testosterone and she did not push me anymore in this direction.
We do not have that much sex nowadays and she plays with my nipples, which are very sensitive. My erections are weak and she has to be on top so my penis does stay in – I can come though if she plays with my nipples and I play with her clitoris to satisfy her needs. It however was enough to get her pregnant once again.
I am quite content with the situation sexually as I am rather calm, have no big need and we do not argue and fight that much anymore as we did when I supposedly had more testosterone. Fertility is no issue for me as we already have two children.
However – although due to having not much time – I did not care and read a lot about the matter.
Over the time I have gained a lot of weight (15-20 kg) especially in the belly area, had problems sleeping, lot of sweat which seem to be symptoms of low testosterone.
I now have done a lot of reading – also here in the forum – and I now think, that doing nothing might not be the best, as all these symptoms are not nice to have and there is a risk of Osteoporose.
So what should I do now?
If I go and see an urologist he might prescribe testosterone. However I would not like to have that sexual need any more to ->-bleeped-<- any women around (it's also cheaper as my hunting colleagues pay for prostitutes on hunting excursions while I go to sleep ;-) )
I now actually did a saliva hormone T test out of couriosity and it came back with Testosterone 29 pg/ml where the range for a male my age would be 30 - 98 according to the lab - so again - after the period from the last test - I got a very low T Level tested! As I am not taking any anti-androgens or any hormones or medications else at the Moment, this seems to be a hypogonadism.
I don't know how I fit in here as I do not to be really trans and have no real intention to transition, however I hope this is a rather open minded community.
Thanks for your thoughts and input
Joe
