[AnnieBL]

I wish I knew my own T level. I'm still trying to extract the results of the blood tests I managed to persuade the NP to order and have an appointment with her on Monday. I am interested that your endo said, Iif I understood you correctly, that loss of male function is usually reversible - I was certainly under the impression that mine had gone for good.

My visit to the NP today was a bit unsatisfactory, and I had some difficulty in extracting meaningful figures. The first problem is that, as in the case of blood sugar readings, the units commonly used in the US are different from those commonly used in Canada and Europe, the next that she had not been provided with detailed results. It does however appear that my total testosterone expressed in ng/dl is less than 20, or less than 0.7 nmol/l which is pretty low. Her line was that both this and the extreme atrophy of my male equipment was just andropause and something I could expect at my age, and nothing to do with other factors which I raised, but I think I had her way outside her comfort zone. She was however strongly against any testosterone supplementation. Unfortunately I failed to take a copy of the original test requisition, and there were two other tests, one of which was for SHBG. She merely said that the other test was less than 1 (which would be very low for SHBG if that is what it was).

I'm glad to see that you haven't abandoned PM - I can't help feeling that it provides benefits beyond those of E2, and hope that you're still basking in the afterglow of your magical evening - that's the kind of magic I do believe in.