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Following this post so I can sign the petition.

I think there is something about exogenous hormones that makes the body do something different than innate ones. For instance. Before starting TRT, my E2 measured out at 16 pg/ml (this was the non-sensitive measure to boot) and my bones and joints never ached. On TRT, if my E2 gets that low...

The video sounds interesting. Can you post a link to it?

Why is E cream a terrible idea?

Your free T is nearly 2x the high end of normal range. Many guys struggle with T levels that are too high. You could be one of them. For some guys even being at the top of the normal range is too much. I can tell you from experience that I would feel horrible at your levels. I need to be...

@Systemlord The protonix problem is another great reason to go ultra low carb. Without the carbs most, if not all, of your GERD will go away. AS well, on low carb, your blood sugar will normalize quite quickly without needing to take the diabetes meds. Those proton pump inhibitors are nasty...

I have followed your story. Your body certainly wants to throw some challenges your way. I wish you the best of luck. Losing weight can be very difficult. IF you run into problems losing it on the balanced diet, I would try a very low carb, even ketogenic diet. Lots of people are having...

Seems to me that you don't tolerate TRT very well. Your only choice seems to be to get your diabetes under control with a low carb diet and/or the diabetes meds. High blood sugar will absolutely fry your bodily tissues and shorten your life span and health span. You simply must get that...

What diabetes medicine is it?

I don't understand the professor's thinking. I would think that cardio workouts would require more blood pumping than weights and thus wear the heart out more. On a hard run, my heart rate gets up to 150 and higher for minutes at a time. I rarely get that much heart activity when lifting.

Yep. That's pretty high. The calcium scan is a phenomenal tool. So many people who have perfect cholesterol scores and lean, well muscled bodies turn out to have significant calcium buildup and are well on their way to a heart attack without knowing it. And the doctors look at their...

If you don't mind sharing, what was your CAC score?

I prefer using old school disposable 2 blade razors. 5 of them cost me $1 at a dollar store. The 2 blade ones don't snag my sack as easily as the 5 blade.

Amen to that

Scrotum and forearms.

I would bring this up w/ Dr. Rotman, assuming he is your TRT doctor.

I use Hallendale typically, but I have used APS in the past. They were good quality for me.

Is 5 hours after your application the recommended time to have labs drawn? Since I always have to do my labs fasted, I usually don't apply any cream before having labs drawn.

NOW Foods is good/affordable.

much cleaner look. I like it!

I bought a bottle of this stuff a while back. I did notice a mild improvement in focus and mood for a few hours after each dose. I did not experience lower stress, reduced anxiety, or better libido. The more I used it, the less benefit I got. Seems like there might be a buildup of tolerance...

Let us know what comes out of the thyroid discussions w/ your doctor. You have a super interesting case that we can all learn from.

LDL is weak sauce for predicting CVD. In fact, in women older than 60, the higher your LDL the longer you live. High HDL, low triglycerides and insulin sensitivity are way way more important in predicting CVD risk.

Mercola is not everyone's cup of tea. But he is early and right on a lot of issues that mainstream medicine would prefer to sweep under the rug. I would trust him over any mainstream medical society, the AMA, the American Heart Assoc, the American Diabetes Assoc. They are all bought and paid...

Can you include a link to the specific product you are using?

Just a word about using cream and the transference issue. You would not have any problems concerning transference if you use compounded cream. The amount of product you use is tiny and it absorbs very quickly. It would be difficult to transfer anything from the creams, even if you were trying...

I am on both cream and injections. I still can't tolerate using cream once a day. As for MPB, I do have a receding hairline but the top of my head is still covered in hair. Adding cypionate nor the cream made any difference in my hair.

Ideally to most closely approximate natural T diurnal cycles, we would use the cream once per day. But I have found that once a day is intolerable. The huge blast in the morning leaves me feeling very overmedicated. Then at night my joints would sometimes ache. Twice a day alleviates both of...

No need for AI. I don't aromatize very much and have to keep my T levels quite high in order to keep my sensitive E2 above 20.

Right. The high protein would be my guess. You could test it by cranking up the amount of fat you eat while lowering the protein and seeing what happens.

How many grams of protein is this 35%? What I have personally found is that the more protein I eat above 150g, the higher my fasting BG is. Even if I finish eating by 5PM, if I eat say 200g-250g protein, my waking glucose will be over 100+. And this is holding my carbs to under 50g. I have...