I remember years ago talking with my sisters about male menopause. Yes male menopause, this is not a medical diagnosis but I and my sisters were convinced that our male counter parts experience a form of menopause.
Well I can tell you I was nothing but surprised when I saw an ad on the TV the other night about TRT(Testosterone Therapy Replacement) for men. Then the following evening what should I come upon but an article in the March edition of Reader's Digest about Testosterone and men. Of course the article didn't have a catchy title as it would have had it been directed at women... it was titled "Can Testosterone Restore the Aging Male". Needless to say my curiosity was piqued and I had to read on.
According to research Testosterone levels decline gradually with age, according to this article they say it declines One percent a year after men reach the age of 40. At 70 they say that men have about half of what they had in their 30's. It goes on to say that with less testosterone , sexual function and motivation decrease, muscle mass shrinks, fat deposits grow, bones lose density and are more susceptible to breakage, and the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes rises.
Well fancy that. Doesn't that sound familiar ladies. Surprise Surprise.....men do go through a hormonal change.....wow!!! And they thought it was only women.....or of course our male counterparts wanted us to continue to believe it was only women who went through a change. Well wouldn't you know it...science comes along and poof men now are faced with very similar hormonal issues as us women.
I don't believe this to be earth shattering news. I think us women had our suspicions about this all along...but our male counterparts were to afraid to let this news go public!! . Well the word is out now gentlemen and you are now just as susceptible to humiliating taunting and teasing as us females have had to endure for so many years. Of course, science and the pharmaceutical companies have to capitalize on this and true to form they have come out with a pill(hormones) men can take to replenish the decrease in testosterone....why fancy that...Ladies, now doesn't that sound alot like the female version of HRT??? Hmmmmmmm. Ok, maybe I am being a little cynical about this, but all these years men have teased and taunted us women for our hormonal changes and blamed us and our moods for relationship issues. Well guess what men.....we now have TRT to throw right back at you.
Another thing I found interesting about this subject is that from a pharmaceutical perspective they market their products as a cure for decreased libido...and their focus was to improve the male sexual drive. Again, it makes me wonder who is marketing this drug...and why are they only looking at one component. I think I know why.....do you? I think it's because sex sells. Doesn't matter what it is...if it is sex related it sells, and they even glamourize it by titling a movie by it. With men so focused on their libido and performance, they forget about the other part of them that makes them attractive to their female counterparts....that is their brain.
If you are interested in learning more you can always google the topic Testosterone Replacement Therapy.....or check out the March 2010 issue of Reader's Digest for more on this topic.
5 comments:
I do believe I know "someone" who could use some TRT (rhymes with TLC, doesn't it?) Since we were in our 20s, his arms and legs are skinnier and he's developed Type 2 diabetes. Some other parts are a bit "softer", too! LOL But he's not interested in those pills - damn it! LOL
ya know one thing which has always irked me! men saying you must be ragging it! just because I am not my usual bubbly self, I naturally have my period! Well I havent had my period since I was about35 due to hysterectomy you idiot!
Loved the picture and line "Growing old is not for sissies!" So true! My neighbor and good friend were talking just the other day about all the aches and pains -other ailments too that seem to be coming at us more and more and faster than we can keep up with them. She said she had mentioned to her husband "Every day, it's something new." (in the aches/pains dept.) to which he replied "No, I think it's something old." Anyway, growing older isn't always what it's been cracked up to be but then too, it does beat the alternative of not being here to experience even all the arthritic miseries and such.
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I am not surprised at all!
I read about that too and wasn't surprised. The advertising end is so crazy. Good post.
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