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Im going to talk to the trt people about this but I honestly think many of you know more about this than they do so here goes.

My total T was 914
Free T was still only 172
Bioavailable was only 395 on a scale of 131-682

All that seems ok but here is where the questions arise.

My LH is less than a .2 on a scale of 1.24-8.62. Is this just due to my testicles being totally shut down?

Also, all my cholesterol is in a very good range except for the first time my HDL is low. My HDL is typically very high. I do a lot of cardio. (Keep in mind this was not fasted and came just a week after quitting drinking). HDL was 35

Test is also showing a high IGF-1 at 278 on a scale of 83-241. Im assuming that's a good thing?

And crit jumped from 46.6 to 48.7 so I guess Ill give blood soon.

Everything else is in normal range.

What you guya think?

ps- My estradiol is still less than 20 and I think probably too low.

Thanks
 

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Do you have an SHBG value? It’ll play into your free test.
 

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Yes. 48.1

thanks for looking
 

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Im going to talk to the trt people about this but I honestly think many of you know more about this than they do so here goes.

My total T was 914
Free T was still only 172
Bioavailable was only 395 on a scale of 131-682

All that seems ok but here is where the questions arise.

My LH is less than a .2 on a scale of 1.24-8.62. Is this just due to my testicles being totally shut down?

Also, all my cholesterol is in a very good range except for the first time my HDL is low. My HDL is typically very high. I do a lot of cardio. (Keep in mind this was not fasted and came just a week after quitting drinking). HDL was 35

Test is also showing a high IGF-1 at 278 on a scale of 83-241. Im assuming that's a good thing?

And crit jumped from 46.6 to 48.7 so I guess Ill give blood soon.

Everything else is in normal range.

What you guya think?

ps- My estradiol is still less than 20 and I think probably too low.

Thanks

Man my hemo runs 50 on TRT! so I’m having to donate every 2 weeks from my Hemotologist at least he’s helping me
 

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Looks good to me.. Lh is shut down from the exogenous test
 
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Yes. 48.1

thanks for looking

Very high end but in range assuming it’s nmol/L. That’s probably why your free test is lower.

I’m not well versed in how it works but I believe Proviron will bind to SHBG and raise your free test. Might want to do some homework on that.
 

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Very high end but in range assuming it’s nmol/L. That’s probably why your free test is lower.

I’m not well versed in how it works but I believe Proviron will bind to SHBG and raise your free test. Might want to do some homework on that.

It's why I need trt to begin with. I assume that's just genetic.
 

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Exogenous test (and all AAS) can lower your HDL. Take fish oil and keep up the cardio and good diet.
 

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