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I spoke with them and they sent all relevant paperwork and cost break downs. Looks like first year with labs if I cannot get my insurance to help it will be around 2k. Year 2 and so on will be around 1400$ a year because of less labs and seeing the nurse as opposed to the Dr. Intake lady was super nice and patient with my questions.
Now, convincing the wife to allow me to spend that much money is the next hurtle. Going to be difficult when she’s used to things being covered by insurance and meds only being 20$ a month. The good news is at her request I called the Endocrinologist’s office I was referred to and the nurse really aggravated me. Actually bad enough I slammed them on Google... and to no surprise they had terrible reviews from previous patients.

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I was referred to the Office. I called asking about the Dr. standard protocol for my issues and the nurse rudely kept repeating she would not answer any medical questions without me being a patient. I said, mam I am only asking what was typical for the Dr. when managing testosterone replacement therapy. She said, I cannot answer any medical questions. I asked if they had my chart and she continued having a snappy/rude tone and said you are not a patient here so we have no records. My previous Dr said they were sending them almost 2 weeks ago. She said we don’t have any of your records. All I wanted to know was if his protocols were just Test shots with no other hormone management such as estrogen.. I wanted a Dr that would be interested in managing the whole picture not just one end of the spectrum. I don’t think that is too much to ask. I will go without and feel terrible before stepping foot in there and spending my money. Just for the record, I was speaking with Dr. Barbers nurse.

<blockquote data-quote="Bcliff3027" data-source="post: 86931" data-attributes="member: 16816">I spoke with them and they sent all relevant paperwork and cost break downs. Looks like first year with labs if I cannot get my insurance to help it will be around 2k. Year 2 and so on will be around 1400$ a year because of less labs and seeing the nurse as opposed to the Dr. Intake lady was super nice and patient with my questions. Now, convincing the wife to allow me to spend that much money is the next hurtle. Going to be difficult when she’s used to things being covered by insurance and meds only being 20$ a month. The good news is at her request I called the Endocrinologist’s office I was referred to and the nurse really aggravated me. Actually bad enough I slammed them on Google... and to no surprise they had terrible reviews from previous patients.My review.I was referred to the Office. I called asking about the Dr. standard protocol for my issues and the nurse rudely kept repeating she would not answer any medical questions without me being a patient. I said, mam I am only asking what was typical for the Dr. when managing testosterone replacement therapy. She said, I cannot answer any medical questions. I asked if they had my chart and she continued having a snappy/rude tone and said you are not a patient here so we have no records. My previous Dr said they were sending them almost 2 weeks ago. She said we don’t have any of your records. All I wanted to know was if his protocols were just Test shots with no other hormone management such as estrogen.. I wanted a Dr that would be interested in managing the whole picture not just one end of the spectrum. I don’t think that is too much to ask. I will go without and feel terrible before stepping foot in there and spending my money. Just for the record, I was speaking with Dr. Barbers nurse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bcliff3027, post: 86931, member: 16816"] I spoke with them and they sent all relevant paperwork and cost break downs. Looks like first year with labs if I cannot get my insurance to help it will be around 2k. Year 2 and so on will be around 1400$ a year because of less labs and seeing the nurse as opposed to the Dr. Intake lady was super nice and patient with my questions. Now, convincing the wife to allow me to spend that much money is the next hurtle. Going to be difficult when she’s used to things being covered by insurance and meds only being 20$ a month. The good news is at her request I called the Endocrinologist’s office I was referred to and the nurse really aggravated me. Actually bad enough I slammed them on Google... and to no surprise they had terrible reviews from previous patients. My review. I was referred to the Office. I called asking about the Dr. standard protocol for my issues and the nurse rudely kept repeating she would not answer any medical questions without me being a patient. I said, mam I am only asking what was typical for the Dr. when managing testosterone replacement therapy. She said, I cannot answer any medical questions. I asked if they had my chart and she continued having a snappy/rude tone and said you are not a patient here so we have no records. My previous Dr said they were sending them almost 2 weeks ago. She said we don’t have any of your records. All I wanted to know was if his protocols were just Test shots with no other hormone management such as estrogen.. I wanted a Dr that would be interested in managing the whole picture not just one end of the spectrum. I don’t think that is too much to ask. I will go without and feel terrible before stepping foot in there and spending my money. Just for the record, I was speaking with Dr. Barbers nurse. [/QUOTE]