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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="dbossa" data-source="post: 67349" data-attributes="member: 15452"><p><span style="color: #333333">Brief history:</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Total test measured 227 ng/dl prior to starting TRT. Started off with 7.5g Androgel which was useless. Bumped it up to 10g and that was still useless. Switched to compounding cream and did 200mg daily, but still didn't feel any differently. Started applying to the scrotum and really started feeling it kick in, yet my lab work was a mess. Moved onto injectables.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Latest lab work with me doing 100mg Test E twice weekly, .25mg Arimidex 3 times a week, and 25mg DHEA in the evenings. Blood taken the morning of injection day prior to taking the injection, which would be an accurate trough reading:</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Total Testosterone: 1182 ng/dl</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Free Testosterone: waiting for results</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Estradiol: 29 pg/ml</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">SHBG: 21 nmol/l</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">DHT: waiting for results</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Prolactin: waiting for results</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Progesterone: 0.3 ng/ml</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">DHEA-S: 561 ug/dl</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">CBC/hematocrit/hemoglobin: all normal</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">My DHEA is high and my PSA values are also elevated. Figured I should just drop the DHEA altogether and see what happens.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Thinking about trying .25mg arimidex EOD instead of 3 times a week to bring it down a little more... thoughts?</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">25-OH VIT D came up as 64 nmol/L out of a range of 76-250. Figure I should add 3000iu daily and see what happens.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Prolactin has always been at the high end of normal so I'm anxious to get that result. DHT was extremely high the last time which was probably due to applying the compounded cream to the scrotum. This should hopefully go down now that I'm on injectables.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Am I on the right track or is there anything differently I should be doing?</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbossa, post: 67349, member: 15452"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica]Brief history: [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica]Total test measured 227 ng/dl prior to starting TRT. Started off with 7.5g Androgel which was useless. Bumped it up to 10g and that was still useless. Switched to compounding cream and did 200mg daily, but still didn't feel any differently. Started applying to the scrotum and really started feeling it kick in, yet my lab work was a mess. Moved onto injectables.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] Latest lab work with me doing 100mg Test E twice weekly, .25mg Arimidex 3 times a week, and 25mg DHEA in the evenings. Blood taken the morning of injection day prior to taking the injection, which would be an accurate trough reading:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] Total Testosterone: 1182 ng/dl Free Testosterone: waiting for results Estradiol: 29 pg/ml SHBG: 21 nmol/l DHT: waiting for results Prolactin: waiting for results Progesterone: 0.3 ng/ml DHEA-S: 561 ug/dl CBC/hematocrit/hemoglobin: all normal[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] My DHEA is high and my PSA values are also elevated. Figured I should just drop the DHEA altogether and see what happens.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] Thinking about trying .25mg arimidex EOD instead of 3 times a week to bring it down a little more... thoughts?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] 25-OH VIT D came up as 64 nmol/L out of a range of 76-250. Figure I should add 3000iu daily and see what happens.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] Prolactin has always been at the high end of normal so I'm anxious to get that result. DHT was extremely high the last time which was probably due to applying the compounded cream to the scrotum. This should hopefully go down now that I'm on injectables.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Helvetica] Am I on the right track or is there anything differently I should be doing? [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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