Hey guys. So at the start of January 2021, I started getting symptoms of my bilateral varicoceles including testicular atrophy, erectile dysfunction, low energy etc. In November 2022 I finally got all the varicoceles fixed (confirmed by ultrasound they are gone) but I still have symptoms including:
-Both testicles are smaller than previously (they measure 4.5cm in length but in the past they were around 6-6.5cm).
-Left testicle is firm, right testicle is squishy/soft/doesn’t hold its shape
-Sometimes erectile dysfunction
-Low libido
-Cognitive decline
-Brain fog
-Testicles are tight/close to the body even when it’s hot
-Mild gyno
I lift weights 5x a week (gaining strength every session), sleep 8-9 hours daily. I ice my testicles 2-3 times daily for 10-15 minutes and my semen is thick and white so I don’t think I’m infertile. This is my daily diet:
200g organic ground beef
750g plain greek yogurt
6 whole eggs
2 scoops whey isolate (only ingredients are whey protein isolate and sunflower lecithin)
750g potatoes (both sweet and yellow)
100g white rice
100g 100% rolled oats (I tried cutting out the oats from my diet for a few months but no difference)
Pickled spicy peppers
300g Frozen raspberry, blueberry mix
40g honey
2-3 bananas
2 raw carrots
1 Brazil nut
Cinnamon
Only cook with extra virgin olive oil
Daily supplements:
10,000 IU vitamin D3
225mcg vitamin k2
Multivitamin
750mg magnesium (blend of oxide, gluconate, lactate)
400mg COQ10
1800mg EPA fish oil
1200mg DHA fish oil
No prescription medications, no drugs, no smoking.
Blood work (April 2023):
Total Testosterone: 841 ng/dl (Range 241-905)
Free Testosterone: 558 pmol/L (Range 160-699)
DHT: 2969 pmol/L (Range 1032-2924)
Prolactin: 2ug/L (I use cabergoline(Range <18)
LH: 5.9 IU/L (Range 1.3-9.6)
FSH: 8 IU/L (Range 1-16)
TSH: 3.19 mIU/L (Range 0.35-5)
Free T3: 5.4 pmol/L (Range 3.4-5.9)
Free T4: 17 pmol/L (Range 11-23)
Cortisol: 312 nmol/L (Range 65-540)
SHBG: 45nmol/L (Range 12-60)
Estradiol: 127 pmol/L (Range <159)
DHEA: 9.8 umol/L (Range 5.73-13.4)
Progesterone: 1.5 nmol/L (Range <0.7)
I do not understand why I feel so terrible with squishy testicles, low libido etc with this hormonal profile. On paper things look pretty good but before I did these tests I genuinely thought I was hypogonadal because I feel so bad. To put it into perspective, in 2020 (before I had any symptoms) I tested my total testosterone for fun and it was only 470 ng/dl. So right now I have almost double the testosterone yet I feel far worse with smaller testicles and worse libido. And no I never took any covid “vaccines” thankfully.
Any help/input is much appreciated. I just want to feel healthy again and regain my testicular size. Thank you everybody!
-Both testicles are smaller than previously (they measure 4.5cm in length but in the past they were around 6-6.5cm).
-Left testicle is firm, right testicle is squishy/soft/doesn’t hold its shape
-Sometimes erectile dysfunction
-Low libido
-Cognitive decline
-Brain fog
-Testicles are tight/close to the body even when it’s hot
-Mild gyno
I lift weights 5x a week (gaining strength every session), sleep 8-9 hours daily. I ice my testicles 2-3 times daily for 10-15 minutes and my semen is thick and white so I don’t think I’m infertile. This is my daily diet:
200g organic ground beef
750g plain greek yogurt
6 whole eggs
2 scoops whey isolate (only ingredients are whey protein isolate and sunflower lecithin)
750g potatoes (both sweet and yellow)
100g white rice
100g 100% rolled oats (I tried cutting out the oats from my diet for a few months but no difference)
Pickled spicy peppers
300g Frozen raspberry, blueberry mix
40g honey
2-3 bananas
2 raw carrots
1 Brazil nut
Cinnamon
Only cook with extra virgin olive oil
Daily supplements:
10,000 IU vitamin D3
225mcg vitamin k2
Multivitamin
750mg magnesium (blend of oxide, gluconate, lactate)
400mg COQ10
1800mg EPA fish oil
1200mg DHA fish oil
No prescription medications, no drugs, no smoking.
Blood work (April 2023):
Total Testosterone: 841 ng/dl (Range 241-905)
Free Testosterone: 558 pmol/L (Range 160-699)
DHT: 2969 pmol/L (Range 1032-2924)
Prolactin: 2ug/L (I use cabergoline(Range <18)
LH: 5.9 IU/L (Range 1.3-9.6)
FSH: 8 IU/L (Range 1-16)
TSH: 3.19 mIU/L (Range 0.35-5)
Free T3: 5.4 pmol/L (Range 3.4-5.9)
Free T4: 17 pmol/L (Range 11-23)
Cortisol: 312 nmol/L (Range 65-540)
SHBG: 45nmol/L (Range 12-60)
Estradiol: 127 pmol/L (Range <159)
DHEA: 9.8 umol/L (Range 5.73-13.4)
Progesterone: 1.5 nmol/L (Range <0.7)
I do not understand why I feel so terrible with squishy testicles, low libido etc with this hormonal profile. On paper things look pretty good but before I did these tests I genuinely thought I was hypogonadal because I feel so bad. To put it into perspective, in 2020 (before I had any symptoms) I tested my total testosterone for fun and it was only 470 ng/dl. So right now I have almost double the testosterone yet I feel far worse with smaller testicles and worse libido. And no I never took any covid “vaccines” thankfully.
Any help/input is much appreciated. I just want to feel healthy again and regain my testicular size. Thank you everybody!