My blood pressure hovers around 134/88 for me this is normal if it gets any higher I know something is going on however when I go to donate blood or any doctors offices my pressure goes up around 170/100 easily. (anything over 180/100+ I go to ER been there twice they test find nothing.)
As for...
No I don't consider myself a diabetic I don't take insulin or metformin neither have I been diagnosed as one yet.
My A1C
09/2017 5.6
11/2019 5.6
6/2020 5.7
12/20 5.7
I'm reducing my carb intake substantially and increasing more healthy fats. I had a full cardiac workup in 2017 it was pretty...
Is prescription fish oil containing EPA/DHA really that bad? I had a heart scan (CAC) and came back high at 850. Doc wants me on Lisinopril and Atorvastatin my latest blood work shows Total Cholesterol 213, Triglycerides 98, LDL 157, HDL 35, glucose 90. I weigh 184 lbs. 5'10 at 57 years old. My...
I have experienced poor sleep as well and started taking this form of magnesium and it has improved so much that I don't wake up in the middle of the night anymore. Follow the instructions that come with it. I take it right before I go to bed. Hope it helps...
Do you like almond butter almond milk and honey?
Try blending 1/2 cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk (blue diamond) , 2 hefty tbs. almond butter, 1 Tbs of honey and eight to ten ice cubes mine are half circle. I'm pretty much hooked now and this is with the Now whey protein isolate natural...
Assuming that your E2 was the sensitive assay I would take .50 ai initially then take .25 ai every 5 days and retest in 6 weeks or so to determine if dose is appropriate. As stated this ai is very strong and works pretty fast as well and 52.9 is not that high. I was in the same boat E2 was 52...
Symptoms that are occurring:
-Sweating & Night sweats
In the meantime I would up my dose to 40 mgs E3D and see if symptoms improve over time. When my T is low and my E2 is low I get the same symptoms especially in the middle of the night.
Vince,
How are you able to maintain your E2 levels in the ranges you posted even when you are dosing 80 and 90 mgs of T twice a week?
Estradiol, Sensitive 28.2 pg/mL 8.0 - 35.0
Estradiol, sensitive 27.3 pg/mL 8.0-35.0
I had chronic elbow pain that wouldn't go away until I had several Hybresis Treatments from an osteopathic doctor. That plus some TRT laying of it and doing only side to side stretching exercises where you place your arm out in front of you as if you were directing someone to stop palm facing...
Thanks for the link I found the information helpful as I had never heard of tertiary hypogonadism only primary and secondary. You have a progressive doctor that's very important in fact I believe that is the most important link to good health and successful medical treatment.
My Endo checked my LH & FSH once in two years and they came back at FSH <0.7 and LH at <0.2 and was unnecessary I was already suppressed because he knew I had been prescribed T by my GP (which he never checked my FSH & LH) before putting me on T. He then discharged me as a patient after I...
Thank you for your input you seem to know more about my condition than my endocrinologist and I very much like your suggestions It's been 29 days since my last T shot and have been on hcg only for the past 24 days which has been sustaining me to some extent because as soon as I stop taking it a...