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<blockquote data-quote="T-dog" data-source="post: 13507" data-attributes="member: 2668"><p>These guys already told you <em>how</em> you can switch doctors. I'm just chiming in because I'm almost in the same boat and have definitely made the decision to switch myself...addressing your "any advice?" question.</p><p></p><p>Your only advantage is he's a good doctor and seems to know what he's talking about. That doesn't help you at all if <strong>you</strong> don't know what he's talking about. So there are essentially no advantages you've listed.</p><p></p><p>My current doctor may or may not know what's going on, but the information isn't being relayed to me. All I'm doing is taking Androgel that isn't working. And frankly I'm glad it isn't, because if it was I would just keep cruising blindly along, not having looked into switching doctors, and not realizing all I'm missing out on. As far as I can tell, I'm not even getting any tests to see what my estrogen is doing, or most other tests beyond that where an increase in testosterone could affect other things. How is my doctor supposed to know how to prevent side effects and what changes are taking place if all that's being monitored is my testosterone level? Frankly it scares me that I'm in this boat.</p><p></p><p>That's one of the justifications I'm using to switch. The other is I could continue to see my doctor, and all lab tests and injections if I could go from topical to shots would be covered by insurance...but I'd still have a $20 copay weekly. It turns out it will be less than $15-$20 more monthly to do this all outside of insurance. And if it works out I will be able to do it at home instead of having to go in to the office like insurance requires, which I can assure you is a major pain in the butt for me and is basically an inhibitor of sustainable treatment. So do the math on your copay and see how much more going outside your insurance will really cost you.</p><p></p><p>Also, like you, my doctor seems to want to play "just the tip" with the testosterone. From what I'm reading about where I'm hoping to go, the doctor likes to keep you at least high-middle to get the most benefit from this. After multiple blood tests and a description of symptoms, my current doctor even seems skeptical that I'm really experiencing problems and it makes me feel extremely guilty trying to get treated.</p><p></p><p>All-in-all, at first I was hesitant to change...but then I realized it's <strong>my</strong> health and I've got to do the best thing for me to improve, and going to my current doctor isn't it.</p><p></p><p>Again, I still haven't locked down my new treatment (I did get my forms filled out, physical done, and lab tests taken...so I'm close) but if you're anything like me, the more you learn about this and then realize where you sit right now, the angrier you will get and wonder why you didn't do this earlier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T-dog, post: 13507, member: 2668"] These guys already told you [I]how[/I] you can switch doctors. I'm just chiming in because I'm almost in the same boat and have definitely made the decision to switch myself...addressing your "any advice?" question. Your only advantage is he's a good doctor and seems to know what he's talking about. That doesn't help you at all if [B]you[/B] don't know what he's talking about. So there are essentially no advantages you've listed. My current doctor may or may not know what's going on, but the information isn't being relayed to me. All I'm doing is taking Androgel that isn't working. And frankly I'm glad it isn't, because if it was I would just keep cruising blindly along, not having looked into switching doctors, and not realizing all I'm missing out on. As far as I can tell, I'm not even getting any tests to see what my estrogen is doing, or most other tests beyond that where an increase in testosterone could affect other things. How is my doctor supposed to know how to prevent side effects and what changes are taking place if all that's being monitored is my testosterone level? Frankly it scares me that I'm in this boat. That's one of the justifications I'm using to switch. The other is I could continue to see my doctor, and all lab tests and injections if I could go from topical to shots would be covered by insurance...but I'd still have a $20 copay weekly. It turns out it will be less than $15-$20 more monthly to do this all outside of insurance. And if it works out I will be able to do it at home instead of having to go in to the office like insurance requires, which I can assure you is a major pain in the butt for me and is basically an inhibitor of sustainable treatment. So do the math on your copay and see how much more going outside your insurance will really cost you. Also, like you, my doctor seems to want to play "just the tip" with the testosterone. From what I'm reading about where I'm hoping to go, the doctor likes to keep you at least high-middle to get the most benefit from this. After multiple blood tests and a description of symptoms, my current doctor even seems skeptical that I'm really experiencing problems and it makes me feel extremely guilty trying to get treated. All-in-all, at first I was hesitant to change...but then I realized it's [B]my[/B] health and I've got to do the best thing for me to improve, and going to my current doctor isn't it. Again, I still haven't locked down my new treatment (I did get my forms filled out, physical done, and lab tests taken...so I'm close) but if you're anything like me, the more you learn about this and then realize where you sit right now, the angrier you will get and wonder why you didn't do this earlier. [/QUOTE]
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