Testosterone Therapy, a Personal Experience – Sally’s Story

Just over 2 years ago I had a vaginal hysterectomy for a prolapsed womb, cystocele and retrocele repair. Post operative pain from the retrocele repair went on for a year due to scar tissue making sex painful and then a few months after the surgery my sex drive went completely. Despite keeping my ovaries blood tests revealed that my oestrogen and testosterone levels had completely flatlined. The hysterectomy had caused my ovaries to stop working altogether. HRT patches solved the absence of oestrogen but this did not improve the lack of libido which had been fine before having the hysterectomy. I had my surgery done privately and was lucky enough to have a very understanding consultant who suggested I tried testosterone therapy. I was apprehensive at first as the information on the internet was scary to say the least but my consultant reassured me that it was safe. Testosterone therapy is unfortunately no longer available for women on the NHS. Testogel is only licensed for men to use but this is the product I was prescribed. It is a colourless, scentless, clear gel in an alcohol base which absorbs easily into the skin. It comes in boxes of 30 x 50mg sachets and I started on 2 x 5mg doses a week. A man would use a full 50mg sachet a day so the dose for a woman is very, very, small. I had blood tests at regular intervals so that my testosterone levels could be monitored closely. Eventually the right dose for me was 5mg daily which is toothpaste size blob. After just 2 weeks my s...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: HRT News testosterone Source Type: news