Nah! Your not way late. Thatās a great point about the connective tissue and it has been weighing heavily on my mind. Iāve decided to back off my max bench and focus on strength building with sets of 8. Iāll revisit my max in 3 to 4 weeks. As far as the sub q goes Iām very comfortable in the belly fat. Iāve moved away from the love handles and inject 2" from the naval. Thanks for stopping by @KSman. I thought you didnāt like me lol. Appreciate your input.
Received my bloodwork today. Iām pretty stoked by the results. I was sick the day I had the blood drawn so that explains the high white blood cells and neutrophil. At this point I am unsure whether or not I need to make adjustments. I wouldnāt mind seeing the TT a little higher but I donāt want the E2 going up any more. Any opinions or suggestions are welcome. Thank you!!! @KSman @systemlord @shltn @anon10035199 @anon10230041 @NH_Watts
Looks good. Especially if you feel good too. Are you just on Cyp?
How often are you injecting? Yea your TT would be nicer to be a little higher but if this is trough, id say your good. Its like you said, do you want to deal with more E2?
I am injecting 50 mg on Monday morning and Thursday evening. The blood was drawn Thursday morning so yes I think thatās considered trough. I am only taking T Cyp. No HCG. No Arimidex.
Nice. Yea that looks good to me, thatās about where I am at on trough (633), Just Cyp, no AI. On 80 a week, same split as you. I have to be careful with mine at the VA because if im over 827 on a test it could cause issues.
Considering that, your probably walking around in the 700-900 range most of the time.
Remember you give same blood sample to 2 different technicians are youāll get two different results. These labs arenāt an exact science, wildly variable.
If youāre loaded next blood draw order two completely different blood tests and youāll see what Iām talking about.
No thanks bro. Iāll just stick to one blood draw. Iām not scared of needles but the three viles of blood they take is enough for me.
Youāre better than midrange and not too far from high normal, I think youād be hard pressed to find any difference going higher. You would need an AI for certain. Perhaps at a later date once your body is fully adapted to TRT and you improve your physical status, you body might be in a better position to handle more T and E2 will be better controlled.
Lots of guys who improve their physical status are able to shed their AI usage altogether.
Your #s look great and best of all I think you said you feel very good!
on a side note:
Does anyone know what day e2 would be highest ? I wan to draw my blood on this day next time because i want to make sure am taking the right dex dose.
AM thinking the day would be 48 hours after the T injection (injecting e3.5)?
I asked in my thread and was told right before next injection on trough day.
So quick updateā¦ after this last set of bloodwork I have switched from sub q belly to shallow IM delt. Gonna try this out for 6 weeks and retest. I ordered 28 gauge 1/2" insulin syringes as Iām fed up with the 30 gauge needles. I did Monday and Thursday injections 50 mg each with this protocol and so far Iām liking it way better. Syringe loads much quicker. Shots are just as painless. Iām pretty pumped up right now. Hit a personal best of 300lbs on bench this morning. Felt like a dream. Only one rep but Iām getting stronger no doubt. Iām hitting 225 for 14 reps. Big milestone for me. I sent my most recent bloodwork to my endos office. No response from them. My appointment is March 30th so I guess Iāll wait to see what she says.
Quick updateā¦ sent my bloodwork to doc and she said no more bloodwork needs to be performed before my appointment which we moved to the 22nd (this week). Been feeling good. Strong. Iām nervous about what the doc is gonna say Wednesday. Iām afraid she is gonna try and incorporate HCG and I donāt want estrogen issues. I will only go down that road if she gives me an AI. I really like shallow IM delt injections. So easy. Painless. Iām getting more and more confident with every injection and they go much quicker now.
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Saw the doc. She basically said my bloodwork was perfect and kicked me out. No talk of hcg. I was ok with that. Still feeling good and making progress in the gym. Feeling stronger than I have ever felt. I hit 310 on bench last Friday. It went up pretty easy so I feel confident attempting 315 this next week. Nothing to it but to do it.
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Not a whole lot to update. Feeling good. Been hitting the gym hard. I have noticed some hair growing in places it never did before. Specifically on the back of my arm at the top of my tricep which I find odd. Oh well. Donāt see my doc again till September.
This is not at all very scientific but when I used to do IM on my quads I was getting hair growth above my knees and now that I shoot SQ in my belly my belly is hairier.
Youāre looking for causality, testosterone increases hair growth on some guys. My hair volume increased and is much longer, every couple of months I have a super long 6" hair coming out my armpit. I also have more hair on my stomach also.
It has nothing to do with where youāre injecting.
I knowā¦thats why I said it wasnāt very scientific. I probably noticed it in those spots first because I am focused on them since that is where I am injecting.
So my insurance company has decided they are not going to cover anything associated with trt which really pisses me off since I pay 1000 dollars a month to have it. I used an online discount to buy the same bottle of test and it helped but not good enough. Iāve been happy with the treatment. Havenāt changed my protocol. Things are good.