Steve: Energized, strong & on the right track

Summary

Steve B., 57, came to Med Matrix with severely low testosterone (level of 200), type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and a collection of symptoms that conventional medicine had attributed to aging. After being dismissed by both an at-home health service and conventional doctors who were content with his "in range" numbers, he was referred by his older brother (already a Med Matrix patient). Within about a month and a half of starting testosterone treatment and a targeted supplement protocol, he stopped having mid-day crashes and began regaining strength. He had been staggering when he walked and could barely support his own weight before treatment.

Before Med Matrix

• Testosterone level of approximately 200 (extremely low; Med Matrix target is closer to 850)
• Type 2 diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Leg weakness: staggering, unable to keep weight above his knees, hips and knees giving out
• Mid-day energy crashes requiring 1 to 1.75 hour naps
• Not going to the gym at all
• Developing symptoms from multiple medications; eventually on approximately 12 to 14 different medications
• Stopped taking all medications on his own because none were addressing root causes
• Conventional doctors tested one symptom at a time over 3-month cycles with no resolution
• Dismissed with "you're getting older, this is part of being diabetic"
• Home health service (Hone Health) refused to treat him due to underlying conditions

Results

• Starting to feel much better after approximately a month and a half
• No longer has mid-day energy crashes or need for long naps
• Getting strength back
• Returning to the gym for the first time in the year
• Legs no longer giving out; no longer staggering
• Feels understood and validated ("they saw it right there in the blood work")
• Optimistic and engaged in his health for the first time

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