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Very Confused - Lab Results - Advice/Insights?
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<blockquote data-quote="S1W" data-source="post: 191756" data-attributes="member: 16947"><p>I've been at this for a few years now. I've tried various methods of administration and protocols, but always seem to settle back to what has been my go to protocol of 60mg E3.5D cyp.</p><p></p><p>After experimenting with a few different protocols over the past year - daily prop, daily cyp, EOD cyp, cream, nandrolone + cyp - I went back to plain 'ol 60mg E3.5D cyp back in mid-September.</p><p></p><p>Typically, my labs on this protocol would look something like:</p><p></p><p>LABCORP</p><p>TT: 1030 ng/dl (264-916)</p><p>FT: 32 pg/ml (8.7-25.1)</p><p>TruT FT: 33.88 ng/dl</p><p>E2: 48 pg/ml (8.0-35.0)</p><p>SHBG: 23 nmol/l (16.5-55.9)</p><p>HGB: 17.5</p><p>HCT: 50.2</p><p></p><p>I had labs drawn about a week ago - about 9 weeks consistent on the 60mg E3.5D cyp protocol. The Labcorp in my area closed down, so these labs were done at Quest. Very confused by the results.</p><p></p><p>QUEST</p><p>TT: 493 (250-827)</p><p>FT: 108.2 pg/ml (46-224)</p><p>TruT FT: 16.24 ng/dl</p><p>E2: 43 pg/ml (< OR = 29)</p><p>SHBG: 16 nmol/l (10-50)</p><p>HGB: 18.7</p><p>HCT: 54.3</p><p></p><p>So many questions...</p><p></p><p>SHBG: I noticed my SHBG appears to have a dropped a lot. Labcorp and Quest appear to use the same unit of measurement, yet have different ranges. What am I looking at here?</p><p></p><p>HCT: On previous labs, I noticed a correlation between TT/FT and HCT. Also, when HCT had been high previously, I noticed that my BP was also slightly elevated. This time, I have the <em>lowest</em> TT/FT since I began TRT, with the <em>highest </em>HCT since I began TRT. Yet my BP is normal at 120/70...</p><p></p><p>E2: Relative to TT, this is the highest my E2 has been.</p><p></p><p>I have noticed that I haven't been feeling great on this protocol either. I was expecting high TT/E2 to be at the root of that...guess I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have any thoughts on all of this, or if maybe a lot of the source of my overwhelming confusion in the face of my recent lab results is the difference between how Labcorp and Quest do things?</p><p></p><p>What protocol changes would you consider going forward?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S1W, post: 191756, member: 16947"] I've been at this for a few years now. I've tried various methods of administration and protocols, but always seem to settle back to what has been my go to protocol of 60mg E3.5D cyp. After experimenting with a few different protocols over the past year - daily prop, daily cyp, EOD cyp, cream, nandrolone + cyp - I went back to plain 'ol 60mg E3.5D cyp back in mid-September. Typically, my labs on this protocol would look something like: LABCORP TT: 1030 ng/dl (264-916) FT: 32 pg/ml (8.7-25.1) TruT FT: 33.88 ng/dl E2: 48 pg/ml (8.0-35.0) SHBG: 23 nmol/l (16.5-55.9) HGB: 17.5 HCT: 50.2 I had labs drawn about a week ago - about 9 weeks consistent on the 60mg E3.5D cyp protocol. The Labcorp in my area closed down, so these labs were done at Quest. Very confused by the results. QUEST TT: 493 (250-827) FT: 108.2 pg/ml (46-224) TruT FT: 16.24 ng/dl E2: 43 pg/ml (< OR = 29) SHBG: 16 nmol/l (10-50) HGB: 18.7 HCT: 54.3 So many questions... SHBG: I noticed my SHBG appears to have a dropped a lot. Labcorp and Quest appear to use the same unit of measurement, yet have different ranges. What am I looking at here? HCT: On previous labs, I noticed a correlation between TT/FT and HCT. Also, when HCT had been high previously, I noticed that my BP was also slightly elevated. This time, I have the [I]lowest[/I] TT/FT since I began TRT, with the [I]highest [/I]HCT since I began TRT. Yet my BP is normal at 120/70... E2: Relative to TT, this is the highest my E2 has been. I have noticed that I haven't been feeling great on this protocol either. I was expecting high TT/E2 to be at the root of that...guess I was wrong. Anyone have any thoughts on all of this, or if maybe a lot of the source of my overwhelming confusion in the face of my recent lab results is the difference between how Labcorp and Quest do things? What protocol changes would you consider going forward? [/QUOTE]
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