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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
E2 will be part of the upcoming hormone panel. I have not done regular testosterone as I have generally had good success with HCG mono, though I am aware that eventually I will likely have to make the switch. Good point on the long-term meds issue, though as I need to take these medications I...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Thanks, I should have mentioned the following details - 1. I've been on the same dose of all meds other than the GLPs for at least five years now, so I don't think it's those. 2. I took a month off the GLPs and ate at maintenance during that time to rule out both "GLP Side Effects" and "Fatigue...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Bumping again. I've asked my urologist to order the above, but just for a laugh yesterday I took an iron supplement (25mg of chelated iron with breakfast). I had horrible gas pains about six hours later and don't think I've ever farted that much in my life, but felt significantly less run down...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Well, looks like my urologist's office forgot to order the lab work for my hormones today (which is fine, this was like fifteen minutes out of my day) so I'm going to call them on Monday and ask them if they're willing to order a full thyroid panel and an iron/ferritin screen. Anyone else have...- obesechess
- Post #2
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
I never updated this, sorry. Blood work and genetic testing with the holistic doc showed pronounced dysfunction in the expressions of leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, melanocytes, PPARG and PPARGC1A, Vitamin D receptors, estrogen receptors, and insulin receptors, as well as, oddly, genetic markers...- obesechess
- Post #12
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Pros & Cons of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
I mercifully have not had that issue. As I may have mentioned in other places, I kept 100lbs off for many years and then just got stuck. I tried absolutely everything, every possible diet, exercise routine, you name it, for years, and nothing worked. I was absolutely miserable. I finally got...- obesechess
- Post #7
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Experience with HCG from Reliable Rx?
for whatever reason, the consensus - which I happen to agree with from personal experience - seems to be that Pregnyl is just better than any other HCG. Other than that it's kind of a wash, I've used ZyHCG, Sifasi-HP, and I think Corion and they were all "fine."- obesechess
- Post #48
- Forum: Resources and Suppliers
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Warning for Men on TRT: Low Ferritin is Bad
Boy, I could not have seen this thread at a better time. Lots of low iron symptoms over the past few months (I am on HCG rather than TRT) and blood work showing high hematocrit and low MCHC. I'd been suspecting ferritin.- obesechess
- Post #229
- Forum: Testosterone Side Effect Management
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Hi Folks, For the past two months or so I have been suffering from a number of odd symptoms, including extreme fatigue, brain fog, lack of motivation, shortness of breath, difficulty regulating my body temperature (sometimes very hot when cooking in an air-conditioned kitchen, or very cold...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Just as a sidebar, I had a check-up with my primary care doc yesterday for unrelated reasons - his thinking in looking at all of my labs, charts, etc from the past decade or so is that a GLP-1 is probably the move, especially given the fact that I haven't regained any weight from the last time I...- obesechess
- Post #11
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Thanks for the insights, y'all. I have taken @Guided_by_Voices' suggestion and booked an appointment with a well-regarded and highly-recommended holistic/functional medicine doctor in town who specializes in weight loss and hormone issues. I'd just like to make sure there isn't an underlying...- obesechess
- Post #10
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Hi y'all, for a bit more of my background (optional) I have a thread here about being on HCG Monotherapy for many, many years: Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results and that'll go into some specific blood work. But here's the situation. I have kept 100lbs off for over a decade and cannot get the...- obesechess
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- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Howdy! Most recent bloods showed my Total T at 589ng/dL, which is a little bit low but it was at 11am and I did not sleep well at all the night before. E2 has also increased to 45pg/mL, which is higher than we'd like. We've put me back on a half mg of anastrozle per week and are going to...- obesechess
- Post #26
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Cheers, thanks! I've got blood work coming up in the next week or so and I'll try to remember to post my results. Anecdotally I still feel completely fine - I can still perform in the bedroom and I'm gaining muscle in the gym, no real issues there. One weird issue is my body fat distribution...- obesechess
- Post #25
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Kisspeptin-10 Instead of HCG?
Huh, I am completely unfamiliar with this. Down the rabbit hole I go, I guess?- obesechess
- Post #5
- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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