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Yes, I both load and inject with the same needle. Amount is .25ml(50mg) m/w/f. Syringe is 1cc

I find that there is a lot of waste (test left in the needle) with the 25 guage needle and luer lock as compared with an insulin syringe. Otherwise it works just fine. It's what I used for the first few week of TRT. I have settled on the 27g 1/2in for fast enough loading and injecting...

Have you considered backing down the dose of your AI? Your E2 sensitive is only 27. Isn't penile lack of sensitivity usually an AI issue? Very easy to blame the high prolactin number but it might have nothing to do with your problem. Would it hurt to try taking 1/2 the AI dosage per week and...

+1 on the 27 guage 1/2in insulin syringe. Draw and inject with same needle. As said above, 10 or so seconds to fill and the same to inject. I rotate shoulders, middle or upper outer quad, ventro glute and upper outer glute. Need some variety when injecting 3x/wk.

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Last thing just for a reference, I am 7 weeks in to TRT, started at 150mg/wk split m/w/f (shbg=22), HCG-300iu 3x/wk, no AI. I haven't gotten labs yet (due in a few weeks or so) but it is going very well so far. Moderate increase in muscle and strength (I lift weights 3x/wk). More motivation...

Also as far as HCG, common dosing seems to be 750-1000iu/wk. So 500 2x per week or 250 or 300 3x per week something like that.

Much has been said here and I agree with almost all of it. I think with the level of total test that you have after 2 months, you definitely need a dose increase. I don't think splitting the 100mg into 3-4 shots a week is going to bring you to 7-800+ Now, almost doubling it I think is not...

I had one at age 35. Very easy, very little pain. Done in surgical room in a doctors office. No problems if you follow the recovery instructions, rest, ice or peas as someone said. And don't lift anything heavy for a while. I would imagine that the problems mostly come from guys not...

Which makes me wonder if there would be a way to use clomid (instead of HCG) in guys with low shbg to raise it and make them feel better. But not sure of the longer term effect on bloodwork/estradiol. Now before anyone tells me that clomid doesn't work like HCG and its normal function is...

Vestpocket, I would disagree with one of your assertions. Clomid definitely does or at least can increase SHGB. I personally run at a low to mid 20's normal SHBG, however after 5-6 months of clomid, my labs came back SHBG 49. Fast forward, stopped clomid for 6 months, got labs before starting...

From the research that I have done on SARMS and Lgd-4033 itself, as you thought, at 6 weeks your own natural testosterone production was impaired/shutdown. Now that you are on TRT, you would not have that problem. With that said, I believe that you should just use the TRT for now to see where...

IMO, anything less than 80-100mg at least 1x per week is doomed to fail, which has been said above. Even if the doctor doubled your dosage to 100mg every 2 weeks it would still fail. I would ask for 100mg/wk and if he says no then go to a new doctor. This is if you are trying to keep it...

This doesn't make sense to me. I agree with CW that there is no reason to continue the T and then start Clomid later. If you are going to do this you should stop t now, wait a week or two then start the Clomid. The Clomid will most likely not be effective until some of the residual t is out...

OK, interesting. Yes, I would ask him to increase your dose to 120mg tomorrow. Is the dose once per week? My comment on insurance was just related to the fact that many of the top doctors for TRT don't take insurance. With that said, you have a doctor that is giving you injectable...

What is your protocol? What type of testosterone (gel, cream, injection), what dosage, any other supporting drugs like HCG or an AI? If you have been on for 4 months and your TT is 384, my first thought is that your dosage is too low. I will guess that you are on Androgel or something similar...

Grapple, I do the low bar squat and the traditional deadlift. I learned technique and programming through Mark Rippetoe of Starting Strength. He has lots of free videos available. I did not do his exact program as I need more recovery time than he suggests. I basically lift using sets 3 sets...

I had a slipped disk a number of years ago, went to PT and did the usual PT exercises. It got better but never great. Over the next few years, at times, I would always get the feeling that it was about to go out. Finally I trusted in someone who convinced me that my back was fine, it was just...

trtnoob, that is almost definitely not the sensitive Estradiol test. You should request the sensitive next time to get a more accurate picture. If I had to take a wild guess and that's what it would be, I would suspect your sensitive test would be in the low to mid 30's which for many works...

cja, thanks for clarifying. I agree with you that it is better to change the protocol in order to reduce dependence or dosage of one of the elements (drugs/hormones) rather than adding more. I will have my follow up at Defy in two months and my first blood work while on trt. I have already...

cja, I am on an identical protocol as your new one minus the ai and dim. The first thing I noticed is no one asked how you feel on your current (previous) protocol. And also whether you were having E2 side effects or just a moderately high number. Now I first want to say that many guys on...

Yeah, as a lower SHBG guy (22) as well I thought it left a lot of things out as far as what the protocol would do. Also their reasoning ignores the build up of t levels over time and also the spike in Estradiol that would come with a large dose at one time. But really I just posted this...

http://www.center4menshealth.com/PDFs/Myth_2.pdf Delivered with arrogance!

I too am a recent patient at Defy with Dr Calkins. I agree with the other guys that you should do as he says for now as far as HCG dosage/frequency etc. He recommended a small bit of Anastrazole to me, I think .125, 3x/wk, but I asked if I could wait until my first follow up. He was fine with...

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Ok slow down for a second. The estradiol sensitive test is $48 through Nelsons dicountedlabs.com click lab tests at the top of the main forum page. I didn't say to stop putting the gel on the scrotum, just to test DHT to make sure that it is not too high and causing some of the anxiety and...

Retro, welcome to Excel. The three things that I notice from reading you post and just about every post on this site over the last 4 months is that you added the gel to your scrotum which raises DHT significantly most likely causing the very high libido. But with DHT high I'm not sure how it...

Thanks madman, I didn't think it would matter much but see that most people stick with one or the other. I feel like as long as I consistently go back and forth every other injection, things should be stable. Although since I haven't even started, who knows how I'll feel once I start trying...

Vince, in another thread you mentioned trying ventro glut. Is that IM with a 1/2in or SQ?

johnt, 30g 1/2in SQ for HCG and 25g 5/8 IM for test cyp, but doc said that I could inject the test SQ if I prefer

I am starting Testosterone therapy with Defy next week. Was given the option of IM or SQ. Protocal is M/W/F, T cyp and HCG. Was wondering if alternating the cyp IM and SQ each time for variety would work as well as sticking with just one? Does anyone do this? If so, any problems?