Hi All,
just wanted to say a quick Hi, I am a 48 year old British male based in Dubai and been on TRT for the past 8 months. My initial blood tests indicated low Testosterone, low Thyroid (debatable) and low DHEA amongst other results, these have lead to taking Enanthanate every 7 days, 2 grains of T4/T3 (80%/20%) daily and 25mg DHEA daily. I appreciate to see the bigger picture I will need to post my full bloodworks, once I have worked out how to do that I will post.
One quick question I have and I dare say this has been asked on numerous occasions, I still need to work my way through the forum, my Doc insists he only looks at Total T and not Free T but every book and article I have read over the past 12 months has said Free T needs to be considered. My initial bloodworks had Free T measured at 10pg/ml of a range of 4.5 to 42pg/ml, SHBG at 62.59nmol/L of range 14.5 to 48.4nmol/l and Total T at 497ng/dl of range 285 to 801. One factor that makes me think Free T is not good my Body Fat is up at 22.4%, initially 26.2%, I train with weights 5 days per week and sprint ( more like a jog these days) 2-3 times per week plus follow a Paleo diet, good sleep, Vit D3 etc. one other factor I think is worth mentioning is my fasting blood sugar has always measured above range for the past 5 years 107mg/dl ( range 70-100).
sorry if this all seems a bit random but I am due to do some more blood tests and just want to make sure I am heading in the right direction.
before I sign off just wanted to say a big thanks to Nelson for his book, actually bought 2 years ago and read it and didn't really take it in, recently found it again and was n awesome read which really made sense, recommended to it a few of my friends who are in the same boat and they have just ordered.
KC
just wanted to say a quick Hi, I am a 48 year old British male based in Dubai and been on TRT for the past 8 months. My initial blood tests indicated low Testosterone, low Thyroid (debatable) and low DHEA amongst other results, these have lead to taking Enanthanate every 7 days, 2 grains of T4/T3 (80%/20%) daily and 25mg DHEA daily. I appreciate to see the bigger picture I will need to post my full bloodworks, once I have worked out how to do that I will post.
One quick question I have and I dare say this has been asked on numerous occasions, I still need to work my way through the forum, my Doc insists he only looks at Total T and not Free T but every book and article I have read over the past 12 months has said Free T needs to be considered. My initial bloodworks had Free T measured at 10pg/ml of a range of 4.5 to 42pg/ml, SHBG at 62.59nmol/L of range 14.5 to 48.4nmol/l and Total T at 497ng/dl of range 285 to 801. One factor that makes me think Free T is not good my Body Fat is up at 22.4%, initially 26.2%, I train with weights 5 days per week and sprint ( more like a jog these days) 2-3 times per week plus follow a Paleo diet, good sleep, Vit D3 etc. one other factor I think is worth mentioning is my fasting blood sugar has always measured above range for the past 5 years 107mg/dl ( range 70-100).
sorry if this all seems a bit random but I am due to do some more blood tests and just want to make sure I am heading in the right direction.
before I sign off just wanted to say a big thanks to Nelson for his book, actually bought 2 years ago and read it and didn't really take it in, recently found it again and was n awesome read which really made sense, recommended to it a few of my friends who are in the same boat and they have just ordered.
KC
