It's been in the back of my mind since I discovered PET plastics are essentially endocrine disruptors. I had open heart surgery in 1984, and as part of that correction, they installed a large Dacron patch over what the surgical notes describe as a "huge" ventricular septal defect.
What concerns me is that recent research (and not a small amount of older stuff) is telling me that's not really good for longevity, beyond the damage it has already done to my growth and development already. It's clearly disrupting my testosterone and thyroid function and probably quite a bit else besides.
I say that because while male, I "developed" like a girl, reaching my full adult height by the time I was 12, and I still have the musculature of a preteen, as if I never went through puberty at all. To that end, my T levels average mid 200s, which I know is very low in the first place. The one time I went to an endocrinologist like 10 years ago with these concerns, he said some people are just "need less", and that's normal. Then he tested my free T levels and FSH, and said that was fine too. I clearly don't believe him, but didn't have enough to really explain why that seemed wrong at the time. Given I'm in my 40s now, I have the perfect excuse to start seeking hormone replacement or at least some kind of corrective regimen.
Aside from the obvious stuff like boron, DHEA, and pregnenolone, is there really anything I can do to combat this? I clearly can't have another heart surgery to remove the patch, so I was wondering if there was something that would essentially bind to the endocrine disruptors to at least limit their continued interaction in the body.
Thanks in advance!
Edited by FullOfBones, 26 September 2021 - 08:03 PM.
