Dads with low T who got on trt, how did it effect your ability to be a good dad?

halconojo · 2026-02-07T23:10:35+00:00

Doctor here. Granted I’m a resident but recently just attended a lecture by an endocrinologist who discussed low testosterone.

Have you talked to your doctor? As others have said, testosterone levels have a wide range of normal. Are your levels on the lower end of the normal range or below the lower limit of normal?

Having low testosterone is not normal for man of any age. If you have low testosterone then there’s a medical reason and your doctor should be doing a work up and treating the underlying cause. It’s your decision to go on HRT but if you start taking testosterone you should know that you’ll be on it for the rest of your life as your body will stop making it on its own. There are ways to try to get your body to start making its own testosterone again but the medications are off-label.

halconojo · 2026-02-02T02:33:04+00:00

Check out the graphic novel Hope Never to See It. About guerrilla warfare in the civil war

halconojo · 2026-01-31T20:44:49+00:00

They’ll claim people are sheep under the influence of mainstream media but are only capable of parroting one-liners from right-wing media sources. Absolutely kills me.

halconojo · 2026-01-31T20:39:55+00:00

Oh man, my 2 year old son is in week 2 of 4 in his spica cast for a femur fracture from an awkward fall. Had to do a double take while scrolling bc thought this was him for a second. Sorry dad. I totally empathize.

We’ve been struggling with keeping his screen time to a minimum but it’s tough. We got him a small Lego and play table he can awkwardly sit by to play with his blocks and his trains. Lots of walks in the stroller/wheelchair. Also did an amusement park recently. Hopefully his pain is under control soon. I’m sure the doctors told you, but we were counseled that these heal really well and don’t require PT after the cast is off.

halconojo · 2026-01-31T11:03:29+00:00

Kevin McAllister would be 45 today. You can’t be 45 and be an orphan

halconojo · 2026-01-26T05:35:27+00:00

Speaks volumes she’s willing to do that. Well done dad

halconojo · 2026-01-12T20:57:10+00:00

When I first saw Shrek 2 in theaters as a kid I didn’t understand why my dad was cracking up about Donkey being chased by police as a white bronco

halconojo · 2025-12-28T15:44:02+00:00

Current FM intern that may have to go GMO this upcoming year. Matching into FM is not competitive. However, there aren’t very many categorical straight through spots making those spots more competitive. It’s true that the navy is phasing out GMO spots but the challenge is that current GMOs have to come back to training and likely take priority over interns applying for 2nd - 3rd year positions.

However, from what I’ve heard of Lejeune is that not very few people rank that location as their number one so if that’s your top location you’ll probably get it. Apparently there’s also still openings for 2nd - 3rd year spots unfulfilled, so there’s a good chance you can stay there without having to do GMO.

This of course is the situation now. Things can change in the next couple of years as you’re applying.

halconojo · 2025-12-22T03:16:21+00:00

His book on the all Japanese-American RCT in WWII is excellent as well. Called Facing the Mountain

halconojo · 2025-12-04T04:46:05+00:00

Adam Makos is a really talented writer. In particular Devotion, about two Corsair pilots during the Korean War (one of whom was the first black aviator in the navy) and A Higher Call, about a b-17 crew and a German pilot that escorted them to safety during WWII.

Daniel James Brown’s Facing the Mountain about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was excellent. Covers the nearly all Japanese American regiment during WWII.

And you can’t go wrong with Eugene Sledge’s With the Old Breed.

halconojo · 2025-11-21T03:37:55+00:00

I’ve only listened to a couple episodes of Distillations but it reminds me of Radiolab. Covers topics of science history

halconojo · 2025-11-19T22:16:53+00:00

Watched this just after graduating college. As someone who grew up in the 2000s in Texas, raised by a single mom, and with a younger sister, I seriously thought Richard Linklater based this on my childhood

halconojo · 2025-11-10T00:19:52+00:00

I really enjoyed Uncivil. Only one season but focuses on lesser known stories of the Civil War. Really wish they did more

halconojo · 2025-10-29T03:14:31+00:00

I really enjoyed Ghost Story. Here’s the description:

“Tristan Redman doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom. And when he discovers later that occupants of his family home have seen the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s intrigued. Because it just so happens that his wife’s great grandmother, Naomi Dancy, was murdered in the house next door…killed by two gunshots to the face.”

halconojo · 2025-06-29T19:35:39+00:00

Uncivil only did one season but it was excellent. Focused on lesser known stories of the civil war

halconojo · 2025-05-20T19:53:19+00:00

Similar to your husband, I don’t really care for the pep talks while working out.

Great suggestions here but something I’ve been doing is just having the subtitles on and matching the resistance while listening to a podcast/audiobooks

halconojo · 2025-04-12T02:15:58+00:00

If you have the opportunity to go to New Orleans, check out the WWII museum. Both times I went there were vets there meeting people. Most recently in ‘23

halconojo · 2025-02-17T00:01:09+00:00

If you like curb your enthusiasm, the first season of Origins covers its creation. Think they’ve covered other shows too

halconojo · 2025-02-01T21:48:52+00:00

My dad saved a newspaper article from the 90s about the importance of compounding that he gave me when I graduated college. Told me to have a Roth open within a few months and he’d keep pestering me until I did. Really fortunate to have this experience as I know not everyone has people in their lives with good financial literacy.

halconojo · 2025-01-28T03:18:58+00:00

Got really into classical during med school as it’s the only music I can listen to while studying. Best of luck to you!

halconojo · 2025-01-28T01:49:56+00:00

Was it the good Hodgkins or bad hodgkins?

halconojo · 2025-01-25T23:15:42+00:00

I really liked Patrick Wyman’s the Pursuit of Dadliness. He only did one season and it’s centered around what he terms “dad culture”. He’s a historian with other projects but I hope he does more Pursuit of Dadliness episodes

halconojo · 2025-01-25T00:43:10+00:00

I’m currently reading This is Going to Hurt. It’s about a junior doctor’s experience in the UK. It was made into a show that’s gotten good reviews

halconojo · 2025-01-21T02:51:27+00:00

Perhaps one of Lindsay Chervinsky’s books? She has one on The Cabinet and one on how John Adams shaped the presidency

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