Got some "Tuning" questions, need quick help.

[Megatron28]

It is up to you if you get it. You can always run over toprivatemdlabs too and get it anytime you want.

As for when to do the test relative to pinning, I personally find it informative to get a peak and trough result to see what your range is.

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

Ok, maybe what I'll do is use the docs test for my peak and get my full panel done at my trough on a Wednesday morning. When would my peak from a Sunday night pin be? Thank you again Mega, I REALLY appreciate it.

 

[Megatron28]

Maybe try Monday afternoon.

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

Will do!

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

So I get a call Wednesday from the urologist office that was kind enough to diagnose and treat my low testosterone. Seems I forgot I had an appointment for Friday (today) and that I needed to get my blood work done beforehand. So, Wednesday afternoon I ran out and had my blood drawn. I know it should be done fasted but they wanted it done. Free blood work right? I'm gonna post what I have so far but they are still waiting on the sensitive estradiol but I should have it Monday. So here it is, tear it up!!! By the way, the blood was taken at 5pm Wednesday night, a few hours before my 50mg pin. I'm guessing I couldn't be closer to my trough level.

GLUCOSE. 84 60-110 MG/DL

ALBUMIN. 4.5 3.2 - 4.8 G/DL

ALK PHOS. 111 27 - 120 U/L

BILI DIREC. 0.1 0.0 - 0.8 MG/DL

BILI TOTAL. 0.6 0.0 - 1.6 MG/DL

AST/SGOT. 41 15 - 41 IU/L

ALT/SGPT. 31 10 - 63 IU/L

PROTEIN. 7.3 6.1 - 7.9 G/DL

WBC. 9.2 4.0 - 10.0 K/UL

RBC. 4.61 4.60 - 6.20 M/UL

HGB. 15.0 13.5 - 17.5 G/DL

HCT. 43.2 41.0 - 53.0%

MCV. 94 82 - 100 FL

MCHC. 34.7 32.0 - 36.0%

RDW. 12.7 11.0 - 14.0%

PLT. 290 140 - 450 K/UL

SHBG. 16.6 13.3 - 89.5 nmol/L

ALBUMIN. 4.4 3.2 - 4.8 G/DL

FSH. 0.4 1.3- 19.3 mIU/ml

LH. 0.2 1.2 - 8.6 mIU/ml

PROLACTIN. 9.2 2.6 - 13.1 ng/ml

TOTAL TEST. 562 175 - 781 ng/dl

FREE TEST. 16.3 4.9 - 19.0 ng/dl

BIOAVAIL. 391 115 - 446.7 ng/dl

 

[Megatron28]

Seems good. Are you still taking 50mg of test every 3.5 days? Let us know where E2 comes in at. How are you feeling?

What's going on with your AST(SGOT)? Is it normally that high? Taking some NAC might help.

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

Yep, still taking 50mg Wednesday night and Sunday morning. Feeling decent, still not as good as the second or third week in when I felt that "high".

Three weeks ago when I had that blood work done at privatemedlabs my AST(SGOT) was 18 with a range of 0-40. I did get over served a few days before this last test and may have broke a world record. I'm not a big drinker and don't keep alcohol in the house usually. I'm more of a binge drinker but it's not often enough to mention. I may have dented my liver up and caused the numers to rise. I'll keep an eye on that for sure.

On a side note... My new primary doc referred me to a Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) place he deals with. I have been talking with them a little bit about being a bit more aggressive with building muscle. They mentioned using Danazol torches to help my body use more of the free testosterone I have running around my body. I guess with my SHBG being on the low side this helps fix the high free T.

 

[Megatron28]

I have generally found high free T to be a good thing. Are you hoping to lower yours?

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

Not particularly. I keep reading good and bad things about high free T. I wish I could get a straight answer. Once I get to 50 posts I'll pm you what the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) place wants to run me on for a while.

 

[Megatron28]

Just curious, what are the good and bad things you have read about Free T?

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

Maybe I was wrong about the free T being bad. Seems the lower your SHBG is, the more free T you have as well as estrogen, but the estrogen can be blocked. It also seems that most guys as they get older have their SHBG rise resulting in less free T. I suppose I am lucky that my SHBG is on the low side and my free T is on the high end given the small amount of test cyp I am using. This is a very confusing learning process. Hopefully I have my Estradiol numbers tomorrow.

 

[Megatron28]

Maybe I was wrong about the free T being bad. Seems the lower your SHBG is, the more free T you have as well as estrogen, but the estrogen can be blocked. It also seems that most guys as they get older have their SHBG rise resulting in less free T. I suppose I am lucky that my SHBG is on the low side and my free T is on the high end given the small amount of test cyp I am using. This is a very confusing learning process. Hopefully I have my Estradiol numbers tomorrow.

We'll make an Endo out of you soon enough.