Hey guys, I'm new to this board. I've been lurking for a few weeks and have been very impressed with the content on this site. I've been to several different boards and I feel like the members here and Mr. Vergel are very knowledgeable.
Anyway, a quick background about myself: I'm 32 years old and have felt a lot of low-t symptoms the past year. I got my levels checked twice (3 weeks apart) and my total t-levels were in the mid 300's the middle 200's.
I had a follow-up appointment with my family doc, a general practitioner, yesterday and she thought I needed testosterone replacement. She recommended androgel, but I was able to convince her that injections would be better for me, as I did not want to transfer the gel to wife and kids. She said they don't do Test Cyp. injections in the office, but agreed to let me pin myself at home. I was very happy with this. She said I would have to get the testosterone from a compounding pharmacy in a different city and that insurance would not cover it. I told her that my insurance should cover it and told her that CVS had it. She was surprised about this and called in a script to them. My doc agreed to start out at 100mg with twice weekly subq injections. However, my doc was not comfortable in prescribing HCG when I asked and she wanted to refer me elsewhere for that. It should be noted that I planned on starting lower than 200mg a week, but secretly liked the wiggle room the higher dosage allowed in case 100mg a week wasn't cutting it.
I went to CVS and found out that the script was written out for 100mg/ml of test cyp. and was prescribed as 1ml injected 3 times per week. This dose was incorrect, plus my insurance would not pay for that high of a dose. Also, the needles she prescribed for subq were 20 gauge 1 1/2" !!
I called my doc back this morning and got stuck with her secretary. I told her that I wanted 29gauge 0.5cc 1/2" needles and that I would prefer the testosterone to be 200mg / ml version with smaller dosing for comfort. She said she would speak to my doc and get back to me. I waited for a couple of hours and called CVS. They told me that my doc cancelled the entire script and did not put a new one in. I called my doc and got stuck speaking with the same secretary. She said my doc was uncomfortable treating me and wanted to refer me to someone else. What the hell! How can she just cancel the entire treatment like that. I told the lady I wanted to talk to my doc and she told me she would call me back later. Of course, no call yet.
Am I right to be upset? To me, this is ridiculous. Rarely do I get upset or angry, but this has me steaming. I'm waiting to talk to my doc in the hopes I can convince her to stick to the original plan.
Anyway, a quick background about myself: I'm 32 years old and have felt a lot of low-t symptoms the past year. I got my levels checked twice (3 weeks apart) and my total t-levels were in the mid 300's the middle 200's.
I had a follow-up appointment with my family doc, a general practitioner, yesterday and she thought I needed testosterone replacement. She recommended androgel, but I was able to convince her that injections would be better for me, as I did not want to transfer the gel to wife and kids. She said they don't do Test Cyp. injections in the office, but agreed to let me pin myself at home. I was very happy with this. She said I would have to get the testosterone from a compounding pharmacy in a different city and that insurance would not cover it. I told her that my insurance should cover it and told her that CVS had it. She was surprised about this and called in a script to them. My doc agreed to start out at 100mg with twice weekly subq injections. However, my doc was not comfortable in prescribing HCG when I asked and she wanted to refer me elsewhere for that. It should be noted that I planned on starting lower than 200mg a week, but secretly liked the wiggle room the higher dosage allowed in case 100mg a week wasn't cutting it.
I went to CVS and found out that the script was written out for 100mg/ml of test cyp. and was prescribed as 1ml injected 3 times per week. This dose was incorrect, plus my insurance would not pay for that high of a dose. Also, the needles she prescribed for subq were 20 gauge 1 1/2" !!
I called my doc back this morning and got stuck with her secretary. I told her that I wanted 29gauge 0.5cc 1/2" needles and that I would prefer the testosterone to be 200mg / ml version with smaller dosing for comfort. She said she would speak to my doc and get back to me. I waited for a couple of hours and called CVS. They told me that my doc cancelled the entire script and did not put a new one in. I called my doc and got stuck speaking with the same secretary. She said my doc was uncomfortable treating me and wanted to refer me to someone else. What the hell! How can she just cancel the entire treatment like that. I told the lady I wanted to talk to my doc and she told me she would call me back later. Of course, no call yet.
Am I right to be upset? To me, this is ridiculous. Rarely do I get upset or angry, but this has me steaming. I'm waiting to talk to my doc in the hopes I can convince her to stick to the original plan.
