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Oh 60mg/week. Yes my low E2 theory makes a lot of sense then. That's a super low dose and men get their E2 from testosterone. You may not be providing your body enough testosterone to make E2 from. @Gman86 is saying the same thing. Let us know what your labs say. BTW, I hope your doctor...

Hi Nelson. I'm not seeing how I can download your book for free. The Amazon link takes you to a page where I can buy it on paperback for $55, but I don't see anywhere to download the book

I have the option of using Hallendale or Empower pharmacies. Can you try another one or is Empower your only option? I would also talk to your provider at Defy. They can sometimes make accommodations for you so that get more product. They did so for me

What is your E2 level like? When my E2 gets too low, I notice pain in my knees, fingers and thumb pads. I have to use a lot of testosterone to get my E2 up to 20. Once above 20 those aches go away

I tell ya mate. You've got quite the health journey going on here. I've read most of your posts and I'm pretty amazed at all of the different levers you have had to try to manipulate in order to feel good. I'm glad you have been documenting this. It's been interesting to read. I believe...

That's super interesting to me. My E2 is always sub 20 and I have white coat syndrome as well. Once in a while my home measurement systolic gets to 140. I have never tried tying BP to E2 though. What did you do to get your E2 higher?

Hey JA. I'm curious at how you are doing these days with your E2 injection protocol. This is interesting to me, as I also aromatize very little. I got my hands on some E2 cream and was using it when I was experimenting with lowering my testosterone dose. I felt fine on lower T, except for...

Neither clomiphene or encomiphene worked for me. I got nasty visual side effects from both and suffered anxiety when I had never had that before I tried those drugs

That's pretty sobering

I have found that Empower, Pregnyl and Zyhcg all work the same for me

I don't know anything about tri-mix, but I'd be mighty worried to start with a huge amount. That's not something you would want to go to the hospital for

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"Conclusion: Without evidence-based withdrawal protocols, men commonly try avoiding post-AAS hypogonadism with PCT, which is illicit, ill-defined, and not recommended. " The conclusion is funny. They just got through telling us how PCT use cuts recovery time in half, yet in the next breath say...

Thank you my friend. This is exactly what I have done. I quit completely after weening off. I found it it was contributing to my diarrhea issues, but is not the only factor. I have less problems now but I'm not completely fixed. I can tolerate about 4oz of coffee a day. You are right, it...

Thank you

Interesting topic. I've never tested my levels. Do Labcorp and Quest have normal ranges for men in regards to progesterone levels?

Looks like my congressman actually did sign the letter. I did write him. I'm amazed that he signed it.

Once again, the "crack" team of scientists puts out a boogyman report on "steroids" but doesn't define what they mean by "using steroids", thus rendering everything they say to be useless. Is a man who takes 120mg/week of cypionate a "steriod user"? We don't know. But he is potentially lumped...

Many thanks for the detailed answer Tex

The way I understand it is that with covid, the DEA started allowing telemed providers to start prescribing stuff like opiates and ADHD meds, whereas before they weren't. These are controlled substances as is testosterone. When the emergency measures ended testosterone therapy got included in...

I hadn't heard this. Do you have any further details?

FWIW McGill has a book out that I am currently reading, "Back Mechanic: Step By Step Method to Fix Back Pain". So far in reading an interesting takeaway is that many back surgeries are not successful in relieving the pain because they don't fix the things that cause the pain in the first place.

Agreed

I bought the same stuff. I'm a little skeptical though. My 12,000 IU from empower looks significantly larger than the 10,000 IU I got through Reliable RX. I haven't tried it yet. But it just looks like there's no way that the product could be as much as they advertised since the amount of it...

Do you take this much zinc on a continuing basis?

Can you take it back to CVS? I would hope that they would be aware of the recall and would help facilitate some kind of exchange

Depends on when I test. The last set of labs I did, I went in at my trough, right before I was supposed to inject and before I applied the cream. My total T was 473 (264-916). My free T was 4.0 (7.2-24.0). I'm sure these would be higher if I tested after I applied the cream and did my injection.

I just saw this. I haven't been on here as much since the weekly reminder email doesn't get sent out anymore. Yes I am still on this protocol. Still doing well. I did have to bump the daily cream dose up to 2 clicks a day from 1.5 a day and increased my injection dose from 20mg 2x/week to...

You are going to go from 1 click to 3 clicks? You are free to do as you wish, but If it were me, I would start with 2 clicks instead of 3. In my experience, getting too much testosterone is worse than too little. I'm worried that you will shoot right through the optimum dosage, feel worse for...

That would be super interesting to see

I got the shingles before I was vaxxed. This was back in 1980-something when I was in my twenties. I got vaxxed a few years ago and haven't had a recurrence