In KlinefeltersSyndromesgateway@yahooGroups "Gordon" <grdo62@y...>
wrote:
Hey, how can we have 80 members in this group and no posts since
June 5? I'm a new member (47xxy,46xy = a mosaic). I live in the
midwest USA. I'm 67 and have been relatively untouched by the
syndrome -- no learning problems to speak of except resistance to
trying anything new which once I realized I had it, I have been able
to compensate. I've never been on HRT as my testosterone levels
have always been in the normal range. I have neither mood swings
nor depression and am pretty easy-going. Was very shy as a child
and had numerous dental problems. I do feel that xxy has made me
more vulnerable to physical problems and stress-related maladies
(headaches, ulcers, IBS), though at this point I have none of
those. Have had surgery seven times however. Anybody
listening???? Gordo


Hi Gordon and everybody else,

Thanks for the wake-up call! I am glad that Klinefelter's has not
affected your life too much; I often feel when trying to understand
KS that it's a bit like standing betweeen two mirrors and trying to
determine where the reflection ends. KS has affected me in many ways
from slow learning at school butI have more than made up for those
lean years of scholastic skiving since.

My life has been different to that of my non KS peers, I never
understood that aggression from other boys at school when our bodies
changed at puberty but mine didn't, well, not in the same way, my
balls are about the same as they were when I was a child though
thankfully, my penis performs as it should. Interesting subject
Klinefelter's Gordon and you are right, we should discuss it.

I am 61 years old and live in the UK and was diagnosed 47 XXY back in
1978; there was scant interest in 'Men's' fertility problems here in
those day and I doubt it has changed except for the availability of
testosterone therapy but nobody has ever offered, or advised that my
testosterone levels should be checked, so I vary the dosage to suit
my varying personality.

Let's see if we can stimulate some common threads, well done Gordon.

John