Recent content by Helboi

Hematocrit can normalize over time. Mine has gone from highs of 56 down to a steady 53 or so over the past 2 years. I was at 51 BEFORE I started TRT, because I live at high altitude (6500 feet). So I would say yes, it's possible it will normalize, but I can't say how likely it is.

When I mentioned to Dr. Saya that I had switched from shoulders to quads, and asked if that would make a difference on my blood work, he said it wouldn't.

Not that you asked me, but I thought I'd put in a word for a brand I've been using and am very happy with. They just came out with a stronger formulation too (250mg vs. 200mg per pill). It's from Smoky Mountain Naturals...

Smart, very smart. Empower is incredibly good, and they're even better now that they're in the new facilities.

Definitely ask for Empower. That's one reason I don't like Hallandale...I've tracked bottles from them and always ended up with fewer injections per bottle than even the pharmacist there agreed I should be getting. So now I ALWAYS request Empower. I'm tracking theirs too and so far I'm getting...

I've used many compounders via Defy, and much prefer Empower...they're amazing. A good second would be APS. But never Hallandale. Go for Empower, they're just the best all around and they're even better now that they're in their new facility. Can't go wrong with them.

I had a significant drop in mine, but I'd attribute it to a combo of diet, TRT and the high dose cinnamon supplement I take daily.

I'm pretty sure I didn't get that wrong. I'm not saying contamination isn't also a factor, but I'm positive there's an FDA issue with them issuing the exact same formulations of drugs already on the mass market. Maybe someone from Empower will chime in.

The big reason they're going with 5's is because Big Pharma already does 10's and in order to keep it legitimate with the FDA, compound pharmacies can't be offering the same things that are already available on the market.

Yep, I made that mistake and got sent a letter telling me because of some antibody that others MAY react to, I cannot donate. I hate to be all cynical, but I wondered if my talk about TRT got me blacklisted (which would be crazy, since I am the universal donor type.

I was asked by Dr. Saya to take 3-4gms of high quality fish oil as well, because of my high hematocrit.

I started in March 2015. Switched doctors a few times, all while tweaking my protocol with each one, then finally landed with Defy and Dr. Saya about a year later. It's taken some time to dial it in still, but I think I'm finally dialed in and I've been on this protocol for about 4 months now...

Awesome news, this should help us EOD injectors.

I'm an every other day injector, so the overfill is required to account for waste or I run short.

I would never let Hallandale refill my test script again. I ask for APS or anyone else. Hallandale underfills their bottles (all compound pharmacy's supposedly overfill their 10ml bottles of test by 1ml to make up for wastage, but I've tracked theirs closely and they do not).