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Updated Labs - Help Please
Are there any specific tests/activites that you would recommend/advise that I do? Any particular questions that I should raise with my provider? I donated blood shortly after I posted my original message and am going to restest in the next 2 weeks to see how things look. I am willing to pay...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Hey sir, here are my results from 12/28/2024 about 2 weeks after initiating the 16mg/daily + 500iu 3x per week protocol: Here they are from 04/07/2025: And then from 5/14: Total T: 643ng/DL SHBG: 28.6 nmol/L Albumin: 4.5 g/dL Calc Free Testesterone: 147 pg/mL Estradiol 20.0 pg/mL...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
I just got my new Rx in. It's compounded by Wells Pharmacy in FL (90% test cyp & 10% enanthate in grapeseed oil). Will give it a go with the 29g's. Thank you everyone, I appreciate your feedback. Will report back in several weeks.- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Copy. I will go back to the 1/2" needles and will keep everything else the same. Will re-test in 4 weeks to see if anything changes.- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
I am not dying on any hills haha. I am open to all suggestions. My primary goals with TRT are to be able to operate/function like an adult male, be able to workout and make steady progress, and to have a healthy sex life with my wife. I have found that sexual health/performance wasn't as...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Thanks for the suggestion. I am considering going to EOD injections to see if that would help increase aromatase activity. I have consistently had high bilirubin and low alkaline phosphotase for years; doctors have told me I likely have Gilbert syndrome (benign for all I can tell). Not sure...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
I'm not supplementing with anything; just eat a 100% whole food diet of grassfed meats, organic vegetables, and certain grains (e.g. oatmeal, wild/jasmine rice, beans, etc). Did the low dose e2 help at all? I'm reluctant to add another variable, but I also read that adding a small daily pump...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
That makes sense. I have some 29g ones as well. I was just enjoying the 31g since I am quite the pincushion with the current protocol. I'll go with the longer ones for glutes and the shorter ones for the delts/quads and see if that makes a difference.- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
What's weird is that I'm injecting the same exact Rx as I was previously, but I'm injecting a higher dose (started at 16mg > went to 18mg > went to 20mg while lab values have gone down). I rotate injection sights from shallow IM delts, quads, ventroglutes, and occasionaly love handle fat...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Thank you sir. I am planning on donating blood this week or next week (the provider brought up as well). Regarding my protocol, I'm not sure how estradiol went down that low? I was previously at 16mg daily + 500iu HCG, but my numbers have steadily gone down since their highs earlier this...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Hi all! Hope you're doing well. I just received some follow up labs after being on therapy for 8 months, and would love to get some feedback on the results, as well as the provider's suggestions. Lab highlights: - Total Testosterone: 706.66ng/dL - Free Testosterone: 12.1ng/dL - Estradiol...- mr.craig.smith
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New to TRT. Received first labs. Concerned and need help.
