Ben Wa Balls Can Kill: Benoit blood test reveals "SkyHigh Testosterone"

[Wiley50]

Just heard on Nova M

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[npincus]

1. saw presser- levels not "sky high"

but testoerone was present.

[phaseolus]

2. Of course there will be *some* testosterone present

...since he's male. IIRC there is a pretty wide 'normal' range -- I think 400 to 1500 ng/dl is considered normal. And low levels are undesirable, too...

[Wiley50]

7. Nova M just said "Ten Times Normal Amount"

'Most likely injected shortly before he died"

Guess he needed to get up the balls to off himself

Also:

"No other steroids found

[phaseolus]

10. Wow. That's just ... crazy.

I'm not an endocrinologist, but I can't possibly imagine any possible benefit from doses that high. Probably lots of risk.

With regular ol' therapeutic doses of topical testosterone - Androgel - they make sure to tell you where to apply it. Use too much, or apply it in the wrong place, and your testicles disappear...

[SoCalDem]

3. Love the term "testicular insufficiency"

:rofl:

[hvn_nbr_2]

4. I predict that term will gain broader usage, in an unrelated context.

:evilgrin:

[TygrBright]

5. WTF are you people talking(writing) about?? n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. That pro wrestler that took steroids, killed family/self.

I don't know what that's got to do with ben wa balls. Unless the term has changed meaning since last I heard it, and nobody told me.

[TygrBright]

13. OK. Thanks. It was the ben wa balls reference that, uh, confused me.

I was having the weirdest mental images...

pervertedly,
Bright

[Richard Steele]

9. I think the "Benoit" in question is the wrestler who killed his family and himself.

I guess some autopsy results have been published? :shrug:

[hvn_nbr_2]

12. I want to ask that question twenty times a day on DU.

Usually I just ignore the thread instead.

FWIW, until you asked the question and got answers, I conflated Benoit and Benet in my mind and thought we were back on Jon-Benet's parents. :crazy: We need a :dazed-and-confused: smilie.

[Nevernose]

14. It's a pun.

A play on words.

Crass? Yes.

Funny? Also yes.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. Girls need testosterone too, just not as much.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

11. That's right. We all got some.

A fact ignored by some here who call it a "dangerous" hormone and blame it for male aggression.

Men need estrogen too. We're all made of the same stuff but in different amounts.

[LeftyMom]

15. Very small amounts are used theraputically for women with low sex drive nt