Stupid Doctors....

There is definitive proof that we should skip the middle-man at all costs and go straight to the source.  At the beginning of this process, Lisa and I shared the same licensed moron general practitioner.  While she made both of us feel very comfortable, I should have realized that being nice and treating a patient with respect is by no means a substitute for medical know-how.  In retrospect, it really was as if all of her diagnoses were done with a dart-board, perhaps while blindfolded.

Method used by some doctors to make their diagnoses

A consultation to ask why I was unable to get my wife pregnant was immediately met with a prescription for blood-work at the local lab (translation - I don't know but maybe you'll get her knocked-up by the time your results come back).  The results were in.  I suffered from high cholesterol.  (translation - I still don't have a clue, but take some lipitor).  My blood-work also indicated borderline low testosterone, or "low - T".  This also did not explain the real source of our problem either.  But, regardless, was met with a prescription for the best thing to hit the market since Thalidomide - Androgel.  This stuff was so loaded with testosterone it practically smacked the pharmacist and hit on the cashier when I picked it up.  In addition, it was flammable.  No joke.

Being wary of any medicine that could cause you to catch fire around an open flame source, I did something I don't normally do; I read the literature on Androgel.  It was supposed to boost testosterone, and mess with the hormones in the users' body to make them feel more manly.  Perhaps my low-T was the reason I only liked football, baseball and hockey, and why I never was fond of basketball.  Additionally, several users had posted on message boards that Androgel had wreaked havoc on their ability to get their wives pregnant.  This raised the red flag, and caused me to do something else I don't normally do - seek a second opinion.

I visited another nice local quack urologist, who assured me that Androgel would not impact my ability to get Lisa pregnant.  Turns out both couldn't have been more wrong.  I realize this could be an anomaly, but I believe it serves as a valuable lesson about skipping over the middle-man.  If I have an issue with the engine in my car, I don't take it to a tire store or a Jiffy Lube and hope that just because they work on cars they might be able to fix it.  Go straight to the source - see a specialist first; don't waste your time.