slicwilly2000
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- Sep 14, 2010
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I saw the urologist today for the first time. She was very different than anyone I have seen thus far. She came across as very willing to actually prescribe which was incredibly comforting. She started off saying that she doesn't like to prescribe the cream because it's very expensive. I guess that office can't do the pellets either. She said she likes to prescribe Test Cypionate and recommended biweekly injections at 200mg per two weeks. I asked her if she knew what the half life is on the cypionate ester which she didn't immediately come up with an answer for so I answered the question myself and told her the half life is 5 to 7 days so best case scenario you have 25% of it in your blood on day 14. I suggested we do weekly injections instead. She agreed to that. Then she asked if I wanted to come into the office once a week for injections or if I would like to have a friend do it. I said I could probably do it myself. We discussed what kind of levels she was looking for and her response was very broad. She said it's more how you feel and not so much what the numbers were. She had no issue maintaining above 800. She said she doesn't like to go above 1000. Then I asked about HCG to see if she would prescribe that as well. She was agreeable and recommended clomid and arimidex to deal with the estrogen. She gave me an order for more labs to be done. She said the insurance needed two sets of bloodwork in order to pay for it. She said she is still willing to prescribe even if the insurance doesn't deem the levels low enough to cover it.
Does anyone have any advice on what else to ask for in the future? I was trying to come across as knowledgeable on what I was looking for but not quite as far as what they would call a "seeker" which is what some of the nurses at other doctors offices have said when I tried to get it dealt with before. For that reason I didn't ask for the injectable up front. I had planned to object to the pellets but thought she would insist on the cream for a few months before moving over to the injectable. Her objection on the cream was that it was very expensive and insurance companies don't like to pay for it.
Slic.
Does anyone have any advice on what else to ask for in the future? I was trying to come across as knowledgeable on what I was looking for but not quite as far as what they would call a "seeker" which is what some of the nurses at other doctors offices have said when I tried to get it dealt with before. For that reason I didn't ask for the injectable up front. I had planned to object to the pellets but thought she would insist on the cream for a few months before moving over to the injectable. Her objection on the cream was that it was very expensive and insurance companies don't like to pay for it.
Slic.