I am now 13 weeks in to TRT. Started at 120mg weekly pinning MWF. I did 6 week labs on my own from DiscountedLabs (awesome) and had an HCT of 50 then.
So my doc said to donate whole blood, so I did. I also lowered my dose to 100-108 week. MWF.
I just did some 12 week labs and my Ferritin came back fairly low, and my iron is elevated, per below. NOTE: The results below were 48 hours after my pin, on a Wednesday morning, 8:30am.
IRON, TOTAL 208 H 50-180 mcg/dL
IRON BINDING CAPACITY 455 H 250-425 mcg/dL (calc)
% SATURATION 46 20-48 % (calc)
FERRITIN 20 L 38-380 ng/mL
HEMATOCRIT 50.9 H 38.5-50.0 % IG
SEX HORMONE BINDING IG GLOBULIN 31 10-50 nmol/L
TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL, MS 1068 250-1100 ng/dL
TESTOSTERONE, FREE 229.4 H 35.0-155.0 pg/mL
ESTRADIOL,ULTRASENSITIVE, LC/MS 55 H < OR = 29 pg/mL EZ
My Thoughts
1) I likely did not need to donate whole blood because just 6 weeks later, my HCT was EXACTLY the same. I am sure it was partly dehydration and partly the increase in test.
2) My pre-TRT HCT number was 47.
3) I think my dose is too high. I may need to reduce it or increase the frequency.
4) I really don't 'feel' better overall since I started.
5) I was thinking to keep the dose the same, but go to twice a week injections at 50mg to perhaps at least feel it a bit more but then retest at a trough of 3.5 days instead of 2 and see of that makes a difference.
Suggestions?
So my doc said to donate whole blood, so I did. I also lowered my dose to 100-108 week. MWF.
I just did some 12 week labs and my Ferritin came back fairly low, and my iron is elevated, per below. NOTE: The results below were 48 hours after my pin, on a Wednesday morning, 8:30am.
IRON, TOTAL 208 H 50-180 mcg/dL
IRON BINDING CAPACITY 455 H 250-425 mcg/dL (calc)
% SATURATION 46 20-48 % (calc)
FERRITIN 20 L 38-380 ng/mL
HEMATOCRIT 50.9 H 38.5-50.0 % IG
SEX HORMONE BINDING IG GLOBULIN 31 10-50 nmol/L
TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL, MS 1068 250-1100 ng/dL
TESTOSTERONE, FREE 229.4 H 35.0-155.0 pg/mL
ESTRADIOL,ULTRASENSITIVE, LC/MS 55 H < OR = 29 pg/mL EZ
My Thoughts
1) I likely did not need to donate whole blood because just 6 weeks later, my HCT was EXACTLY the same. I am sure it was partly dehydration and partly the increase in test.
2) My pre-TRT HCT number was 47.
3) I think my dose is too high. I may need to reduce it or increase the frequency.
4) I really don't 'feel' better overall since I started.
5) I was thinking to keep the dose the same, but go to twice a week injections at 50mg to perhaps at least feel it a bit more but then retest at a trough of 3.5 days instead of 2 and see of that makes a difference.
Suggestions?