Initially my total spiked to near 600 (from 230) and my free T jumped to 21 with my estradiol staying down. I really thought that we were on the right track so my PCP upgraded my dosage a little as I was not feeling any better and my next lab work had went down to around 300 something. That was during the summer and I assumed that my missing a few doses here and there caused the drop.
Another round (6 weeks) went by and again my total was under 300. We upped my dosage to 75 mg a day (6 pumps of 1%) and I just got my most recent labs.
Total was 289 and free was 6. All labcorp ranges.
In the meantime my shoulders, chest and lower back have more zits on them than I did at the age of 17 when I was playing football and a sweaty mess most of the time.
I showered today, started the water running in the sink and grabbed my pump and I just put it back in the cabinet. Months and months to almost a full year of this treatment to be right back where I started is hard to swallow.
I am really pissed to be blunt. Subjecting yourself to potential side affects with no benefit is really annoying. I am going to see my PCP this week and will be hopefully starting the injections which I did not want to do as I have read there is more drastic hormone changes and I will have to monitor my E much more closely along with potentially having to add other medications to the mix in order to keep it down.
Anyway mostly venting here but you guys are my crutches and the only ones who really understand what this lifestyle is like. There is obviously worse things in life but it definitely takes front stage in my brain more often than I wish it did.
Thanks for reading guys and thanks for all of the advice thus far. I am sure I will be more active again here now that I will be hopefully starting injections and that will spawn new road blocks and questions.
Another round (6 weeks) went by and again my total was under 300. We upped my dosage to 75 mg a day (6 pumps of 1%) and I just got my most recent labs.
Total was 289 and free was 6. All labcorp ranges.
In the meantime my shoulders, chest and lower back have more zits on them than I did at the age of 17 when I was playing football and a sweaty mess most of the time.
I showered today, started the water running in the sink and grabbed my pump and I just put it back in the cabinet. Months and months to almost a full year of this treatment to be right back where I started is hard to swallow.
I am really pissed to be blunt. Subjecting yourself to potential side affects with no benefit is really annoying. I am going to see my PCP this week and will be hopefully starting the injections which I did not want to do as I have read there is more drastic hormone changes and I will have to monitor my E much more closely along with potentially having to add other medications to the mix in order to keep it down.
Anyway mostly venting here but you guys are my crutches and the only ones who really understand what this lifestyle is like. There is obviously worse things in life but it definitely takes front stage in my brain more often than I wish it did.
Thanks for reading guys and thanks for all of the advice thus far. I am sure I will be more active again here now that I will be hopefully starting injections and that will spawn new road blocks and questions.
