Sbouza
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Sbouza here from Quebec, Canada, 27 years old male.
3 years ago, I suffered from mumps as an adult. Mumps is a disease for which the majority of people are vaccinated against since the last 20th century. Unfortunately, I suffered a complication from mumps called epididimo-orchitis: inflammation of the balls and the epididymis.
The balls you know. But the epididymis are 6 meters long, very thin, highly convoluted small tubes that store sperm while they mature.
Although there is little data regarding the mumps - it is hard to find affected people nowadays - there are studies that have shown that the mumps virus attacks the Leydig cells of the testicles in mice. The Leydig cells are what secrete testosterone. Mumps complications such as epididymitis can also cause infertility.
This was been such a testing time for my balls, that to this day they ache... an exquisite dull ache. Especially the right one. Especially if I hit then against anything by accident.
At the time I was a very happy, highly productive and motivated person. I went to the gym often, I was in great shape. I love partying and doing stuff. I also having sex with my flatmate and with a girl at work. I masturbated frequently too, and had a great libido.
Unfortunately for me, this changed in a very drastic way after the mumps.
Now, I don't have as many friends as I use to because my old friends wanted to go out and do stuff and I... just didn't. And I don't particularly want to make new friends either. The reason is that I am fatigued even before I get out of the bed in the morning. So spending energy on socialising and sustaining relationships is too much.
It's really weird to be fatigued. It's not the same as being sleepy or depressed. I am not sleepy at all and I am not depressed. I just don't have the resources to do things. I not like muscle fatigue either - my muscles are not fatigued. It's hard to describe. It's the complete and total absence of any kind of excitement or motivation towards doing something. Mental and emotional lethargy.
Fatigue has affected every area of my life.
I have adapted nicely - all things considered to my fatigue. I have switched jobs from being a manager to being an engineer. When I come back home from work I do calming activities such as cooking, walking, reading and resting.
But, I can only read for so long before I get tired and feel like my brain is full.
Sexually, I have also changed. While I can get an erection. I certainly do not wake up with one - the notion is almost laughable. I have had sex once in the last 3 years and it was not a particularly good experience: very mechanical, boring, and lasted too long. A bit like my masturbation sessions which I practice a few times a week.
Basically my **** is really limp most of the time and my libido is useless. I can look at a women and think that she has beautiful features, but I am not attracted. And the ironical part is that this doesn't really bother me as much as it should. I do not have a shred of libido. I. Just. Don't. Care. Sex doesn't register with me.
Otherwise, I also put on quite a lot of weight - but I have successfully be losing that. And I'm also quite an irritable. And I have been getting the urinary problems that come with a large prostate.
As far as my testosterone goes. I have only done two tests. Once my total T came back at 140nmol/dl from a private lab, and another time came back at 460nmol/dl from the doctor's lab. My LH is high at 9IU/L. So it seems like I have primary hypogonadism from mumps orchitis.
Over the last three years, I have hoped that my condition would get better and I have been busy travelling a lot. However, now that I am not seeing any progress, I am going to take care of this problem.
I have started to read Nelson's book, along with TRT a Recipe for Success, and another book on TRT.
I am soon coming back to Quebec, and I am going to look for good doctors. I am first going to find a urologist to see if he can pick up anything that can be fixed with my balls - a cyst or scar tissue or something. I'm pretty much willing to have the right one removed at this point, if we think it will help T production or libido.
I am also going to look for a good TRT doctor. I have noticed that there seems to be a few specialised clinics in Ontario, but that there are no clinics in Quebec. If you have any recommendations on Quebec doctors, please please let me know.
I am also prepared to take care of my TRT myself. I would probably have to study up more on the topic. But I feel like this is a viable approach. I certainly do not feel like it is not worth the hassle to convince doctors to help me if they will not want to. I would much rather start the process myself, get back my energy, and then look for a doctor and basically tell him "This is what I have done, can we take it together from here?" But the ideal solution is to go with a doctor from the get-go.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
Sbouza here from Quebec, Canada, 27 years old male.
