Mr. Sarıkaya’s Hypogonadism Treatment and Success Story
I was 18 years old, I didn’t even have hair on my face, my voice was very thin, but I didn’t realize that these physical features were a deficiency. In March 2007, he asked for a workplace health report for me to start working in an institution. While I was having my tests done at the hospital where I went to get the health report, he must have attracted the attention of a doctor. He asked me how old I was and I told him that I was 18 years old. He asked why you don’t have a beard and I said I had no idea about it. He told me to see an endocrinologist, I said okay and left his room. I got my health report and started work. When the doctor said something like that that day, it always left a question mark in my mind. I realized something was wrong and decided to go to the doctor. I tried to find a good endocrinologist online. When I searched on the internet, I found a doctor named ***** ***** who works at Okmeydanı training and research hospital. I made an appointment and went to the doctor. The doctor asked me for some tests, including a spermiogram. I had the tests done and showed my results to the doctor. The doctor did some checks on my body and said that I had HYPOGANADISM and explained the disease. He told me that there was a cure for my disease and that with some medications my beard would grow and my voice would deepen, which made me very happy. Then he said that my secondary sexual characteristics had not developed, that when I got married in the future, I would never be able to have children through normal means, and that it would be very difficult with in vitro fertilization, and that he was hopeless. When I heard these words coming from the doctor’s mouth, it was as if boiling water was poured on my head. The doctor prescribed me Sustanon twice a week. I went home and explained this situation to my mother and father, crying ashamedly. They were very upset, too, but they tried not to show it to me. May God bless them, they were my biggest supporters in this process. After I started taking Sustanons, I started to see the effects. My voice started to deepen and my beard started to grow. But it made me very sad to think that I would not have children in the future. My psychology was damaged and I was alienated from life. I was even thinking of suicide, but my faith prevented it. But later I thought, this is something that comes from God. God tests everyone differently, I was telling myself that this was my test too, and I was accepting my fate. At the same time, I was researching doctors who specialized in this field. I went to teacher ***** ******, who was working in a private hospital at that time. The room asked for blood tests and spermiogram tests in the same way, I had my tests done and went to him. ***** ****** said the same thing as ***** ***** teacher said and told me to continue with the same medications. I was disappointed again.
I continued to take sustanon twice a week. I was both working and studying at university. After graduating from university, I went to the military for a short period in August 2011. My beard had grown, my voice was well-established, and there was no physical appearance problem. When I came out of the military at the beginning of 2012, of course, my relatives and people around me started saying why don’t you get married, my mother and father, get married, nothing will happen, you’ll have children, get married. I was torn between two choices. I had reservations about getting married, but in the end, they did what they said and I got engaged. My fiancée was my relative. I couldn’t tell my fiancée about my illness in case relatives would talk about it. In the meantime, I decided to research my disease again. While researching on the internet, I came across the hypoganadism website. I can say that this was the turning point of my life. The people I was looking for, the information I was looking for, everything I was looking for were on this site. I read the stories and read what was written and it was as if I had found myself. Following the recommendations on the site, I went to my very valuable teacher, Specialist Doctor Celalettin PERU, who works in the internal medicine department of Foundation Gureba. My teacher Celalettin asked me for blood tests and spermiogram tests, and made physical measurements and tests. As a result of these tests, he said that the diagnosis was correct, but the treatment was wrong, and that I should not despair about having a child, and we started treatment. I first started using pregnyl 5000 two days a week. After using Pregnyl for a while, my testosterone increased to the desired level, so I started using Menegon 75 three days a week. I continued my injections by having my checks done in this way. Meanwhile, the wedding came and we got married in June 2013. But due to some reservations, I could not find the courage to share the disease with my wife. Our marriage was continuing normally. I kept my injections in the refrigerator at work and had them administered regularly by the workplace nurse. I had my medications taken regularly and on time for about a year and a half. Towards the end of 2014, we first obtained living cells and then around 90,000 sperm count. This number increased rapidly and exponentially. With God’s permission, we learned that my wife was pregnant at the beginning of March 2015. Who said men don’t cry? When I found out that my wife was pregnant, I started crying with joy. May God grant all our patients who cannot experience this feeling to experience this feeling. We will have a boy in about 2 months, God willing, I am waiting for your prayers. Dear friends of fate, it is very difficult to explain this process that I have been going through in this much, if I were to explain everything in detail, it would probably turn into a novel. I tried to explain it in the shortest possible way so that I could assist you. I’m glad I could help you a little by telling you about my treatment process and guide you… I saw the following word in most of the success stories written on the site: “BE PATIENT”, this is truly the magic word. Be patient. If you are patient, I hope you will be rewarded for your patience. Also, if your conditions are suitable, make sure to get your injections on time and at the same time of the day. I would like to express my endless gratitude to my dear elder teacher Celalettin PERU, who played a big part in helping me reach these beautiful and healthy days. I would like to express my endless gratitude to everyone who worked hard to establish the HYPOGANADISM website to help patients like us. May God bless them all.
R. Sarıkaya /Türkiye
