Low T

[she she]

About 11 years ago I had my prostate removed due to cancer  and from that my T dropped down to 200 and my age was a factor.    I currently take T injections and my level runs 750 to 800.  In the near future I wish to start on E and experience the benefits from such.   Of course my T needs to drop to a low level.   

My concern is with the low T level, as I have read, low T will cause serious fatigue issues and I would not like that.

My question for anyone, what has been your experience with low or non existence of T in your system ?

[Northern Star Girl]

@she she
Dear she she:
First... I am glad that we were able to solve the recent problems so that you could again
log in to Susan's Place and the Forum. 
Thank you for sending me your Email message outlining the login issues that you were experiencing. 
Any future problems, keep my Email address handy.

Regarding your question about low T and the side effects... certainly fatigue and low energy
are on the list among many others. 
For a medical overview of what you should expect as it relates to your own health history, talking
with your doctor that handled the surgery for your prostate... and also if you are considering getting
started on HRT...talking to your doctor that would be prescribing your HRT meds would be a good option for you.

Until you have an opportunity to have those conversations with your doctors you can go to our
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) sub-forum and read many of the topics and threads that may be
of interest to you.

      Susan's Place Transgender Resources
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      ► Hormone replacement therapy

Click LINK: --->  https://www.susans.org/index.php/board,42.0.html

Best wishes to you as you and your doctors deal with your reported hormone questions.
Danielle [Northern Star Girl]

[she she]

Thanks Northern Star,, The posting issue is fixed obviously.   

I was just curious how others experienced low T from going on HRT and killing the T level.   

[darilee]

Hi She She,
       
          Regarding other people's experiences, speaking for myself I had an orchiectomy at 64 yrs. old so that pretty much eliminated my testosterone completely. I immediately started on estrogen tablets and had minimal breast growth and didn't notice any physical fatigue personally. That regiment continued for about 6 to 9 months at which time I began taking estrogen injections. I've had considerable breast growth which to my surprise I'm very happy with since I didn't want breasts. I've lost muscle mass, fat dropped around my waist and my body hair has gotten thinner. In the 3 1/2 years since I started with my surgery, I've noticed minimal if any physical fatigue and I'm very happy with my results. Keep in mind that everyone's results are different. Hope this helps and good luck on whatever direction you decide to take
Darilee

[Lori Dee]

Hello, she she,

My experience is very much like @darilee. I didn't notice any physical fatigue. I struggled for four years trying to get my hormones balanced. I was on Spiro with oral E tabs, then switched to E patches. When that didn't work, they dropped the Spiro and added both Leuprolide injections and Bicalutamide tabs daily, and switched to E injections. That worked so now my hormone levels are balanced and we dropped the bicalutamide tabs, so the only T-blocker is Leuprolide injections every 90 days.

I agree with Danielle [Northern Star Girl] that fatigue could be related to hormone levels, but could have some other unrelated cause. I would discuss this with your doctor. They might suggest doing some bloodwork to see if you have something else going on.

If you are comfortable doing so, let us know what you find out. We all learn from the experiences of others.