notsoswoleCPA
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I was freaked out when I received my lab results today.
Total testosterone, > 1,500 ng/dL
Free Testosterone(Direct) - 32.1 pg/mL
Estradiol, Sensitive - 52.3 pg/mL
SHBG - 34.4 nmol/L
Here is the kicker, I followed my .43 ml dose every 3.5 days to the letter for the past six months... So... How in the heck did this happen?
I lost a total of 20 pounds, but, I believe I shed more fat than anticipated and added more muscle than I thought. I'm still a pudge, but I had a lot of visceral fat that seems to have come off. Like going from a 46" waist measured through the center of my belly button down to a 41 to 42" waist in the same location.
I'm just worried that the doctor is going to freak. The only difference between now and six months ago is that I periodically inject shallow im in my quads, which could be part IM and part subcutaneous. I pinned quad the Thursday before these labs and I tend to recall Dr. Crissler saying something about sub-q requiring less total testosterone to achieve the same numbers.
Also, I stopped taking my thyroid medication in January due to the shortage of NDT and they refused to switch me to synthetic. As a result, My thyroid labs seem normal:
T4,Free(Direct) - 1.47 ng/dL
Triiodothyronine (T3), Free - 3.5 pg/mL
TSH - 1.9 uIU/mL
My CBC and cholesterol are normal with the exception of my LDL and HDL cholesterol ratios, which are better (EDIT) but still bad due to genetics.
Overall cholesterol: 169 mg/dL
HDL: 31 mg/dL
LDL: 114 mg/dL
Historically, the HDL and LDL have always been bad, so we can't blame TRT on this. My labs right before TRT were HDL 32 MG/DL and LDL 109 MG/DL. This has been consistent since I started having routine bloodwork in 2014 with HDL never going above 35 and LDL never going higher than 130.
Oddly, this happened once before where I hit 1496 on 250 mg of sustanon per week and that doctor couldn't explain it either... It was a one time incident where it creeped past the 1,000 to 1,100 that I usually run. I just hope my doctor doesn't ASSume anything...
Total testosterone, > 1,500 ng/dL
Free Testosterone(Direct) - 32.1 pg/mL
Estradiol, Sensitive - 52.3 pg/mL
SHBG - 34.4 nmol/L
Here is the kicker, I followed my .43 ml dose every 3.5 days to the letter for the past six months... So... How in the heck did this happen?
I lost a total of 20 pounds, but, I believe I shed more fat than anticipated and added more muscle than I thought. I'm still a pudge, but I had a lot of visceral fat that seems to have come off. Like going from a 46" waist measured through the center of my belly button down to a 41 to 42" waist in the same location.
I'm just worried that the doctor is going to freak. The only difference between now and six months ago is that I periodically inject shallow im in my quads, which could be part IM and part subcutaneous. I pinned quad the Thursday before these labs and I tend to recall Dr. Crissler saying something about sub-q requiring less total testosterone to achieve the same numbers.
Also, I stopped taking my thyroid medication in January due to the shortage of NDT and they refused to switch me to synthetic. As a result, My thyroid labs seem normal:
T4,Free(Direct) - 1.47 ng/dL
Triiodothyronine (T3), Free - 3.5 pg/mL
TSH - 1.9 uIU/mL
My CBC and cholesterol are normal with the exception of my LDL and HDL cholesterol ratios, which are better (EDIT) but still bad due to genetics.
Overall cholesterol: 169 mg/dL
HDL: 31 mg/dL
LDL: 114 mg/dL
Historically, the HDL and LDL have always been bad, so we can't blame TRT on this. My labs right before TRT were HDL 32 MG/DL and LDL 109 MG/DL. This has been consistent since I started having routine bloodwork in 2014 with HDL never going above 35 and LDL never going higher than 130.
Oddly, this happened once before where I hit 1496 on 250 mg of sustanon per week and that doctor couldn't explain it either... It was a one time incident where it creeped past the 1,000 to 1,100 that I usually run. I just hope my doctor doesn't ASSume anything...
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