Please do not neglect the thyroid and oral body temperature issues referenced below. This is way more important than most can imagine.
Post the oral body temperatures before you do thyroid lab work. If temperatures are good you do not need those labs.
You can do lab work on your own in most USA States.
We need:
supplements
health problems
height
weight=315–>254
waist size
Labs:
TT=373
FT
E2
LH/FSH ← cannot be done after TRT starts
prolactin
CBC
hematocrit
AST/ALT
Normal: Lab ranges are derived from a large number of samples from a sample population [of unknown ages] that is fitted to a bell curve or “normal distribution” and the ranges are what captures 95% or the sample group, throwing out the top and bottom 2.5%. The statement that “your are normal” is false or grossly misleading. The range thus only allows for 2.5% of the population to be low and that is meaningless. The statistical meaning of “normal” has been perverted through institutional ignorance.
Your cholesterol is getting too low. 180 is ideal. Cholesterol is important and is the foundation for creating your sex hormones, cortisol and supports whatever Vit-D3 you make from sun exposure.
What lab company did that lab work?
Where are you located?
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.