So if Doctor puts me on something, per this thread, I am a cheat.
I will NOT take anything for sport improvement. I am just an old fart with arthritis trying to stay active
I think this is the 4th time I have said this, but once again. If you have an illness that requires T supplementation, then you can get a TUE and race, you are not a cheater. Now the caveat of that is, most doctors are prescribing T like it was some harmless candy. So the drug enforcement agencies are on to this, so they have strict guidelines as to who is really sick and in need of these drugs. So I hope you doc is not one of these, they just cannot always be trusted these days..You need to take some control of your own health, and use the doc's as a top source of information. But now we also have the internet, 100's of other doctors opinions at our fingertips, and just about every study ever done right there in front of us. Lets not be lazy...
I'm old too, probably could have had a dozen docs give me the goods over the past decade. But so far, I'm just getting older, slower, things hurt more, recover less, and generally I just feel a lot more tired than I used to. But I cannot attribute any of these symptoms to anything other than getting older, and trying to stay somewhat of an athlete. If it got worse to the point of degrading my lifestyle with my family, well then I would start to look at these other things, And too bad for me, I will be regulated to fun runs and gran fondos. Plenty of non sanctioned races to keep you busy, no need to muddy up the sports that are more competitive, and of course I dont want to be a cheater..(-;
I will NOT take anything for sport improvement. I am just an old fart with arthritis trying to stay active
I think this is the 4th time I have said this, but once again. If you have an illness that requires T supplementation, then you can get a TUE and race, you are not a cheater. Now the caveat of that is, most doctors are prescribing T like it was some harmless candy. So the drug enforcement agencies are on to this, so they have strict guidelines as to who is really sick and in need of these drugs. So I hope you doc is not one of these, they just cannot always be trusted these days..You need to take some control of your own health, and use the doc's as a top source of information. But now we also have the internet, 100's of other doctors opinions at our fingertips, and just about every study ever done right there in front of us. Lets not be lazy...
I'm old too, probably could have had a dozen docs give me the goods over the past decade. But so far, I'm just getting older, slower, things hurt more, recover less, and generally I just feel a lot more tired than I used to. But I cannot attribute any of these symptoms to anything other than getting older, and trying to stay somewhat of an athlete. If it got worse to the point of degrading my lifestyle with my family, well then I would start to look at these other things, And too bad for me, I will be regulated to fun runs and gran fondos. Plenty of non sanctioned races to keep you busy, no need to muddy up the sports that are more competitive, and of course I dont want to be a cheater..(-;