Health Problems

a_skeleton_03:

I believe you have an imbalanced gut flora, namely the overgrowth of Candida albicans.http://www.drellenkahn.com/uploads/C...s_Syndrome.pdf

easy way to check? eat about 3 cloves of garlic and tell me what happens. Garlic is a powerful antifungal and will kill a lot of the candida, they will then release their toxins and make you feel like shit (headaches, lethargy, fatigue, gas, alternating constipation/D).

Garlic won't cure it but scrips might, and lifestyle eating habit changes. This is usually caused by prolonged antibiotic use in otherwise healthy people.

The symptom list associated with that disorder is highly amusing.

-Are you human?
-Are you alive?
-Do you breath: air?

You might have Chronic Candidiasis Syndrome.

Good luck dude

Springbok_sl said:

Like someone else said, I'd make getting a Testosterone test a priority. Its a simple blood test, and you'll get results within the week. Had similar symptoms last year, had a testosterone test and it turns out it was extraordinarily low for someone my age (266). Not sure how/why it got so low - think I was working out too much, but with therapy is risen back to normal levels and I feel a trillion times better. You'll be lucky/grateful if that is all it is. Feeling unwell blows.

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I'm in the same boat. Was always tired, slept like shit, apathetic about everything, and had zero sex drive. Seriously you could put a supermodel in front of me that was DTF and all I'd be thinking about was whether she gave a good back scratch. Went to see a Urologist and my testosterone was 312 (I'm 40 years old). He said my options were to a) suffer or b) go on Androgel (for life) and be rendered infertile (possibly permanently). Not to mention you already see ambulance chaser commercials on TV asking you to call if you've had a heart attack due to testosterone therapy-- not exactly encouraging. I didn't feel like I had a choice, as my gf was at wit's end over the fact that I never want to screw, so I had him write me the prescription so I could try it out. Well, for the first month or so I felt like a million bucks. Tiredness went away within a few days, and within a week I had 18 year old wood and felt like a horny teen again. Within a few weeks I had so much energy I was actually looking forward to going to the gym for the first time in years.. About the only negative is that it turned me into some loud smart-ass 23 year old version of my current self. In any case, after a month or so the effect dwindled and despite still having decent energy, sex drive disappeared again. Decided to go see an endocrinologist instead, and he prescribed me Axiron, which hasn't proven any better than Androgel did at the one month point, however it did give me the worst case of back zits I've ever had since I was maybe 20 or so. Get my levels tested in a week and see him in two to discuss, but I'd really love to recapture the feeling of that first month.. Situation just sucks because I was hoping to have a kid one day, and from what I can tell that's not going to be a likely option if I continue down this path.

Springbok_sl said:

I was getting basic testosterone injections twice a week (at the doctors office) until the levels returned to normal. Wasn't terribly painful and seemed effective. No coincidence that while on the therapy, my workouts were twice as effective. You will also have to go through some post-cycle therapy to keep estrogen levels down (no bitch tits!). Its worth pursuing, as I feel a ton better. Good luck.

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You kind of imply here that you were on it, and once you got to the appropriate levels you stopped. I was under the impression that the treatment is for life, and that if you stop your levels will go back to what they were, or even lower. Is/was this not the case for you?

To Frenzied:
It really depends on what is causing your low testosterone levels.
Rarely its just an imbalance caused by whatever life changing trauma. Most of the time its "male midlife crisis" syndrome and if treated early the testosterone gel therapy sometimes is enough to get your balls back on track and produce the normal testosterone rate once again. If not, its a life long therapy basically similar to the anti baby pills popping the girls do.
Gel therapy recommends to get your t. levels checked on regular basis (think every 2-4 weeks with gel for the first 6 month) till you get enough data to basically make a chart.
If the gel application isnt for you keep in mind theres also injections out there, 1 month or 3 month for life time therapy, they are also applied to dudes who arent producing any testosterone (eg. balls cut off) and are usually only recommend after kickstarting failed or will never happen, since a too high testosterone level can lead to serious sideeffects, your back zits you described could be one of them but more often balls shrinking to cherry seed size or going borderline rapist mad.

a_skeleton_03_sl said:

Lymphoma 100% confirmed, what strain they still don't know because it's not a common one, most likely B-cell they thinnk, going to move back to San Diego for treatment.

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Shit man sorry to hear. How early on is it? Does it look like you'll need surgery and chemo or is it too early to tell?

Sorry to hear dude.

The plus side is there is a clearly documented way to pay for chemo if you watch a documentary I saw called Breaking Bad.

On the serious hope it works out.

Best of luck to you, a_skeleton_03.

How old are you?

Fuck that's nuts man, so sorry to hear. You're like the 3rd person I've heard of in the last few months that has gotten Lymphoma, all under the age of 45. Seriously Fuck Cancer. Since my mom died of it I've basically become a Cancer-Phobe and interpret every symptom as cancer. Have they staged your cancer yet?

What's weird is that going back to your initial post, you list a lot of your symptoms going back years. Do they think you've had slowly progressing cancer all this time or were there new symptoms?

Fuck. Take care of yourself, you retard.

Sorry man, hope it works out. I thought I had a bad year health wise.

Best of luck man, sorry to hear.