I had to fight tooth and nail with my doctor to even get my levels evaluated---it ended up with me drawing my own blood, sending it to a lab, and me taking him the results. At which point he became very cooperative, but there were still many hoops including repeating the blood work to verify levels and the MRI. We've had a couple of long conversations about HRT. I really like and respect my endocrinologist and I think he's a competent physician---shit, he's put up with me as a patient, that says alot, because if there is a way to rip him apart with what he's doing with my hormones, I will do it.
Its just the way he presented things makes me wonder about some of the internet sources and what not.
Luckily, I have found a great sport medicine doctor that "gets it". He has treated pro bodybuilders, college athletes, pro football, etc and has seen it all. IFBB pro JJ Marsh refereed me to him a while ago.
Just refreshing to be able to carry a conversation with a doctor that understands the importance of HRT rather than just try to give me an anti depressant. He follows a similar protocol to your doctor and I tell him everything I am doing so he can keep tabs on me to make sure I am ok. He started me on the creme, then shots, then I took it into my own hands. What I like best, is he does not talk down to me or make me feel like I am a loser for using. So many doctors that do not get it seem to belittle their patient and that pisses me off!