Low T is making blood thinner and total proteins are lower because your are in a catabolic state. Collagen loss is affecting your skin and that is reversible. If you pinch up skin on back of your hand and that is slow to recover, that is part of the package.
With low T, driving through training with sheer will power can be harmful.
Body temperatures are good, you are getting ample iodine. This means that rT3 is not bad.
With food issues, have you ever had an occult blood test? And problems with digestion now?
Cholesterol could be a bit closer to 180.
Were you on 7000iu Vit-D3 for the lab work? Vit-D25=33 was low.
TT is low, not need diagnostics:
- TT
- FT
- E2
- prolactin
- LH/FSH
- DHEA-S
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.