3 years ago, I suffered from mumps as an adult. Mumps is a disease for which the majority of people are vaccinated against since the last 20th century. Unfortunately, I suffered a complication from mumps called epididimo-orchitis: inflammation of the balls and the epididymis.
The balls you know. But the epididymis are 6 meters long, very thin, highly convoluted small tubes that store sperm while they mature.
Although there is little data regarding the mumps - it is hard to find affected people nowadays - there are studies that have shown that the mumps virus attacks the Leydig cells of the testicles in mice. The Leydig cells are what secrete testosterone. Mumps complications such as epididymitis can also cause infertility.
This was been such a testing time for my balls, that to this day they ache... an exquisite dull ache. Especially the right one. Especially if I hit then against anything by accident.
At the time I was a very happy, highly productive and motivated person. I went to the gym often, I was in great shape. I love partying and doing stuff. I also having sex with my flatmate and with a girl at work. I masturbated frequently too, and had a great libido.
Unfortunately for me, this changed in a very drastic way after the mumps.
Now, I don't have as many friends as I use to because my old friends wanted to go out and do stuff and I... just didn't. And I don't particularly want to make new friends either. The reason is that I am fatigued even before I get out of the bed in the morning. So spending energy on socialising and sustaining relationships is too much.
It's really weird to be fatigued. It's not the same as being sleepy or depressed. I am not sleepy at all and I am not depressed. I just don't have the resources to do things. I not like muscle fatigue either - my muscles are not fatigued. It's hard to describe. It's the complete and total absence of any kind of excitement or motivation towards doing something. Mental and emotional lethargy.
Fatigue has affected every area of my life.
I have adapted nicely - all things considered to my fatigue. I have switched jobs from being a manager to being an engineer. When I come back home from work I do calming activities such as cooking, walking, reading and resting.
But, I can only read for so long before I get tired and feel like my brain is full.
Sexually, I have also changed. While I can get an erection. I certainly do not wake up with one - the notion is almost laughable. I have had sex once in the last 3 years and it was not a particularly good experience: very mechanical, boring, and lasted too long. A bit like my masturbation sessions which I practice a few times a week.
Basically my **** is really limp most of the time and my libido is useless. I can look at a women and think that she has beautiful features, but I am not attracted. And the ironical part is that this doesn't really bother me as much as it should. I do not have a shred of libido. I. Just. Don't. Care. Sex doesn't register with me.
Otherwise, I also put on quite a lot of weight - but I have successfully be losing that. And I'm also quite an irritable. And I have been getting the urinary problems that come with a large prostate.
As far as my testosterone goes. I have only done two tests. Once my total T came back at 140nmol/dl from a private lab, and another time came back at 460nmol/dl from the doctor's lab. My LH is high at 9IU/L. So it seems like I have primary hypogonadism from mumps orchitis.
Over the last three years, I have hoped that my condition would get better and I have been busy travelling a lot. However, now that I am not seeing any progress, I am going to take care of this problem.
I have started to read Nelson's book, along with TRT a Recipe for Success, and another book on TRT.
I am soon coming back to Quebec, and I am going to look for good doctors. I am first going to find a urologist to see if he can pick up anything that can be fixed with my balls - a cyst or scar tissue or something. I'm pretty much willing to have the right one removed at this point, if we think it will help T production or libido.
I am also going to look for a good TRT doctor. I have noticed that there seems to be a few specialised clinics in Ontario, but that there are no clinics in Quebec. If you have any recommendations on Quebec doctors, please please let me know.
I am also prepared to take care of my TRT myself. I would probably have to study up more on the topic. But I feel like this is a viable approach. I certainly do not feel like it is not worth the hassle to convince doctors to help me if they will not want to. I would much rather start the process myself, get back my energy, and then look for a doctor and basically tell him "This is what I have done, can we take it together from here?" But the ideal solution is to go with a doctor from the get-go.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
