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<blockquote data-quote="Amaps" data-source="post: 146101" data-attributes="member: 38747"><p>Hey guys, thanks for an awesome source of information!</p><p></p><p>I’m a 42 year old male with most of classic signs of low T. But my case is somewhat unique, or at least, I haven’t been able to find anyone with similar case.</p><p></p><p>Fifteen years ago I had a gastric bypass and lost a lot of weight. I got to my goal weight pretty fast and kept it off for many years. I’m 5,6 and at the time of gastric bypass i was 240lbs, I got down to 145 with 11% body fat and I felt great. Until three years ago when I got really sick. Constant nausea with vomiting, dizziness, weakness, body aches. I waited for about a week for it to pass but it didn’t, so I went to a doctor and had a full work up. Doctor told me he tested everything including thyroid and testosterone. When labs came back he told me I was very anemic, low b12, low d3, low folic acid, everything else within normal limits. So I had twelve iron infusions and I was put on 1mg b12 monthly, 1mg folic acid daily and 50000 iu twice a week. I felt great after a short period. That went on for about two years, then I started gaining weight no matter how much I work out or diet. I normally just do push ups, pull ups and air squats everyday to stay fit. Now I added weights and cardio, reduces carbs and calories but still getting fat. Currently I’m 180lbs 20.8% body fat. So all this plus other signs of low T like low libido, bad mood and less and less energy every day got me researching low testosterone.</p><p></p><p>I went to local testosterone clinic and got tested.</p><p></p><p>Total T: 360. 50 Range : 198 - 679</p><p></p><p>Free T: 5. 72 Don’t know range but I was told it’s really low.</p><p></p><p>SHGB: 46.70 Range: 13.3 - 89.5</p><p></p><p>Estradiol: 26.00. Range: 0 - 47</p><p></p><p>Second blood test confirmed these results. I was prescribed 140mg Test cypionate once a week and 0.5mg anastrozole on the day of Test injection. After second injection I started feeling really good first two days but the rest of the week I was pretty much back to how I was before. After third week I started having dull pain in one of my testicles.</p><p></p><p>I called the clinic and asked if I should try splitting the dose in two per week and was told absolutely not. They said that they want me to come in a week early for my six week blood test and that I will most likely get my dose increased. When I asked about the pain in my balls, they said that only 20% of men get it and if I doesn’t go away we will discus treatment.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long post! I just felt like I needed to give some context to get an advice .</p><p></p><p>I’m planning on discussing why they said absolutely not to splitting dose and also want to get a full blood work up again. I haven’t checked b12, folic acid or d3 since the time I got sick, so I want to get that checked And the TRT related labs.</p><p></p><p>What else do you guys think I should get tested when I go in next week?</p><p></p><p>Here’s my full labs from last time (before TRT)</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amaps, post: 146101, member: 38747"] Hey guys, thanks for an awesome source of information! I’m a 42 year old male with most of classic signs of low T. But my case is somewhat unique, or at least, I haven’t been able to find anyone with similar case. Fifteen years ago I had a gastric bypass and lost a lot of weight. I got to my goal weight pretty fast and kept it off for many years. I’m 5,6 and at the time of gastric bypass i was 240lbs, I got down to 145 with 11% body fat and I felt great. Until three years ago when I got really sick. Constant nausea with vomiting, dizziness, weakness, body aches. I waited for about a week for it to pass but it didn’t, so I went to a doctor and had a full work up. Doctor told me he tested everything including thyroid and testosterone. When labs came back he told me I was very anemic, low b12, low d3, low folic acid, everything else within normal limits. So I had twelve iron infusions and I was put on 1mg b12 monthly, 1mg folic acid daily and 50000 iu twice a week. I felt great after a short period. That went on for about two years, then I started gaining weight no matter how much I work out or diet. I normally just do push ups, pull ups and air squats everyday to stay fit. Now I added weights and cardio, reduces carbs and calories but still getting fat. Currently I’m 180lbs 20.8% body fat. So all this plus other signs of low T like low libido, bad mood and less and less energy every day got me researching low testosterone. I went to local testosterone clinic and got tested. Total T: 360. 50 Range : 198 - 679 Free T: 5. 72 Don’t know range but I was told it’s really low. SHGB: 46.70 Range: 13.3 - 89.5 Estradiol: 26.00. Range: 0 - 47 Second blood test confirmed these results. I was prescribed 140mg Test cypionate once a week and 0.5mg anastrozole on the day of Test injection. After second injection I started feeling really good first two days but the rest of the week I was pretty much back to how I was before. After third week I started having dull pain in one of my testicles. I called the clinic and asked if I should try splitting the dose in two per week and was told absolutely not. They said that they want me to come in a week early for my six week blood test and that I will most likely get my dose increased. When I asked about the pain in my balls, they said that only 20% of men get it and if I doesn’t go away we will discus treatment. Sorry for the long post! I just felt like I needed to give some context to get an advice . I’m planning on discussing why they said absolutely not to splitting dose and also want to get a full blood work up again. I haven’t checked b12, folic acid or d3 since the time I got sick, so I want to get that checked And the TRT related labs. What else do you guys think I should get tested when I go in next week? Here’s my full labs from last time (before TRT) Thanks in advance [/QUOTE]
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