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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Hi folks, I've skimmed the above but I would just like to say that I already eat a pretty good quantity of non-starchy fruits and vegetables. I am fortunate enough to live a block from a weekly farmers market and as a result I get 4-5 servings a day (not perfect but better than most) of...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
E2 will be part of the upcoming hormone panel. I have not done regular testosterone as I have generally had good success with HCG mono, though I am aware that eventually I will likely have to make the switch. Good point on the long-term meds issue, though as I need to take these medications I...- obesechess
- Post #7
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Thanks, I should have mentioned the following details - 1. I've been on the same dose of all meds other than the GLPs for at least five years now, so I don't think it's those. 2. I took a month off the GLPs and ate at maintenance during that time to rule out both "GLP Side Effects" and "Fatigue...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Bumping again. I've asked my urologist to order the above, but just for a laugh yesterday I took an iron supplement (25mg of chelated iron with breakfast). I had horrible gas pains about six hours later and don't think I've ever farted that much in my life, but felt significantly less run down...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Well, looks like my urologist's office forgot to order the lab work for my hormones today (which is fine, this was like fifteen minutes out of my day) so I'm going to call them on Monday and ask them if they're willing to order a full thyroid panel and an iron/ferritin screen. Anyone else have...- obesechess
- Post #2
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
I never updated this, sorry. Blood work and genetic testing with the holistic doc showed pronounced dysfunction in the expressions of leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, melanocytes, PPARG and PPARGC1A, Vitamin D receptors, estrogen receptors, and insulin receptors, as well as, oddly, genetic markers...- obesechess
- Post #12
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Pros & Cons of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
I mercifully have not had that issue. As I may have mentioned in other places, I kept 100lbs off for many years and then just got stuck. I tried absolutely everything, every possible diet, exercise routine, you name it, for years, and nothing worked. I was absolutely miserable. I finally got...- obesechess
- Post #7
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Experience with HCG from Reliable Rx?
for whatever reason, the consensus - which I happen to agree with from personal experience - seems to be that Pregnyl is just better than any other HCG. Other than that it's kind of a wash, I've used ZyHCG, Sifasi-HP, and I think Corion and they were all "fine."- obesechess
- Post #48
- Forum: Resources and Suppliers
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Warning for Men on TRT: Low Ferritin is Bad
Boy, I could not have seen this thread at a better time. Lots of low iron symptoms over the past few months (I am on HCG rather than TRT) and blood work showing high hematocrit and low MCHC. I'd been suspecting ferritin.- obesechess
- Post #229
- Forum: Testosterone Side Effect Management
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Extreme Fatigue With a Few Clues in Blood Work. What am I Missing?
Hi Folks, For the past two months or so I have been suffering from a number of odd symptoms, including extreme fatigue, brain fog, lack of motivation, shortness of breath, difficulty regulating my body temperature (sometimes very hot when cooking in an air-conditioned kitchen, or very cold...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Just as a sidebar, I had a check-up with my primary care doc yesterday for unrelated reasons - his thinking in looking at all of my labs, charts, etc from the past decade or so is that a GLP-1 is probably the move, especially given the fact that I haven't regained any weight from the last time I...- obesechess
- Post #11
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Thanks for the insights, y'all. I have taken @Guided_by_Voices' suggestion and booked an appointment with a well-regarded and highly-recommended holistic/functional medicine doctor in town who specializes in weight loss and hormone issues. I'd just like to make sure there isn't an underlying...- obesechess
- Post #10
- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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REALLY Struggling With Weight Loss: What Labs to Run?
Hi y'all, for a bit more of my background (optional) I have a thread here about being on HCG Monotherapy for many, many years: Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results and that'll go into some specific blood work. But here's the situation. I have kept 100lbs off for over a decade and cannot get the...- obesechess
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- fat loss
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- Forum: Weight Loss Options
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Howdy! Most recent bloods showed my Total T at 589ng/dL, which is a little bit low but it was at 11am and I did not sleep well at all the night before. E2 has also increased to 45pg/mL, which is higher than we'd like. We've put me back on a half mg of anastrozle per week and are going to...- obesechess
- Post #26
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Cheers, thanks! I've got blood work coming up in the next week or so and I'll try to remember to post my results. Anecdotally I still feel completely fine - I can still perform in the bedroom and I'm gaining muscle in the gym, no real issues there. One weird issue is my body fat distribution...- obesechess
- Post #25
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Kisspeptin-10 Instead of HCG?
