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I answered my own question by reading up more. Nevermind.

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Haha yeah I wish I was a badass. I haven’t played that in years.
 

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Ok, so I had my first visit to a clinic today to get my Test and estrogen evaluated. They drew blood and sent it off. I was told that the acceptable range is between 250-900 but they aim for a middle of the road so if I was low they would try and get me up to around 500-600. I asked about the differences in the testosterone (free vs the rest) and was told that they evaluate total T and decide treatment based off of that.

I'll post numbers here on Friday or Monday when the results should be available. I feel like I just gave them $75 for nothing...
 

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Ok, so I had my first visit to a clinic today to get my Test and estrogen evaluated. They drew blood and sent it off. I was told that the acceptable range is between 250-900 but they aim for a middle of the road so if I was low they would try and get me up to around 500-600. I asked about the differences in the testosterone (free vs the rest) and was told that they evaluate total T and decide treatment based off of that.

I'll post numbers here on Friday or Monday when the results should be available. I feel like I just gave them $75 for nothing...

Most of us pay $72 for private bloodwork with no follow up.
 

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Evaluating by total T is ridiculous. Having high total T and low free T is like having a shitload of gas in the trunk of your car. Totally pointless.
 

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That's what I am afraid of. I may have good total T but low free T and not get any consideration. I'll try another clinic at that point. It will be good to get a copy of the test records and see where I am at.

Evaluating by total T is ridiculous. Having high total T and low free T is like having a shitload of gas in the trunk of your car. Totally pointless.
 

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I don't know what any of the values truly mean so I'll be asking questions! I appreciate you volunteering to help a brother out :)

Most of us pay $72 for private bloodwork with no follow up.
 

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So I got a call from the clinic and my total test came back as 128ng/dl which is low and my total estradiol came back at 30pg/ml. I have an appointment on Wednesday to go over the results and discuss the options moving forward.
 

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128 is nonexistent. Welcome to trt. Your life will change forever
 

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I got put on 150MG of Test Cyp/week, 500iu HCG/week, 0.25mg Arimidex/week. Bloods in 5 weeks to check progress. Hopefully this will help me feel better and give me some more energy.
 

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I got put on 150MG of Test Cyp/week, 500iu HCG/week, 0.25mg Arimidex/week. Bloods in 5 weeks to check progress. Hopefully this will help me feel better and give me some more energy.

Excellent!

give it a full 6 weeks to get all mental benefits of trt. You may see libido improvements within the first 3 weeks.
 

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That's an excellent therapeutic dose imo. You may not even need the arimidex but that dose is much more conservative than I've seen lately. That's a good thing. Too many places overprescribe the AI.

You will be amazed at how you feel in 6 to 8 weeks.
 

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Update on the Low T situation: After 5 weeks bloods say my total T is now 662 (tested 6 days after last dose) but Estradiol was 60-something so I'm on .25MG Arimidex twice/week. I thought I had included this info already on my low t thread but I must have posted it elsewhere. Anyhow, just updating this thread with where I am at.

Dose will stay at 150/week and testing in a few more weeks to see if the estradiol gets back down in the 30-40 range.
 
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662, six days after the last dose is putting you at a very high peak Im sure. Crazy how different everyone's body absorbs and metabolizes this stuff. Youre on a good path here. Just watch your lipids with the adex. My HDL tends to drop more than Id like when on any amount of it but I dont take any when on trt dose anymore. As you continue to lose bodyfat, you may need less and less of it.
 

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