After first 3 weeks Blood Work

[Juan Valdez]

For three weeks I've been taking .60 cc's of cypionate weekly, in addition to both .5 mg of Arimidex MWF, and 60 mg of Armour thyroid daily, 500 mg of Metformin 2 x's a day, (I've upped it to 750 mg at night). I take BP meds (Lisinopril - was 10, then 15, then 20, and now 30 mg daily). When I went on TRT therapy previously (taking .80 every 5 days), I gained quite a lot of water weight (8 pounds) with a higher dose, and my BP went way too high. Even today, when I take TRT or Arimidex, my BP goes up without taking as much BP medicine. Lastly, I'm on thiazide as a diuretic - 25 mg daily. I'm a walking pharmacy, unfortunately.

After 3 weeks of eating healthy (1 or 2 cheat days) and taking the above (with 10,000 IU's of Vitamin D) daily, 3 to 5 grams of Omega 3's, & Magnesium, & B Complex. I try to eat lean meats, grass-fed, chicken, turkey, and fish. I limit my carbs to 100 or less - mostly under 50 grams. Non-Starchy carbs is what I focus on. I also eat healthy Omega 3 fats. I take CoQ10 with my Lipitor. Not eating junk at all other than diet coke a few times a day every few days at most. Drinking a lot of water has never been my strong suit so I'm forcing myself to drink as much as possible.

Here are my results after three weeks (six days after my third shot with the above protocol):

DHEA-S 213.6 MCG/DL range = 48 - 244
Estradiol 33.4 pg/mL, FSH 0.7 mIU/mL, LH <0.07 mIU/mL, range = 1.5 - 9.3 LOW,
Progesterone 0.65 ng/mL range = <NaN ng/mL,
Prolactin 8.9 ng/mL range = 2.1 - 17.7 ng/mL,
SHBG 12 nmol/L, range = 10-57 nmol/L,
Testosterone 481 ng/dL range = 241 - 827 ng / dL,
Testosterone Free 16.33 ng/dL range = 5-21ng/dL,
TSH 0.91 uIU/mL range = 0.35 - 5.5 uIU/mL,
Thyroglobulin Ab <15 U/mL range = <60 U/mL,
Thyroperoxidase Ab <28 U/mL LOW range = <59 U/mL,
Thyroxine 8.7 ug/dL, range 4.5 - 10.9,
Thyroxine Free 1.11 ng/dL range = 0.89 - 1.76 dL,
Triiodothyronine 1.12 ng/mL, range = .06-1.81,
Triidothyronine resin uptake (T3RU) 34.2% range = 24-35%,
Triiodothyronine.free 3.8 pg/mL range = 2.3 -4.2,
C reactive protein 0.43 mg / dl HIGH range = <.3,
Ferritin 112 ng/mL,
Folate >24 ng/ mL range = >5.38,
Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy 52.8 ng/mL range = 30 - 100 ng/mL, was low three weeks ago.
Magnesium 2 mg/dL range = 1.3 - mg/dL, non-fasting glucose 83 (if fasting was required),

CBC with auto differential - All was normal except for Alanine Aminotransferase which was 68 U/L HIGH range = 8-41 U/L. I started taking a statin (Lipitor 20 mg EOD 3 weeks ago as well). I have high bad cholesterol and low good cholesterol. I'm wondering if the statin or Metformin is causing the HIGH number above. Any thoughts?

Libido has not changed at all. Been told I have metabolic derangement and until my body weight has a lot less body fat (likely under 20%), I won't feel the effects of testosterone replacement. I'm 5'6 and when I started three weeks ago I was at 253 pounds - 40%++ body fat), I'm down to 238.5 pounds. I'm sure taking Metformin and thiazide has a lot to do with me losing weight.

I feel no difference as of today.

Questions:

Want my libido to be very strong. I rarely have the desire and my erections are not as hard as I would like. I can perform, but am concerned about how long and how hard I will be.

I am wondering how many times per week I should be taking Arimidex. Again, it's .50 mg EOD. Is that necessary?

What is the sweet spot for Metformin? 1000 mg 2 x a day? 750? 500?

What should my insulin levels be with taking Metformin and how long does it take? When I started it was 31 fasting. I am being retested tomorrow. I want to drive it as low as possible so I can really lose the weight. What should be my target to get in the fat burning mode?

What should be my fasting sugar?

What am I missing if anything. Again, I know I'm fat and that's the cause of all of this stuff and I have to lose the weight to get where I need.

