Good news today at the cardiologist’s office. With six months passing since the placement of my last set of stents, I admit to possessing a certain amount of pessimism concerning my prospects prior to the test. Post test, I was disappointed. Clocking in at 10:40 and comparing that to my record of 15:30 left me a little shell-shocked. Convinced another intervention waited just around the corner, my mood sour with anticipation, one can imagine my surprise at the positive results.

It is possible to explain the angina I feel during heavy exercise, and the poor time performance on the treadmill to my very low testosterone levels (see previous post). Currently, my total-T is around 180 ng/dL (normal is above 250 ng/dL), with my bioavailable testosterone coming in around the low end of normal. This is the first test since stopping testosterone replacement therapy and I have yet to begin the HPTA (hypothalmic, pituitary, testicular axis) normalization protocol.

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