My right testicle has atrophied (shrunken) and an ultrasound this week revealed microlithiasis—small calcium deposits—on that side. Doc said not a lot is known about this and just recommended an annual ultrasound and monthly self-checks to monitor for changes.
I'd like to address it. I first noticed that the right testicle had shrunken a bit about two years ago but it seemed within normal range so I didn't think much about it. I figured it was maybe a varicocele or something and made a few efforts at alleviating that (pelvic exercises, etc.). The left testicle has been normal throughout although I think it has grown a bit, possibly to compensate for reduced function in the right. Here are the ultrasound results:
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I have a fairly high-calcium diet and take a few thousand IUs of d3 every morning and a mg or 2 of Kuinone most evenings. I use topical magnesium for deodorant and occasionally mix up some mg bicarbonate to drink. As I understand it, these substances are major factors in calcium regulation/deposition.
Some more background in case it's helpful:
- Have been into Peat/bioenergetics for about 3 years
- Diet is typical: coffee w sugar and milk in throughout morning to early afternoon, lots of fruits, orange juice, haagen dazs, potatoes, mushrooms, occasional rice, beef and lamb, shrimp, weekly dozen oysters and liver
- Only supplements are D3, K2, occasional Thorne Ultimate-E, occasional aspirin and baking soda. I was taking some topical androsterone to help with mild gyno recurrence but stopped because it wasn't doing anything.
- Labs are mostly fine I think. TSH is 1.1, slightly elevated cholesterol. You can look at bloodwork history here if you want, including results from last week. CO2 is a little lower than I would expect, and calcium is at the high end of the reference range.
- I had T and Free T, and prolactin measured about six months ago. T was 581, Free was 13.1, and prolactin 8.7. The T numbers, especially Free T, are lower than I expected. Lately I have noticed thinner hair on the back of my calves which is a symptom of declining testosterone, so I will probably have this re-measured in the next week or so.
Really any advice is helpful. I've found very little information about this condition online and I am pretty freaked out about it.