Any additional ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Nelson Vergel]

It seems to me that you have done a lot of good research. I agree that once you lose weight down under 200 Lbs you will see more benefits. Metformin, testosterone and thyroid therapy will help you in that goal along with the low carb diet you are following. You do not mention if you are exercising.

Be careful with diuretics since they are known to cause erectile dysfunction.

The low carb diet should help you lose water weight so that you do not need to take a diuretic. If you have to take a BP med, talk to your doctor about losartan since it may have metabolic benefits. Once you lose weight, your need for a BP med and a statin may disappear.

Do you have lipid values, hematocrit and EGFR (kidney function)?

Metformin has been studied in doses from 1000- 3000 mg per day.

Your estradiol seems OK even with your high dose of 1.5 mg per week of anastrozole. I speculate that you may need that higher dose until your fat mass comes down.

As far as ED is concerned, I would consider daily 5 mg Cialis for a while. For better sex drive, HCG 500 IU twice per week would not be a bad idea.

Your lowest T level before the next injection is close to 500 ng/dL, not bad.

 

[Juan Valdez]

Nelson,

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. Much appreciated.

Interesting comment about Arimidex. I would have thought perhaps I was taking too much. Given my numbers, how high would you consider dosing above 1.5 grams weekly if you were me and how often? What is the optimal estradiol level?

Is HCG injected in the fatty areas of the body like my belly fat (which should be no problem for me since I have a lot). Should it be injected on a Mon and a Thursday or some other timeline?

Your question about working out: I have a very bad SI joint and it's hard to walk for any length of time, let along do much exercise. But I am trying. I'm doing physical therapy two times a week to help loosen me up. It's been 15 years since I've really worked out.

Answers about the following blood levels:

eGFR >90 range >60 ml/min/1.73m2

Hematocrit (I think this is listed as HCT - 46.2% range 41.9 - 53.1%

Lipid Values: I don't have lipid values from this last blood draw in June, but do from March 2015 before Lipitor.

Here is March's 2015 #'s:

LDL = 201 range 0 - 99
HDL = 41 range >39
Total Cholesterol 245 range 100-199
Triglycerides 116 range 0 - 149

Should I be concerned about the Alanine Aminotransferase which was 68 U/L HIGH range = 8-41 U/L?

Just out of curiosity, what would be ideal testosterone level after 6 days of testosterone (the day before my shot)?

What is the ideal level of estradiol?

I will check out the bp med - losartan with my doc, as well as getting off of the diuretic.

Thanks again.

 

[Juan Valdez]

Estradiol Sensitive Results

I got my estradiol sensitive test back from Discountlabs.com. Here are my results:

Estradiol, Sensitive; Venipuncture
Estradiol, Sensitive 34.7 / pg/mL 8.0 - 35.0 01


This is with taking .5 Arimidex 2 x's per week, 500 IU's of HCG 2 x's a week, and .30 cypionate 2 x's per week (when I took much more than that, I gained a lot of water weight, but that was before Arimidex. Not getting great results on losing weight. Libido still very low. Looks like my estradiol is at the high end of normal. What the opinion of continuing to take Arimidex and where should my levels be if optimal (if there's such a thing about estradiol)?

I'm not sure taking HCG has done much of anything for me at all.

Lastly, wondering if taking HGH of some kind would help assist with weight loss.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Vince Carter]

With your SHBG of 12 I would recommend that you inject TCyp no less that EOD. My belief and I've gone through this, is that when men complain about not feeling like they expected on any TRT regimen, you can find a clue in the SHBG. Yours, and mine, is very low. I did not reach a point of feeling pretty good until I went to EOD injections. On 3.5d injections I felt run down and tired on the third day. When I was getting shot once a week, the last half I felt low T again.

Its something to think about when modding your injection schedules. Low SHBG guys tend to need more TCyp, more frequently. I for instance inject 50mg EOD.

I, too, am quite surprised you're using that much Anastrozole and your E2 is still good, I would have expected it to be very very low. I agree that perhaps body fat is a player in that area.

 

[Juan Valdez]

Thank you, Vince. I didn't even know what SHBG until you mentioned it and then went on the SHGB thread to read all of the posts, including some of yours. Seems like SHBG is a big issue for a lot of men.

I will try what you suggest and see if that makes a difference. I'm also going to take the Arimidex one more day a week to see if that helps my higher estradiol and perhaps helps raise my SHBG. However, seems like not much works for those in that thread. Interesting there are drugs to control blood sugar / insulin (Metformin), low T, with testosterone, high estrogen with Arimidex, thyroid with Armour, yet nothing for SHBG. Seems like an opportunity for a drug company to help a lot of men who have normal T and but feel nothing due to SHBG.

