Recent content by wemmington

My SHBG is usually between 12 and 18, and I’ve always had the impression that I should almost ignore the free testosterone and just focus on the total, but I’m starting to wonder if I have it backward. I want a reasonable amount of testosterone for someone my age or just a little bit better, and...

I can find tons of info on the effects of exercise and weight lifting on T levels with those that aren't on TRT but nothing on those that are. I assume that since we are on TRT, exercise will have a very different result after training. Do exercise and weight lifting use our testosterone, so...

I might be having some trouble getting things dialed in on daily injections, and I very much want to find out what my peak is. Does anyone have any idea about how long after injection to get labs done for peak? I think I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that five hours would be peak...

So I had a CBC on Tuesday and didn’t think I was dehydrated, but my veins didn’t really show up very well so maybe I was and my hematocrit was 49.1. I decided to retest on Thursday and make sure I was hydrated and it came back at 44. My question is does anybody know how accurate the quest lab...

I think I’m gonna go back to Defy. I just need to get labs back and my doctor to complete the physical form and I can schedule an appointment with Dr. Saya

Here are my thyroid and iron labs I got yesterday.

So I got another message back from the endocrinologist, and he says he doesn’t want me to take any iron supplements at all since this will raise my hematocrit. My hematocrit is currently 46.2, so I feel like I’ve got a little room to go up there and supplement with iron for a little bit but I...

So I just got a message back from the nurse who talked to my endocrinologist and he wasn’t helpful at all. All he replied with was this is to be expected when donating blood and if I supplement with iron it will increase my hemoglobin. I told the nurse yes I know all this but I’m miserable so...

You’re absolutely right and that’s what makes all the tough is knowing what the side effects from the medication are versus low iron versus the change in the testosterone. It’s been really hard to sort out but still feeling really miserable having the chest pain and severe anxiety and a bunch of...

I will get a full iron panel ASAP. Thanks

Are there any other labs that anyone recommends? Is the any pointing gettin the iron lab or is ferritin sufficient? I am going to get B vitamin,full thyroid,and vitamin D.

So yeah, my testosterone was high, and that gave me high hematocrit and then donated blood twice in two weeks which obviously dropped my iron quite a bit at the same time between dieting till now I’ve cut out white rice and sweet potato and swap them out for whole-grain bread and eating a lot of...

Good call checking iron. What should I do?

All these feelings were there before I started the medication, and I can’t say for sure that they’re not causing some of the problems now, but that’s what I hate about medication is how can one really know what’s going on when you’re taking multiple things. I hope to get off all of those...

They tested TSH when I was in the hospital for chest pain about a month ago.