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Yesterday I had my new-patient consult with Dr Calkins of Defy Medical. Man, Defy is great and Dr Calkins was awesome. He took the time to answer all of my questions and I felt like he actually wanted to help me get healthy again. He called about 15 minutes late because he was late with his previous patient, but he still didn’t seem rushed and made up the time so I got my full hour.
I’ll post my latest bloods below. The only thing that needs to be noted is that the levels are not as accurate in these bloods because I made a poor decision and tried the SARM Ostarine for a little less than a month, and I stopped taking it the day before the blood test below. This caused some issues with my results, like my SHBG and HDL being much lower than normal, and my triglycerides being higher than normal.
My SHBG was at 7 this time, but my previous two tests the last two months showed it at 23 and 31. That’s low, but not nearly a single digit low. Ostarine is well known to lower SHBG and HDL. My HDL has been right in the middle of healthy for years now, including my physical three months ago. My triglycerides were a wee bit high, but it’s never been close to high before Ostarine. All in all, Ostarine was a mistake and bad idea on my part.
My previous results showed my SHBG at 23, and my TT at 76 (280-1,100) and my FT at 1.68 (1.9-27).
Dr Calkins listened to this when I told him on our call, and he took this info into account when creating a plan for me. So here is that plan:
150mg test cypionate weekly, divided into 50mg M-W-F.
1,050iu HCG is weekly at 350iu M-W-F.
.125 anastrozole M-W-F.
Then he’s got me taking 25-50mg DHEA before bed nightly. Also 5,000iu vitamin D, and 3-4,000 omega 3.
I like the idea of splitting the dose to M-W-F because of my naturally low SHBG. From my “research” this seems to be an ideal protocol. The HCG is because I’m 29 without children and wanted to leave open the option for a later time, even though we don’t want kids now.
I do have some results that aren’t pictured below, but the Dr did see them in the consultation:
LH 2.7 range of 1.7-8.6
FSH 3.5 range of 1.5-12.4
Estradiol 16.7 range of 11.3-43.2
Prolactin 7.7 range of 4.1-18.4
TSH 2.63 range of 0.27-4.2
My thyroid is a bit off so we are going to test the T3 in 3 months to see if the TRT helps.
I’ve ordered all of the stuff and paid to get it express, so hopefully by early to mid next week I can begin. I’m pretty excited and I know it can take some time to see reliable, consistent results. I have a lot of faith that Defy and Dr Calkins are with me and we are going to get me back on track. They couldn’t have been better to work with throughout this entire process.
Yesterday I had my new-patient consult with Dr Calkins of Defy Medical. Man, Defy is great and Dr Calkins was awesome. He took the time to answer all of my questions and I felt like he actually wanted to help me get healthy again. He called about 15 minutes late because he was late with his previous patient, but he still didn’t seem rushed and made up the time so I got my full hour.
I’ll post my latest bloods below. The only thing that needs to be noted is that the levels are not as accurate in these bloods because I made a poor decision and tried the SARM Ostarine for a little less than a month, and I stopped taking it the day before the blood test below. This caused some issues with my results, like my SHBG and HDL being much lower than normal, and my triglycerides being higher than normal.
My SHBG was at 7 this time, but my previous two tests the last two months showed it at 23 and 31. That’s low, but not nearly a single digit low. Ostarine is well known to lower SHBG and HDL. My HDL has been right in the middle of healthy for years now, including my physical three months ago. My triglycerides were a wee bit high, but it’s never been close to high before Ostarine. All in all, Ostarine was a mistake and bad idea on my part.
My previous results showed my SHBG at 23, and my TT at 76 (280-1,100) and my FT at 1.68 (1.9-27).
Dr Calkins listened to this when I told him on our call, and he took this info into account when creating a plan for me. So here is that plan:
150mg test cypionate weekly, divided into 50mg M-W-F.
1,050iu HCG is weekly at 350iu M-W-F.
.125 anastrozole M-W-F.
Then he’s got me taking 25-50mg DHEA before bed nightly. Also 5,000iu vitamin D, and 3-4,000 omega 3.
I like the idea of splitting the dose to M-W-F because of my naturally low SHBG. From my “research” this seems to be an ideal protocol. The HCG is because I’m 29 without children and wanted to leave open the option for a later time, even though we don’t want kids now.
I do have some results that aren’t pictured below, but the Dr did see them in the consultation:
LH 2.7 range of 1.7-8.6
FSH 3.5 range of 1.5-12.4
Estradiol 16.7 range of 11.3-43.2
Prolactin 7.7 range of 4.1-18.4
TSH 2.63 range of 0.27-4.2
My thyroid is a bit off so we are going to test the T3 in 3 months to see if the TRT helps.
I’ve ordered all of the stuff and paid to get it express, so hopefully by early to mid next week I can begin. I’m pretty excited and I know it can take some time to see reliable, consistent results. I have a lot of faith that Defy and Dr Calkins are with me and we are going to get me back on track. They couldn’t have been better to work with throughout this entire process.
