As I am building new muscle in many places, especially areas of my legs which have not worked in close to a year, my wife suggested that I consider testosterone supplements. It worked for Barry Bonds and Sammy Soso. She also pointed out an article in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that testosterone (in massive doses) combined with exercise was twice as effective as exercise (or testosterone ) alone. Armed with this information I went to my rehabilitation doctor who refereed me to a an endocrinologist , Dr Susan Ott, at the University of Washington. (The name sounds familiar and I believe she was in my high school class.) I called her clinic and was informed that she saw patients only one day per week and was booked up for almost a year. This did not sound very hopeful.
I next went to my primary care provider who works in a large clinic figuring he could either write the prescription himself or refer me to an endocrinologist who can do the deed. He measured my testosterone levels which fell in the low-normal range and after a little prodding referred to one of the clinic's endocrinologists.
I walked in and explained that I wanted testosterone to allow me to build muscle and aid my recovery. His first response was "So you are asking me to prescribe performance enhancing drugs."
"Exactly"
He admitted that he had never done anything quite like this. I pulled up the article referenced above which I had just been reading on my smart phone. After commenting that the doses were pretty massive, he wrote a prescription for a standard dose of testosterone and arranged to see me in about a month. I had my first shot yesterday so it will be a while before I see what the effects azre.