Speaking of Metformin, it gives me some nasty diarrhea. Wonder if anyone has any suggestions on that as well.

 

[Accutainted]

For three weeks I've been taking .60 cc's of cypionate weekly, in addition to both .5 mg of Arimidex MWF, and 60 mg of Armour thyroid daily, 500 mg of Metformin 2 x's a day, (I've upped it to 750 mg at night). I take BP meds (Lisinopril - was 10, then 15, then 20, and now 30 mg daily). When I went on TRT therapy previously (taking .80 every 5 days), I gained quite a lot of water weight (8 pounds) with a higher dose, and my BP went way too high. Even today, when I take TRT or Arimidex, my BP goes up without taking as much BP medicine. Lastly, I'm on thiazide as a diuretic - 25 mg daily. I'm a walking pharmacy, unfortunately.

After 3 weeks of eating healthy (1 or 2 cheat days) and taking the above (with 10,000 IU's of Vitamin D) daily, 3 to 5 grams of Omega 3's, & Magnesium, & B Complex. I try to eat lean meats, grass-fed, chicken, turkey, and fish. I limit my carbs to 100 or less - mostly under 50 grams. Non-Starchy carbs is what I focus on. I also eat healthy Omega 3 fats. I take CoQ10 with my Lipitor. Not eating junk at all other than diet coke a few times a day every few days at most. Drinking a lot of water has never been my strong suit so I'm forcing myself to drink as much as possible.

Here are my results after three weeks (six days after my third shot with the above protocol):

DHEA-S 213.6 MCG/DL range = 48 - 244
Estradiol 33.4 pg/mL, FSH 0.7 mIU/mL, LH <0.07 mIU/mL, range = 1.5 - 9.3 LOW,
Progesterone 0.65 ng/mL range = <NaN ng/mL,
Prolactin 8.9 ng/mL range = 2.1 - 17.7 ng/mL,
SHBG 12 nmol/L, range = 10-57 nmol/L,
Testosterone 481 ng/dL range = 241 - 827 ng / dL,
Testosterone Free 16.33 ng/dL range = 5-21ng/dL,
TSH 0.91 uIU/mL range = 0.35 - 5.5 uIU/mL,
Thyroglobulin Ab <15 U/mL range = <60 U/mL,
Thyroperoxidase Ab <28 U/mL LOW range = <59 U/mL,
Thyroxine 8.7 ug/dL, range 4.5 - 10.9,
Thyroxine Free 1.11 ng/dL range = 0.89 - 1.76 dL,
Triiodothyronine 1.12 ng/mL, range = .06-1.81,
Triidothyronine resin uptake (T3RU) 34.2% range = 24-35%,
Triiodothyronine.free 3.8 pg/mL range = 2.3 -4.2,
C reactive protein 0.43 mg / dl HIGH range = <.3,
Ferritin 112 ng/mL,
Folate >24 ng/ mL range = >5.38,
Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy 52.8 ng/mL range = 30 - 100 ng/mL, was low three weeks ago.
Magnesium 2 mg/dL range = 1.3 - mg/dL, non-fasting glucose 83 (if fasting was required),

CBC with auto differential - All was normal except for Alanine Aminotransferase which was 68 U/L HIGH range = 8-41 U/L. I started taking a statin (Lipitor 20 mg EOD 3 weeks ago as well). I have high bad cholesterol and low good cholesterol. I'm wondering if the statin or Metformin is causing the HIGH number above. Any thoughts?

Libido has not changed at all. Been told I have metabolic derangement and until my body weight has a lot less body fat (likely under 20%), I won't feel the effects of testosterone replacement. I'm 5'6 and when I started three weeks ago I was at 253 pounds - 40%++ body fat), I'm down to 238.5 pounds. I'm sure taking Metformin and thiazide has a lot to do with me losing weight.

I feel no difference as of today.

Questions:

Want my libido to be very strong. I rarely have the desire and my erections are not as hard as I would like. I can perform, but am concerned about how long and how hard I will be.

I am wondering how many times per week I should be taking Arimidex. Again, it's .50 mg EOD. Is that necessary?

What is the sweet spot for Metformin? 1000 mg 2 x a day? 750? 500?

