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Bubble gut – VAT, SAT, both - or something else
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<blockquote data-quote="mcs" data-source="post: 255048" data-attributes="member: 12"><p><strong>Trigs</strong>: 100</p><p><strong>Recently had a lumbar MRI:</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Mild to moderate degenerative disc disease L1-L2. Mild right paracentral disc bulge. Mild narrowing of the right lateral recess. Disc touches the right 2nd nerve. Mild to moderate degenerative disc disease L5-S1. No stenosis. Osteophyte (bone spur) touches the right 5th nerve. Mild degenerative disc disease L4-5. Minor narrowing of the proximal left foramen. Disc/osteophyte in contact with the left 4th nerve. </span></p><p><strong>Rx</strong>: Telmisartan 80mg; Bystolic 5mg; NDT 160mg; Xarelto 10mg; Metformin 1500mg</p><p>Not on TRT (yet)</p><p><strong>VAT (hard belly) killer</strong>: was taking ipamorelin/CJC-1295 200-300mcg in a.m. + ipamorelin 200mcg+ tesamorelin 2mg p.m. until my IGF-1 skyrocketed to 500+ and I started getting carpal tunnel, worse trigger finger, joint pain. As we know, tesa (brand Egrifta) especially targets VAT, but has only been studied and is effective in HIV lipodystrophy cases. Will it work as well in HIV neg persons is the question. AFAIK, all we have is anecdotal info on that.</p><p>I recently had an abdominal ultrasound that was normal. I think I'd need a DEXA scan to rule out VAT, wouldn't I?</p><p>From everything I've researched, it seems more likely that I have DR, epscially if you see the photo upthread with my midline sticking out like an alien is going to pop out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcs, post: 255048, member: 12"] [B]Trigs[/B]: 100 [B]Recently had a lumbar MRI:[/B] [SIZE=12px]Mild to moderate degenerative disc disease L1-L2. Mild right paracentral disc bulge. Mild narrowing of the right lateral recess. Disc touches the right 2nd nerve. Mild to moderate degenerative disc disease L5-S1. No stenosis. Osteophyte (bone spur) touches the right 5th nerve. Mild degenerative disc disease L4-5. Minor narrowing of the proximal left foramen. Disc/osteophyte in contact with the left 4th nerve. [/SIZE] [B]Rx[/B]: Telmisartan 80mg; Bystolic 5mg; NDT 160mg; Xarelto 10mg; Metformin 1500mg Not on TRT (yet) [B]VAT (hard belly) killer[/B]: was taking ipamorelin/CJC-1295 200-300mcg in a.m. + ipamorelin 200mcg+ tesamorelin 2mg p.m. until my IGF-1 skyrocketed to 500+ and I started getting carpal tunnel, worse trigger finger, joint pain. As we know, tesa (brand Egrifta) especially targets VAT, but has only been studied and is effective in HIV lipodystrophy cases. Will it work as well in HIV neg persons is the question. AFAIK, all we have is anecdotal info on that. I recently had an abdominal ultrasound that was normal. I think I'd need a DEXA scan to rule out VAT, wouldn't I? From everything I've researched, it seems more likely that I have DR, epscially if you see the photo upthread with my midline sticking out like an alien is going to pop out. [/QUOTE]
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