Has anyone needed testosterone replacment post gastric bypass?
After a recent check in my blood work revealed extremely low testosterone. After getting a prescription for testosterone patches I have seen my weight gone up. Anyone who has been under similar situations.
low testosterone comes from getting older,not from having WLS. Just sayin...
There may be other reasons for hormonal imbalances beside age. Nutritional deficiencies, very low cholesterol are a couple that comes to mind.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Add low zinc, vit D, vit C, overall low proteins , just to name a few....
http://drsaulmarcus.com/hormone/naturopathictestosterone.html
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
thanks for the link,I will check it out. I googled " low testosterone inmen with gastric bypass" found one study that said GBP was found to normalize testosterone because of the weight loss. Saw a couple other articles,not men with gbp and nothing was said about nutritional deficiencies being a cause,but as those of us know,most articles/ studies on normies don't apply to us anymore. Men with. Full stomachs can eat * plenty* enough to avoid nutritional issues.