Thanks madman. I live in BC. The reasons I started with daily are because my hematocrit had been at the top of the range (50-51) for the past couple of years without any TRT. Also, I had a lowish SHBG reading before starting (23.4nmol/L). I had quite a poor sleep before that reading so this may have affected my levels. Also, I was just under the impression that daily was somehow better, it is just over the past few weeks that I am coming to see that this is not necessarily the case.

Another reason I went for daily is because I tried TRT back in 2017 and the doc told me to do a weekly shot of 100ml. I did the first shot and my prostate felt very swollen and painful for a few days. This gave me pause because I have friends who suffer from long term prostatitis so I decided to wait for a few years until I was in my 50s to try TRT again. At that point my libido was still decent so it wasn’t a priority for me. I thought maybe a daily would avoid this prostate swelling from happening again.

These labs are from Lifelabs. I live on an island which has a Dynacare lab but they won’t do any free T etc if my total T is in range, even if I am paying. So I have to travel off island to Lifelabs. Maybe I will try the local lab again and see if they can do the sensitive Estradiol test.

Maybe the estradiol test was off somehow. I am not holding any water and my mood is pretty good. Sensitive nipples seem common when starting TRT and there is no itching or other symptoms.

Here are the reference ranges:

Estradiol 207 Ref Range <162 pmol/L

Testosterone 30.2 Ref Range 8.4-28.8 nmol/L

Testosterone Free Calculated 678 Ref Range 115-577pmol/L Method of Vermeulen

Testosterone Bioavailable Calculated 15.9 Ref Range 2.7-13.5nmol/L Method of Vermeulen

Sex Hormone Binding Globulin 35.4 Ref Range 19.0-76.0nmol/L