Huh, I am completely unfamiliar with this. Down the rabbit hole I go, I guess?- obesechess
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- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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Is HCG still available?
oh yeah, I factored a month of shipping time into my decision, but it's now been six weeks and they're still in Germany. Completely unjustifiable system we have here. Why did the new cheap generic increase in price 1000% overnight? Because fuck you, that's why!- obesechess
- Post #53
- Forum: Testosterone Basics & Questions
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Kisspeptin-10 Instead of HCG?
Yes, secondary, thanks. And yeah, the only two things I can find about doing this are one guy who switched his HCG out for Kiss10 while already on test, but he posted on Reddit and hasn't responded to my threads or DMs, and one guy on T-Nation in 2022 who was taking 100mcg an hour and at that...- obesechess
- Post #3
- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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Is HCG still available?
Yeah, I've got six vials coming, just didn't think German customs would hold on to 'em for 3 weeks on their way to the States.- obesechess
- Post #51
- Forum: Testosterone Basics & Questions
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Kisspeptin-10 Instead of HCG?
Howdy y'all, As I've posted about in the past, I've been taking HCG Monotherapy for low T for about seven years now with good results - my last bloodwork had my total T at 707ng/dL with no change to my total weekly dosage since I started in 2017 (just tweaks to my dosing protocol)...- obesechess
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- hcg kisspeptin; neurotransmitters/peptides; fertility peptides
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- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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Is HCG still available?
Bumping this out of frustration. The Fresenius Kabi generic has bumped up to $475 for a single 10mL vial, so I'm back to ReliableRX just because I can't afford that right now and I've found UGL HCG to be wildly unreliable in quality and potency. Is Reliable still the move? My order just finally...- obesechess
- Post #47
- Forum: Testosterone Basics & Questions
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Improving, but there’s a lot of other stuff going on there - as a formerly obese person my metabolism is quite slow, up until recently I worked a very sedentary job, and I take other medications that can impact body composition. I’ve actually got better insurance now and have already booked...- obesechess
- Post #22
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
True! I meant it is higher than it historically has been for me and outside of the “normal” reference ranges for this lab, but you’re right, that context is important.- obesechess
- Post #20
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
Six month update. I made no changes to my protocol other than dosing 300iu daily as described above for the reasons outlined in the studies above. I mentioned I felt great and the numbers bear that out: Total T 707 e2 39 (a little high but proportionately fine and I’m having no side effects...- obesechess
- Post #18
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Is HCG still available?
Pregnyl has been out of stock/backordered at all of my local pharmacies for the last few months. I posted about this yesterday, but Rite Aid finally got me a generic HCG made by Fresenius Kabi, $199 for two 10mL vials, and my body seems to respond to it as well as as I've responded to Pregnyl...- obesechess
- Post #16
- Forum: Testosterone Basics & Questions
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HCG recommendations? Pregnyl vs Fresenius Kabi USA LLC generic
Howdy! Sharing a post I made in another thread. I still need blood work done to verify, but anecdotally I feel as good on the FK generic as I did on pregnyl, which is better than I’ve felt on any other generic.- obesechess
- Post #8
- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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All HCG is NOT the same. Your balls care. Part 2
Thanks, I’ll post in there too!- obesechess
- Post #25
- Forum: Testosterone Side Effect Management
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All HCG is NOT the same. Your balls care. Part 2
I recently switched pharmacies due to cost - for whatever reason, my local Rite Aid is able to get Pregnyl at a significantly cheaper price than Costco, about $107 a vial after a GoodRX coupon (it's up to $267 at Costco as of the time of this writing!). However, nobody has been able to get...- obesechess
- Post #23
- Forum: Testosterone Side Effect Management
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Something for focus and clear brain fog if not a candidate for TRT
"Brain fog" is a very nebulous set of symptoms - what is it, specifically, that you are noticing?- obesechess
- Post #13
- Forum: When TRT Is Not Enough (ED, Libido, & More)
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Long-Term HCG Monotherapy Results
This is all without consulting all the notes I took at the time of diagnosis so details may be wrong or spotty, but my recollection is that I am primary. I believe that my LH and FSH were always "normal" but on the low end of normal - not in a way that suggested anything wrong with the...- obesechess
- Post #15
- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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What tests to do after 6 weeks of HCG monotherapy?
I don't want to speak out of turn here, but in my non-professional opinion, you are doing too many things too quickly. You are 54 years old, on blood thinners, overweight, and don't exercise regularly. You got one blood test done, and two days later you ask for advice regarding it. @Systemlord ...- obesechess
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- Forum: Blood Test Discussion
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