What should my insulin levels be with taking Metformin and how long does it take? When I started it was 31 fasting. I am being retested tomorrow. I want to drive it as low as possible so I can really lose the weight. What should be my target to get in the fat burning mode?

What should be my fasting sugar?

What am I missing if anything. Again, I know I'm fat and that's the cause of all of this stuff and I have to lose the weight to get where I need.

Any additional ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I don't consider myself an expert, but 100g of carbs seems awfully low to me! I'd be running out of energy even without doing any strenuous exercise at all on just 100g of carbs a day. The body runs on glucose, which we get from carbohydrates. I see no reason to avoid starchy carbs. I believe that type 2 diabetes occurs mostly due to excess dietary fat which prevents insulin from entering cells, not from too many carbs. A lot of people think that too many carbs is the culprit, but these people are actually consuming too many fats with their carbs.

 

[Accutainted]

It seems to me that you have done a lot of good research. I agree that once you lose weight down under 200 Lbs you will see more benefits. Metformin, testosterone and thyroid therapy will help you in that goal along with the low carb diet you are following. You do not mention if you are exercising.

Be careful with diuretics since they are known to cause erectile dysfunction.

The low carb diet should help you lose water weight so that you do not need to take a diuretic. If you have to take a BP med, talk to your doctor about losartan since it may have metabolic benefits. Once you lose weight, your need for a BP med and a statin may disappear.

Do you have lipid values, hematocrit and EGFR (kidney function)?

Metformin has been studied in doses from 1000- 3000 mg per day.

Your estradiol seems OK even with your high dose of 1.5 mg per week of anastrozole. I speculate that you may need that higher dose until your fat mass comes down.

As far as ED is concerned, I would consider daily 5 mg Cialis for a while. For better sex drive, HCG 500 IU twice per week would not be a bad idea.

Your lowest T level before the next injection is close to 500 ng/dL, not bad.

Nelson, I thought in the video you did on hCG you were taking 500iu hCG per week in 2 divided doses (250iu twice a week)? I would have thought estradiol levels in everyone would go too high on 500iu twice a week in conjunction with 50mg test cypionate twice a week?

 

[ERO]

Thank you, Vince. I didn't even know what SHBG until you mentioned it and then went on the SHGB thread to read all of the posts, including some of yours. Seems like SHBG is a big issue for a lot of men.

I will try what you suggest and see if that makes a difference. I'm also going to take the Arimidex one more day a week to see if that helps my higher estradiol and perhaps helps raise my SHBG. However, seems like not much works for those in that thread. Interesting there are drugs to control blood sugar / insulin (Metformin), low T, with testosterone, high estrogen with Arimidex, thyroid with Armour, yet nothing for SHBG. Seems like an opportunity for a drug company to help a lot of men who have normal T and but feel nothing due to SHBG.

Speaking of Metformin, it gives me some nasty diarrhea. Wonder if anyone has any suggestions on that as well.

Get the Metformin ER (Extended Release) no diarrhea that way. The regular Metformin dissolves all at once and causes the gastric issues. Also, I recommend you always take it with a meal. I know that some people can take it on an empty stomach, but I would try to only take with meals, unless you are already taking it that way.

 

[ERO]

Nelson, I thought in the video you did on hCG you were taking 500iu hCG per week in 2 divided doses (250iu twice a week)? I would have thought estradiol levels in everyone would go too high on 500iu twice a week in conjunction with 50mg test cypionate twice a week?

HCG only raises estradiol in some men, not all. In my case it makes no difference whatsoever to my estradiol levels even at 500iu twice weekly.

 

[Juan Valdez]

Didn't know there was another kind of Metformin, but I will ask the doc to prescribe it. Thank you.

 

[Juan Valdez]

Thanks for the input. I've heard just the opposite about diabetes and same for carbs. It's the sugars that cause diabetes, not eating the right kinds of fat. I don't even see how it's possible to get diabetes from eating healthy fats and low carbs. As someone who is fat and was pre diabetic, I can tell you first hand it's the carbs that got me fat and in my condition.

 

[Accutainted]

Thanks for the input. I've heard just the opposite about diabetes and same for carbs. It's the sugars that cause diabetes, not eating the right kinds of fat. I don't even see how it's possible to get diabetes from eating healthy fats and low carbs. As someone who is fat and was pre diabetic, I can tell you first hand it's the carbs that got me fat and in my condition.

