Lost a testicle/lab tests

[missingone]

I'm a healthy 39 year old male who exercises 3x week and eats fairly healthy.

About 10 years ago i lost my left testicle due to an infection.  Though it was painful, i've had no known side effects of a lost testicle until about 3 years ago.

Over the previous 3 years, i've noticed that my energy levels and my libido is very low and it is difficult to obtain an erection and if acheived, it is not as strong and is difficult to maintain.  I"m not sure if this is due to my lost testicle.

I went to see my primary health care provider and i had lots of blood work done.  Results are as follows:
Total Testosterone:   261 on the 241-827 range
% Free Testosterone 1.61 on a 1.5 - 2.2 range
Testosterone Free  36.5 on a 35-155 range
FSH 5.3 on a 1.6 - 8.0 range
LS  2.6 on a 1.5 - 9.3 range
Cholesterol:  183
HDL:   42  
LDL:   124
Triglycerides: 84
Sugar:   89
Kidneys: Normal
I'm not anemic and blood counts are fine.
Urine:  Clean
Prostrate:  Normal
Thyroid:   Normal

First, do the above referenced results mean anything significantly?
Second, now my primary health care physician wants to send me out to an Endocrine specialist to have me evaluated to get an MRI of my brain?  What the....?  Why do i now need an MRI of my Brain?  My primary said he wants to have my pituitary gland looked at but didn't say why?  Any ideas?  Please advise.

Thanks.  

[JointHealth]

You have low Testosterone and your symptoms are what actually indicate if its low not the scale but that scale easily shows your level is low.

I believe you mistyped LS and it should have been LH which is Luteinizing hormone Hormone which is what tells your testicle to work and LH is on the low end indicating that the Pituitary isn't putting out enough LH and this is why the Dr want the MRI to see if you have a growth on the Pituitary,  and don't worry cancer is very rare even if it is a growth and your Dr should have taken the time to explain this all to you instead of you wondering what's going on....

Read the 2nd 1/2 of my profile and you'll learn alot about Testosterone Replacement Therapy called TRT... You are at the age where men normally need it anyway...

[missingone]

Thanks for sharing the news about your friend.

The injury is a little bit more complicated than a mere "infection", complicated by the fact that when i was injured 10 years ago i was uninsured and broke and went to a urologist whou couldn't do much for me 'cuz i didn't have insurance or money to pay for his services.  All i learned from him was that i sustained either an "infection" or that i sustained a "tortion" of the testicle.  Basically, one day i was playing football with some friends and took a direct hit to the groin.  The pain wasn't any worse than any other time i've been hit in the groin, but about 4 hours later while i was at home, i started experiencing severe pain in my groin and stomach and started vomitting for about 1-2 hours straight.  Due to the pain, i couldn't get out of bed for a couple of days and my injured testicle enlarged to about 4-5 times its normal size and hardened.  It was pure pain.  When the swelling was reduced about 1 week later to about 2-3 times its normal size, i went to a urologist without insurance and without any money who basically told me that it was either infected or sustained a tortion and there wasn't much he can do except prescribe me medication for pain.  I realized about a month later after the pain and swelling completely went away that the injured testicle was no longer there, it was basically gone.  I haven't had any problems since except for the low energy and the low libido over the previous 3 years.  I am 39 though.

I now have great insurance and i just want to make sure that everything is right, and if not, i want to make sure i now receive the proper treatment.  Wish me luck.  I just found this site on internet today after learning yesterday that my doctor wants me to see an endocrinologist to get an MRI for my pituitary gland.

Thanks again.

[SixStringer]

I do not know what all the above blood numbers reflect, except for the obvious "normals".  Just for curiosity, I wonder how one would lose a testicle due to infection? However, in general, I know that the loss of a testicle is not a problem.  I know of one fellow that was born with a single testicle and has had no related problem so far. He is in his early 60s, married with a healthy son, served in Viet Nam, retired with over $650,000.00 in the bank after a successful career, living in a paid-off home, with a high libido, I might add.  I would ask my physician the proper pointed questions to shed some light on his medical detective work that he is embarking.  Keep us informed.