Re:Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
by dzink on Saturday June 14, 2025 @05:55PM
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The major difference between private and public health care providers. Public providers are often burned out to a crisp and have little empathy or energy left. Private providers are compensated for each task and the incentive system and work ethic is dramatically different.
Re:Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
by CjHuber on Saturday June 14, 2025 @06:06PM
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I'd be interested in what the problem was.
Was it too high SHBG and thus too low free testosterone? I'd be shocked if any doctor couldn't recognize that.
Re:Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
by throaway2501 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @09:14PM
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i have dupuytrens (aggressive and at a young age), and my canadian doctors didn’t know that there was a radiation oncologist downtown doing rad therapy for it. waited 4 months and found out on google. how is it defensible that a doctor doesn’t know that someone in the same system as them offers treatments?
Re:Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
by 0x1ceb00da on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:01AM
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> despite my Testosterone levels showing "normal" for years
> T levels back in range.
Were the T levels normal or not?
Re:Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
by hammock on Sunday June 15, 2025 @06:32PM
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I would also like to know this. And “diagnosis” of “hypo gonadism” is a little hand wavy here. HRT is going to reduce “brain fog, fatigue and no libido” no matter what you have (or don’t have), just got a find a doctor that will do it for you. Take your health into your own hands
I spent over a year going through the Canadian healthcare system, seeing different doctors. Most either brushed me off or implied it was all in my head and normal exercise would fix it (I am fairly active and have a healthy BMI). Even the few who took me seriously refused to run further tests or offer any treatment.
Eventually, I gave up and saw a private urologist. He looked at my results, immediately ordered more tests, and it was obvious from the new data what was going on. He prescribed HCG, and within a month I felt like a different person. Symptoms gone, T levels back in range.
Really wish more doctors took the time to actually listen, especially when a patient clearly isn’t doing well despite "normal" labs.