Like I said, I'm no expert, but I think you would be hard pressed to find someone with a university degree in nutrition recommending a low carb diet to anyone. The folks who recommend the paleo diet and similar diets are not well trained in nutrition science. As far as I'm aware, people who follow low carb diets need to drink coffee or take other stimulants to be able to carry out their daily tasks without running out of energy. I'd suggest reading the book "The China Study". The people in China and other asian countries eat very high (complex) carb diets, but very few of them are overweight or have type 2 diabetes. When they move to the west and adopt high fat diets, they then often develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is almost unheard of amongst people eating a traditional Chinese diet, which is high in carbs, but low in fat.

 

[Vince]

Like I said, I'm no expert, but I think you would be hard pressed to find someone with a university degree in nutrition recommending a low carb diet to anyone. The folks who recommend the paleo diet and similar diets are not well trained in nutrition science. As far as I'm aware, people who follow low carb diets need to drink coffee or take other stimulants to be able to carry out their daily tasks without running out of energy. I'd suggest reading the book "The China Study". The people in China and other asian countries eat very high (complex) carb diets, but very few of them are overweight or have type 2 diabetes. When they move to the west and adopt high fat diets, they then often develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is almost unheard of amongst people eating a traditional Chinese diet, which is high in carbs, but low in fat.

I was recently given the opportunity to watch a pre-release copy of CJ Hunt's long-awaited documentary, “In Search of the Perfect Human Diet.” Honored and delighted, I accepted. This is a big film, guys. I wouldn't expect to see it on any Oscar lists or anything, but it's big nonetheless. You may have heard of it already. Robb Wolf's been championing the cause since way back in 2010, when CJ was trying to raise funds for production. Erwan Le Corre drummed up some support, too. I gave the trailer's release some Weekend Link Love last year, and now, on the eve of its release, I'm reviewing the film. I couldn't be more excited.
This film was a labor of love on the part of CJ. It kinda had to be, since its premise isn't blockbuster material. It doesn't tug at heartstrings, nor does it present a harrowing, gripping narrative full of conflicts and conflict resolutions that rival the best feature films. No, “In Search of the Perfect Human Diet” is exactly what it sounds like: the chronicling of one man's quest to figure out what humans should be eating. It's not a sexy premise that sponsors would fall all over themselves to get in on. It's not selling anything (but the film itself). It's not even promoting any particular paleo or Primal eating book. It appears, on its surface, to be a niche title, with a limited audience, but consider the subject matter. It's about you, me, your friends, that guy across the street whose name you don't even know, billions of strangers scattered across the globe, and billions more scattered across time. In short, this movie is about humans, about real people, and the diet we evolved eating. That sounds like a massive target demographic to me. But because the ancestral health community, while growing, is still relatively small, the film had to funded almost entirely by donations from individual humans who love this way of life and believe in it, have garnered benefits from it, and who want it available on a larger, different stage for all to see. If you were among the donators, I thank you, because you made this very important documentary possible.
That said, let's talk a bit about the contents of the film and why I liked it so much.
First, CJ Hunt is a natural in front of the camera. He has over twenty years of experience in broadcasting, voice-overs, and television, and it definitely shows. The guy has a smooth voice and just comes across really well. No sign of loincloths, spears, scraggly beards (although I have no doubt he could pull one off), or toe shoes that might scare off Grandma.
Second, it tells a great story that should be pretty familiar to most of you. CJ was a seemingly healthy, lean 23-year old doing the right exercises and eating the right food when he had a heart attack. A full cardiac arrest &#8211; while jogging, no less. Now, this was due to a birth defect, not a poor lifestyle, but it made him think about health in a different way. He resolved to find the “perfect diet,” if such a thing existed at all. It's what many of us have gone through, whether personally or vicariously: a catastrophic health event strikes, early in life when everything is supposed to be all peaches and roses; bouncing from diet to diet in his search for absolute dietary truth (complete with forays into veganism and raw foodism), never really finding it; discovering a promising lead on yet another dietary path; following that one, bumping into Paleolithic anthropology, and everything just clicking. Is that your story? It's mine.
Third, although CJ's been eating this way for over five years now, he doesn't assume that the viewer knows what's going on. He doesn't gear this movie to you, the faithful Mark's Daily Apple reader. He aims it directly at those who actually need the help most, as well as the skeptics who think the ancestral lifestyle is nonsense, a “just-so” story steeped in the naturalistic fallacy with zero evidence in its favor. All those common complaints and “debunkings” get smashed to pieces. Best of all, the film's science is extremely approachable, made all the more so thanks to CJ. When an expert on neanderthal and early human genetics at the Max Planck Institute throws around talk about isotopic dietary analyses that might confuse some folks, CJ asks the right questions to get at the real-world dietary implications of these findings. So instead of jumping out with standard Primal eating prescriptions or suggestions from the start, the film is a gradual exploration of human evolution, including the dietary pressures that shaped and informed that evolution. The diet arises organically out of the scientific groundwork. CJ makes no prescriptions, instead letting the evidence and the experts speak for themselves.
The most moving scenes take place at the dig site and with the Max Planck geneticist. I talk about this stuff all the time, and I and many others write about how meat eating shaped our evolution, but there's always a sense of distance and abstraction. Links to journal articles are helpful and all, but there's really nothing like seeing the dig site with the layers of animal bones and tools, hearing the anthropologist with dirty knees from kneeling in the ancient, ancient earth say that the diet of the humans who lived there was “primarily reindeer,” or listening to Prof. Michael Richards discuss how his team has yet to find evidence of a vegan human via isotope analysis. These are the people who actually do the hard labor, write the papers, and run tests talking directly about the implications of their work. Rather than me or Robb or whoever else writing blogs or books about our interpretations of the work, the people who produce the work are stepping out from academia and giving their honest summation of the evidence for ancestral eating. If they're coming to similar conclusions as us, that's huge.
Professor Loren Cordain has a great scene where he uses a football field to illustrate just how far we've come as a species, how long we were eating wild plants and animals exclusively, and how recently &#8211; in the big picture &#8211; our lifestyles have drastically changed. It's a great visual that will resonate with a lot of people.
Overall, “In Search of the Perfect Human Diet” presents a great introduction to and justification for ancestral eating. It's hard to get someone to read a book or even check out a blog, but if they can sit reasonably still for an hour and a half while an entertaining, engaging movie plays, they'll get the general idea behind this stuff and want to learn more. It presents a compelling case for the evolutionary foundation of the diet we prescribe.
The movie has been made and released to DVD, but the battle doesn't stop there. The more copies they sell and the more people watch it, the larger our community will grow. If you want to support a great movie, a great cause, and (in my opinion) the answer to the obesity epidemic that's showing no signs of reversing, pick up a copy of “In Search of the Perfect Human Diet.” Copies begin shipping tomorrow.
Let's see how big we can make this! It's important, guys, real important!


Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-human-diet/#ixzz3iVwj2YNv

 

[Juan Valdez]

Update on my tests. I'm not sure my estradiol test is sensitive or not. I'm assuming not. These were labs from Theranos.

One thing I don't understand is the testing time frame. Since I've been taking half a shot (.30 cc's) every 3.5 days, and I took this test prior my next shot but on the same day as it was supposed to be taken, would my estradiol seems very high. My free test is high as well. I wonder if it's from the 500 IU's of HCG I'm taking twice a week as well.

No clue how to read the thyroid stuff but it seems okay since there were no notes saying high or low.

Any thoughts on these? I'm going with upping my Arimidex to .05 EOD now.


Hgb 15.6 14.0 - 17.1
HCT 45.2 41.9 - 53.1 %
RDW 14.2 HIGH 10.8 - 14.1
PSA 0.31 <=4.00
DHEA-S 194.9 ug/dL range = 48 - 244
Albumin 4.0
Estradiol 63.6 - 0 - 39.9 pg/mL (don't know if this is a sensitive test or not) HIGH
Progesterone 0.58 ng/mL range = <NaN ng/mL,
Prolactin 9.8 ng/mL range = 2.1 - 17.7 ng/mL,
SHBG 14 nmol/L, range = 10-57 nmol/L,
Testosterone 723 ng/dL range = 241 - 827 ng / dL,
Testosterone Free 24.65 ng/dL range = 5-21ng/dL, HIGH
TSH 1.820 uIU/mL range = 0.350 - 5.50 uIU/mL,
Thyroglobulin Ab 30 <60 U/mL,
Thyroperoxidase Ab 33 ANTI-TPO Negative U/mL,
Thyroxine 8.4 ug/dL, range 4.5 - 10.9,
Thyroxine Free 1.12 ng/dL range = 0.89 - 1.76 dL,
Triiodothyronine 1.11 ng/mL, range = .06-1.81,
Triidothyronine resin uptake (T3RU) 33.3 range = 24-35%,
Triiodothyronine.free 3.4 pg/mL range = 2.3 -4.2,
Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy 51.0 ng/mL range = 30 - 100 ng/mL,