CO2 is down from hyperventilation during the blood work as your stress reflex. Some guys hold their breath and have high CO2. None of this has any significance.
Vit-D25 could be a little better. With season changing needs for Vit-D3 increase.
You do not want total cholesterol any lower. 180 is ideal.
HTC shows blood a bit thin and we expect TRT to increase HTC. There can be a concern of a GI bleed and an occult blood test can rule that in/out. Any digestive issues or food sensitivities?
LH/FSH–>zero on TRT, do not test again.
TSH should be closer to 1.0
May be elevated from not using enough iodized salt.
Eval overall thyroid function via oral body temps as discussed later in this post. Your wife may be affects too and perhaps more so.
Thyroid lab ranges are stupid so docs are blind and I have only once heard of a doc asking about iodine intake.
Thyroid fT3 active hormone affects every cell in your body.
Smells like CFS?
SHBG levels go down with more T and down with less estrogens - most of the time.
Lower E2 with anastrozole, not less T.
Inject T twice a week, subq works well
take anastrozole at that time, 1mg anastrozole per 100mg T
Do labs halfway between injections, always, lab timing matters and you need to avoid seeing changes from lab timing.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys - need more info about you
- 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.
KSman is simply a regular member on this site. Nothing more other than highly active.
I can be a bit abrupt in my replies and recommendations. I have a lot of ground to cover as this forum has become much more active in the last two years. I can’t follow threads that go deep over time. You need to respond to all of my points and requests as soon as possible before you fall off of my radar. The worse problems are guys who ignore issues re thyroid, body temperatures, history of iodized salt. Please do not piss people off saying that lab results are normal, we need lab number and ranges.
The value that you get out of this process and forum depends on your effort and performance. The bulk of your learning is reading/studying the suggested stickies.