Hi all - I have zero intentions of trying to hijaack this thread, so I apologize in advance. I tried to create a separate post/thread but for some reason it is saying my account doesn't have those priveledges (?). I recently had some follow up labwork done aftering being on therapy for 8...- mr.craig.smith
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Managing the Testosterone-to-Estradiol Ratio in Men on TRT
Copy. I am on all three of those. 16mg daily test cyp (going back to IM), 500iu HCG 2x per week, and daily 2.5 mg tadalafil.- mr.craig.smith
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Managing the Testosterone-to-Estradiol Ratio in Men on TRT
Great info, thank you Nelson! Regarding this part: "They reported that the frequency of morning erections was highest when the T:E ratio after therapy was around 12:1 or greater – in fact, through ROC analysis they identified a ratio of approximately 12 as the cut-off associated with normal...- mr.craig.smith
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Shallow Testosterone IM versus SubQ Injections - Lab Results
Interesting. Hey Madman! Thank you for sharing. I'm not sure if you've had a chance to review the post I put up the other day or not, but would love your feedback if you have the time/bandwidth to review it. I can anticipate some of your suggestions after reading your replies to some other...- mr.craig.smith
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Shallow Testosterone IM versus SubQ Injections - Lab Results
100%. I actually look forward to the small daily injections. I love the concept/idea of subQ and would prefer to not inject directly into my muscles 365 days/year. My "problem" is that I don't have a lot of fat on my abdomen so I end up basically alternating between my love handles. I don't...- mr.craig.smith
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Shallow Testosterone IM versus SubQ Injections - Lab Results
I wish that I had started TRT on strictly SubQ so that I wouldn't have something to compare it to lol. From a clinical perspective, I understand why it is attractive; it achieves steady state testosterone levels within therapeutic levels. It appears it just doesn't "feel" as impactful for a...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Nice. I have used CJC and BPC in the past, as well as TB 500. TBH, I noticed benefits with CJC and low dose HGH (back when I had access to pharmaceutical grade pens and the budget to support it). If I could afford to run low dose 2-3iu of HGH year round, I would. I'm honestly not sure if the...- mr.craig.smith
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Shallow Testosterone IM versus SubQ Injections - Lab Results
Mark, I have no idea if you are still visiting this forum or not, but I thought I'd chime in. I recently did a similar experiment that I posted about, and I had almost identical results switching from daily IM to daily subQ. Fascinating that one little adjustment makes such a big difference on...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Thank you for these suggestions. I do not think that I aromatize a lot via subQ, and my joints seem to feel worse when estradiol is less than 30. My most recent labs were 20 after a month of subQ, so it seems that I may need more aromatization to occur via IM to offset the slightly AI effects...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
What is your current protocol (dose, frequency, etc.)? Are you injecting IM or subQ?- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Copy that. I am considering switching to EOD or E3D for a bit to see how things respond. Would you suggest taking the current dose (16-18mg) and simply x 2-3 to arrive at the EOD or E3D dose? E.g. 32-36mg for EOD or 58-54mg for E3D? Regarding HCG, I am going to go back to 1000iu per week...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Thank you Vince. I actually got my protocol from reading about yours last year. It's been good - just trying to find that sweet spot where libido and all other things are subjectively as "optimal" as possible on the lowest effective dose. I'm wondering if I am primary hypogonadal since...- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
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Updated Labs - Help Please
If my attachment doesn't open correctly for some reason, here they are again. If they still don't open, I can post the findings into the replies, although most of the pertinent info is above:- mr.craig.smith
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Updated Labs - Help Please
Hey guys! I hope you're doing well. I'm reaching out because I just had some recent labs done for my annual physical/checkup through my primary care doctor, and I am genuinely surprised at the results. I posted my previous labs on another thread, and I will put them below again as well...- mr.craig.smith
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Trying to control E2 via Fat loss, Daily injections, Calcium D-Glucarate, Metforming and Cialis
Hey Nelson! I do not want to hijack this thread at all. I'm going to do more research over the weekend to see what else I can find on the site, but thought I'd ask you if there was a specific ratio of T:E that you (or clinicians) find to be optimal? I had some additional labs pulled this...- mr.craig.smith
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Difference between daily IM vs daily SubQ?
Yes sir. I used to be a competitive bodybuilder. I've gone through a pretty significant transformation after I stopped competing 5 years ago and have lost more and more size through a combination of eating like a more normal human being (e.g. not slamming 250g of protein every day), and...- mr.craig.smith
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Difference between daily IM vs daily SubQ?
This is encouraging to read. I would very much like to eventually be on the lowest possible effective dose. I'll slowly make my way there after giving the HCG switch time to level out before making any more tweaks. I know this isn't really related to the current thread, but just a weird...- mr.craig.smith
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Difference between daily IM vs daily SubQ?
I tried propionate last year and it gave me racing heart rate, higher BP, and I was crashing by the end of the day on 10mg. At some point I might give it another try, or a mixture of propionate + cypionate, but for now I'm not going to add that variable into the mix since I'd like to try and...- mr.craig.smith
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secret of ‘Blue Zones’ Fake data,
So... meat's back on the menu?- mr.craig.smith
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