Recent content by zillapod

THanks! I've got an appt in two weeks with a new primary care Dr. i found that specifically lists "primary care with special interests in men’s health, testosterone replacement therapies" on his bio so I'm hoping he'll either prescribe himself or be willing to work with me as my local primary...

THank you prouser for the feedback/warnings on Total T!! Maybe I'll talk to someone at Defy and just get a feel for everything with them. I guess I'd wonder why pay the $300 per month if there is no real fine tuning of treatment with Total T, when Defy would be what looks like half the price...

Any suggestions on where else to go? Is Defy the only option to actually get sound treatment? Both clinics I went to have a blanket starting protocol including either HCG or AI, are expensive, and of course no traditional MD will prescribe. Is Defy going to be that much better than the local...

Thanks all. I did find a clinic that I like, and the provider was listed in this forum's "Dr's who prescribe TRT list" so she seemed knowledgeable. Expensive ($300/month) but seemed to be the most experienced provider in the San Diego, CA area. She actually recommended NOT including HCG right...

I guess overall for worst case then, eliminating the 6 month time frame. Say after several years of TRT, you wanted to stop for some reason (cost, other health issues, not working, whatever the case may be). I'm having a hard time finding out what the possible permanent implications are from...

I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of TRT, and I'm curious of any possible long term or permanent implications of a 6 month trial with TRT? It seems like 6 months is a good timeframe to assess what positive results may be experienced with TRT, but if I'm feeling nothing I'd probably just get...

Got the Free T result, this time it was 92 (scale 47-244), so up a decent amount from the previous 61, but not sure if that would still be considered borderline low? No SHGB result on this round of tests and they did not test Estradiol. Sean Mosher suggested posting the other results, which...

As the title says, I've had 4 testosterone tests since August: 372 - 8am, fasting (traditional Dr's office lab) range is: 280-800 282 - 9am, not fasting (TRT clinic) range is: 201-993 220 - 9am, not fasting (TRT clinic) range is: 201-993 542 - 7am, fasting (different Dr's office lab from first...

So I finally got the endo to run the FSH and LH tests, and re-do T test as well: FSH - 10.9 (range 1.4-18.1) LH - 2.6 (no range given) Total T - 542ng/dL (range 240-870) Big curveball, as previous total test was at 372, then 282, then 220, and now 542? What the heck? The 372 and 542 were...

Followup re-test at the TRT clinic today - 220 total T. Got to meet with the provider/prescriber who is a nurse practitioner. I'm a little hesitant and said no to starting today because: - They make you come in to inject every week if covered by insurance, but allow home injection on cash pay...

I've recently been considering TRT because of my low blood test results at age 40 (372 and 282), but in a month of scouring the internet, reading this forum, reading blogs, etc., it seems like a majority of TRT users experience ultimately ends up in some way negative for whatever reason? The...

Hopefully they check those things at this TRT clinic. It's tough to tell because they need two blood tests under 300 to see confirm insurance coverage, so I did the first one and got the total T result but nothing else, so I don't even know what all they test for. I will repeat the test again...

Thanks so much! Below is additional bloodwork my primary Dr. ran initially, all of which she again said was in the normal ranges. Does this list cover everything other than prolactin and estradiol? Also should I be concerned if they don't suggest a rectal exam for prostate? I've never had that...

Hi All, 40 yr old new member here. After experiencing symptoms over the last decade or so (fatigue, brain fog, reduced libido and erection quality more recently) my primary care Dr. ran a bloodwork panel including Testosterone, which was done at 9am and fasting. Testosterone results were...