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These are the result of before and after. Did 4/5 days of 50mg 3x/daily: Ferritin 11->41 (Range 38-380) Hematocrit 43.4->48 (Range 38.5-50) Hemoglobin 14.6->15.8(Range 13.2-17.1) I guess I shall stop taking the iron.

you may want to analyze what do you eat. Do you eat anything new that causes GERD? Do you have asthma symptoms ?

Most research is showing soft plaque is more dangerous than hardened-calcium plaque. CAC is counting the calcium in the plaque. Basically, these differences don't really matter because if it ruptures it might cause an MI. Again statin is only one long-term prevention to slow down the plaque...

Yes I felt better too with the protocol, although it's only using Kirkman's 50mg x3. But sleep still needs improvement. I'm not sure what to do after day 4/5 though. Shall I take this daily ?

The way I understand it, lets say you have the following in the CAC report: LAD-20 RCA-200 LCX-0 Now lets say you have stent in the RCA, you can still do the CAC but the number in RCA will be meaningless ; while the value for LAD and LCX can still be counted and useful. However good...

You're very lucky you got stent prior to the event. I have same experience with you. The libido increase after stenting as blood flow nicely. I just need to watch this hematocrit and TRT not to get too naughty. The only thing that I regret is I wish I can control my dietary routine when I was...

What's your BP prior to daily Cialis. I'm on the same dosage daily and felt no impact. For the hamstring issue, just use cupper/myofascial release/massage to release the tightness. For headache just use any med. that reduce headaches. Cialis is supposed to reduce BP a bit. I got more headaches...

I agree with CAC suggestion. If the score is above 50 and if the plaque is in the LAD or multivessel,better hurry with statin and aspirin. But if CAC is zero then you can skip the statin. In case CAC is higher than 100, ask doc. if they're willing to do more stronger anti-platelet agent or...

I tried a different anti-platelet agents from Clopidogrel, Ticagrelol and finally switched to Prasugrel. With clopidogrel my DNA test , it doesn't metabolize the drug properly,Ticagrel causes dyspnea/main side effect, finally Prasugrel (Japan made) works for me maybe because I'm asian. Blood is...

right, the one that raises glucose, impacting muscle and memory in the study is high dosage to the older men. There's the study also which statin that has less side effect but I kinda forget which one. Of course one needs to find an individual dosage that works for them.

is there a study between B12 and libido/sexual function ? What I can really feel is when I play soccer, there's a subtle difference when sprinting with B12 before and without B12. It's more stamina to me but TRT is also increased stamina. Prior to TRT I'm on regular B12, but the effect of B12...

I am on statin low dose. Combined with zetia/Ezetimibe my LDL-C is only 39. Although cholesterol is just one issue of heart disease it's the main issue. The theory that I got is if your HDL is greater than 2x of LDL-C. You're good enough. Good thing about statin is it will reduce your CRP...

Yes I've read your explanation yesterday. It's quite impressive and straight to the point. One thing that you're very right is the CPAP part. The CPAP reduces hypoxia chance during sleep hence the HT is staying lower. Also for people in reduced EF due to HF, the CPAP can increase the EF functions.

I'll follow your protocol, so basically 60mg (about 3 pills of 25mg) 3x a day in 3 days. What next after that ?

Just regular donation. Prior to TRT I was under impression that the borderline HCT is 50 so when reaching almost 49 I'm a bit panicked and did a whole blood donation at Stanford. I don't know before that TRT may reduce/under-regulate Ferritin. My baseline was 39-41. The root cause is pretty...

I'm also tired of doctor that wants you to be the living sick or ED-castrated-like individual so they can give you more SSRI or Xanax. It's endless frustration with many doctors especially PCP. Even for dietary they ask folks to eat grains.......in 2021.

You guys all have the right idea. When I did blood donation, I don't know Nigel/Excel Male exists. Lesson learned!

OMG this thread is so powerful. I was having very good energy with TRT but after blood donation (I'm scared of 48 HCT) suddenly I feel fatigued and can't perform like before. My ferritin is 12 as of yesterday. Also, I'm eating a lot of eggs every day,, never before I knew it causes iron...

I used B12 super cream (vita sciences) bought at amazon. Use 3 full pump. Not clear what's the equivalent dosage but literally much better absorption (can feel it) rather than capsule or pills.

Just another tip, most MI frequently occurred in the morning hours especially in fall/winter sessions when the temperature drops. So one might want to reduce activity during this combination. The reason is simple actually, the platelet is aggregate and sticky more in the morning. For this very...

What's ND ? I have been 6 months on TRT and measuring my body fat loss thru DEXA. I'm also pretty active with HIIT and other sports. 46 years old. The rate of percentage body loss that I've experience is about 0.8-1.0 percent every 5 weeks. This is with 140-150 per week Cypionate (twice a week)...

In my case, B12 seems helping on stamina. I use a B12 cream though. I'm feeling very very fresh during the day.

I took daily Cialis 5-10mg, at the beginning I feel headache and flushing but no more. If I took Viagra medium-dose I feel the headache more. To reduce the headache from any PDE5i I just took Feverfew/Butterbew in Amazon and/or Genius-Joy product. Any Gaba/L-Theanine can help as well. I got...

why not taking daily Cialis or L-Arginine ? it works for me.

I agree not to follow someone else diet. You may want to do trial and error by yourself. I'm on low carb forever because just eating a little bit of carbs makes my insulin goes up (tested via CGM) and weight increase. I actually can feel it if I'm eating processed carb, my weight increases...

Have you talk to cardiologist and run some treadmill test ? Doctor will give you the statin anyway with non-zero CAC. I think it's best to talk to the cardiologist rather than too many supplements that may not help that much. My issue with the CAC is all plaque occurred in RDA, hence one artery...

rosuva+ezetimibe my LDL is 38-40 rosuva only LDL-C 75-82

Nope, stable at 51.

I was able to reduce 80lbs of weight in 2017, all inflammation marker went down significantly. Added little bit of rosuva and these LDL-C almost goes to zero haha, first time in my life I can make HDL > LDL-C (weightlifting only increases HDL level by 25%)... I believe there's huge correlation...

do lot of cold baths and uphill hiking to reduce insulin/hg51ac. Reduce belly fat to reduce inflammation forever, and increase muscle. .

If you can check your visceral fat level and body fat/muscle ratio thru DEXA scan, it may help from there....all this inflammation that comes from belly fat needs to be addressed, I myself did all the instruction plus a low dosage of rosuva.