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Posted 5/9/2013 8:44 PM (GMT -5)
Okay, so I got great news on my psa tonight. Now that I'm settling down a bit, I'm thinking about other facets of my dr/patient dialogue today.
Specifically, the fact that my t levels are well within normal, yet I'm still experiencing hot flashes. (2 today) Certainly not as often as a year ago, but still. Doc was surprised to hear this, and said there were other possible causes, but did not think they had anything to do with t level, Lupron, or PCa. I asked him if he was thinking a thyroid problem. He grinned and said he would prefer to stick with his speciality, wherein I called him a name, and asked if he really went to med school? That was our laugh of the day.

I have an appt with family doc to discuss these symptoms next week.

Any of you non medical professionals care to venture a guess?

K
Posted 5/9/2013 8:53 PM (GMT -5)
menopause?
Posted 5/9/2013 8:56 PM (GMT -5)
No that's in women. Maybe it's womenopause?

Tony
Posted 5/9/2013 9:01 PM (GMT -5)
You guys are so funny.

Maybe I need to call a vet?

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I recently spent $65,000 on a young Black Angus bull. I put him out with the herd but he just ate grass and wouldn't even look at a cow. I was beginning to think I had paid more for that bull than he was worth.

Anyhow, I had the Vet come and have a look at him. He said the bull was very healthy, but possibly just a little young, so he gave me some pills to feed him once per day.

The bull started to service the cows within two days, all my cows! He even broke through the fence and bred with all of my neighbor's cows! He's like a machine! I don't know what was in the pills the Vet gave him but they kind of taste like peppermint.
Posted 5/9/2013 9:07 PM (GMT -5)
Cat-atonic?
Posted 5/9/2013 9:49 PM (GMT -5)
kbota-

Pass me a mint, please. It's just a guess, but maybe your estrogen levels haven't caught up to your T increase yet. It might take a bit of time for the T to get metabolized into estrogen. Did you have an E2 test (estradiol)? Could be thyroid too, as you guess. If it doesn't start to disappear, these are good questions for an endocrinologist.

- Allen
Posted 5/9/2013 10:11 PM (GMT -5)
How about "Its the Shizzs"? I am getting tired of the hot flashes. Only had five major ones today. I am hypothyroid for years and never did get the flashes. Since I have no medical degree, I wish you the best and only hope they abate real soon.
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