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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
New Member is Canada w/ pre-TRT bloodwork
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 115483" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>I understand your frustration as doctors that specialize in trt are far and few in Canada let alone the accuracy of certain assays used in Canada when testing TT, FT and of course estradiol (mind you the sensitive assay is available in Ontario at Dynacare) and as of a month ago Health Canada licensed Beckman Coulter's Access Sensitive Estradiol Assay which is great news for us!</p><p></p><p>I agree with others that you should look into your thyroid deeper.</p><p></p><p>You are only 24 and it would be wise to make sure your thyroid is functioning optimally before jumping into trt.</p><p></p><p>Also your Labcorp labs are useless in Canada as doctors would require labs to be done at a Canadian laboratory.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely retest your TT and FT again but make sure the lab uses calculated method not the FIA and even though your FT looks to be around 2% using the calculator you may very well need it to be higher to be optimal.....mind you most men that have issues with low FT usually have high SHBG and your SHBG of 34.1 nmol/L is not high and actually under the mid-range (range 13-71) as the mean (mid-range) is 42 nmol/L.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 115483, member: 13851"] I understand your frustration as doctors that specialize in trt are far and few in Canada let alone the accuracy of certain assays used in Canada when testing TT, FT and of course estradiol (mind you the sensitive assay is available in Ontario at Dynacare) and as of a month ago Health Canada licensed Beckman Coulter's Access Sensitive Estradiol Assay which is great news for us! I agree with others that you should look into your thyroid deeper. You are only 24 and it would be wise to make sure your thyroid is functioning optimally before jumping into trt. Also your Labcorp labs are useless in Canada as doctors would require labs to be done at a Canadian laboratory. I would definitely retest your TT and FT again but make sure the lab uses calculated method not the FIA and even though your FT looks to be around 2% using the calculator you may very well need it to be higher to be optimal.....mind you most men that have issues with low FT usually have high SHBG and your SHBG of 34.1 nmol/L is not high and actually under the mid-range (range 13-71) as the mean (mid-range) is 42 nmol/L. [/QUOTE]
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Blood Test Discussion
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