Recent content by straight30weight

It's disappointing really. I pay good money for insurance and the doctors get paid well to know wtf they're talking about. In my lifetime I've spoken with 4 local “doctors” regarding testosterone, and all 4 were clueless. Not one paid any attention to the free test portion of the bloodwork and...

Labs are covered by insurance, yes. However there are no quest diagnostics labs locally. NY is weird about blood testing. The reason I switched originally was because the cost was far less and I assumed (my bad) that a local doctor would be knowledgeable about such things. Looks like I’m quite...

I was with defy for a year or more? I don’t recall exactly but it was at least a year. I started trt with them because of their reputation and they didn’t disappoint. The ed has been there at least 6 months, my insurance wouldn’t cover that so I deal with that on my own. Right now I feel like...

My insurance covers everything except my $15 per month prescription cost. I havent paid for any bloods since I switched, I think I’ve got $20 spent on one office visit a year ago. Since my current provider pays next to zero attention to me and my concerns, I can up the dose to what it was and...

Ah, I just looked and you’re right. It’s not the sensitive. That’s the next problem with these people, they don’t even know what tests are right.

Not sure how this turned into a money debate, but since it has, it currently costs me $15 a month. That’s it. Through defy it was about $45 a month. Twice a year there’s bloodwork which was like $300 or so and a consultation at $60. So yeah it’s more. That’s not really what it’s about. I...

Perhaps my estradiol is low. When my dose was higher, my estradiol was higher, closer to the upper end. I had no issues.

So here’s something even crazier. I’m obviously not at all happy with this doctor. So I made an appt with another about a month or so ago. A male doctor. I go and in walks a young woman. She says dr so and so was too busy so I’d be seeing her. I explain my issues, how I started trt with a total...

It’s been about a year since I was with defy but the protocol was 70mg, every 3.5 days. That kept my free t above the midrange, but my total was over the high range. I felt so much better. I do self inject at home.

That being said, I don’t feel nearly as good as I did when I was with defy. I’m only on test, no hcg, ai or anything. I’ve also developed ed since my dose change, I now use cialis daily.

I’ve had thyroid checked several times, always comes out great. My estradiol is listed above.

I haven’t had bloodwork in about 9 months , so I asked my “doctor” (I use that term loosely) to do some. She ordered test, estradiol, shbg, CBC, and psa. My total test is 768 (249-836 range), but free test is 82 (47-244 range). Shbg is 90 (10-80 range). My guess is the high shbg is stealing my...

So something crazy happened this morning, I got a call from Melissa at defy. She seen this post and and called to help me. I freely admit that I'm an idiot and she was very helpful. I definitely feel I made the right choice going with defy and I wish I didnt go all rogue and try to handle this...

I appreciate the help guys. Tomorrow morning I'll call. Honestly the way it seemed was that you start treatment, in 90 days you have bloods. After that you have an appt. That's where I'm at now. I guess I didn't realize (in hind site it seems dumb to think this way) that if I wasn't feeling...

Is it worth staying off the ai for a bit in hopes that it rebounds? My appt with defy isn't until the 23rd, I'd like to at least start to get back on track sooner than that. The worst part was having my old self back for a few weeks, then losing it!