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Decoding SHBG and primary vs. secondary
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<blockquote data-quote="readyforchange" data-source="post: 108345" data-attributes="member: 16501"><p>I've been on TRT for nearly 9 months now. My initial labs, before starting, were as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>Initial labs (pre-</strong><strong>trt</strong><strong>):</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Total T: 3.33 (2.8-8.0)</p><p>Free T: 6.1 (8.7-25.1)</p><p><span style="color: #000000">SHBG:69 (16.5-55.9)</span></p><p>LH: 5.6 (1.7-8.6)</p><p>Estradiol sensitive: 19.6 (8-35)</p><p></p><p><strong>Most recent labs (taken the morning before injection on an every 3.5 day schedule):</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Total T: 1143 (246-916)</p><p>Free T: 32.3 (8.7-25.1)</p><p>SHBG:34.8 (16.5-55.9)</p><p>Estradiol sensitive: 27.3 (8-35)</p><p></p><p>Two questions - and forgive me if these are "newbie" questions...</p><p></p><p>1. With SHBG that high initially, is it possible that I could have been functioning fine and have had good total/free T numbers if they weren't being bound up via the high SHBG? Or is that not at all how that works? </p><p></p><p>2. With those numbers, and I know LH is the primary determining factor in primary vs. secondary, do I appear to be more primary than secondary? I remember the NP at Defy saying it was "not as clear as some cases", but if she had to guess, she'd go with primary. </p><p></p><p>I'm actually at a point where things are starting to even out and I'm feeling TONS better, but these questions have been floating around for a while, and I am just curious if maybe I could have/still could get away with</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="readyforchange, post: 108345, member: 16501"] I've been on TRT for nearly 9 months now. My initial labs, before starting, were as follows: [B]Initial labs (pre-[/B][B]trt[/B][B]): [/B] Total T: 3.33 (2.8-8.0) Free T: 6.1 (8.7-25.1) [COLOR=#000000]SHBG:69 (16.5-55.9)[/COLOR] LH: 5.6 (1.7-8.6) Estradiol sensitive: 19.6 (8-35) [B]Most recent labs (taken the morning before injection on an every 3.5 day schedule): [/B] Total T: 1143 (246-916) Free T: 32.3 (8.7-25.1) SHBG:34.8 (16.5-55.9) Estradiol sensitive: 27.3 (8-35) Two questions - and forgive me if these are "newbie" questions... 1. With SHBG that high initially, is it possible that I could have been functioning fine and have had good total/free T numbers if they weren't being bound up via the high SHBG? Or is that not at all how that works? 2. With those numbers, and I know LH is the primary determining factor in primary vs. secondary, do I appear to be more primary than secondary? I remember the NP at Defy saying it was "not as clear as some cases", but if she had to guess, she'd go with primary. I'm actually at a point where things are starting to even out and I'm feeling TONS better, but these questions have been floating around for a while, and I am just curious if maybe I could have/still could get away with [/QUOTE]
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