Opinion needed

[TrekB]

Background...
52yr old, total t 298, usual symptoms of low T. I'm 4 weeks into TRT. I've had 3 injections. 210mg, 200mg, 180mg. First two were 7 days apart. Due to travel, the 3rd was 12 days after the 2nd. The men's health facility did not test for E levels on the first blood test and they do the injections. Next blood test is after the 5th injection.

I will be traveling between the 4th and 5th injection. 15 days. I was told that they could provide HCG to compensate for the time. I'm concerned with the higher dosage of T to start with plus no blood work for E as a baseline. I'm not sure what to make of the HCG suggestion. I did not ask at the time but how is HCG normally administered? I assumed a pill, but from reading posts, I'm not sure.

Thoughts from those with experience?

 

[SolomonGrundy]

why is it being dialed down with out blood work, step one pick a dose stay on it a month and test, adjust from there

baseline is good for you so you can monitor hematocrit and hemoglobin, plus E2 . ask if you can self administer the shots, id them switch to 2 smaller doses per week, avoid increasing the Red Blood cells too much

 

[TrekB]

Thanks for the quick reply. The original blood work did have the hematocrit and hemoglobin. But not E. I asked why they are tapering the dosage and they replied that this is the protocol they follow. When I asked why not a baseline for e the reply was that they tend to use empirical data to determine the right level for me.

I'll ask about self-admin the shots. What are your thoughts about the HCG comment which was in place of the t-shot?

 

[Megatron28]

I would be nervous. Sounds like they are just trying to maximize how much money they get out of you. Start doing your homework so you can demand real, complete answers and call them on bullshit. And not being able to self inject is ridiculous.

 

[halfwit]

I would be nervous. Sounds like they are just trying to maximize how much money they get out of you. Start doing your homework so you can demand real, complete answers and call them on bullshit. And not being able to self inject is ridiculous.

^This. I spent damn near a year before I went on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) learning EVERYTHING I could so I would know what was b.s. and what was legitimate health care advice. You would be surprised at how little even some endocrinologists know about male hormone replacement, it's very scary indeed.