Can hydrocele be surgically corrected?
hCG does not increase LH - ever~
If hCG increases T and/or E2, LH and FSH go to zero.
Describe how you dosed hCG. IU’s needed, not needle volumes.
Have you used probiotics to recover from the antibiotic mess?
SHBG is very high when we expect low from low FT.
High SHBG creates a lot of SHBG+T, which is not bioavailable, which inflates TT number and reduces FT.
SHBG is made in the liver to scavenge sex hormones from the blood. Increased T lowers SHBG and increased E2 increases SHBG. We do see that SHBG can be increased by liver disease/conditions. ALT is high, but can easily be high from training and sore muscles.
Test FT directly please.
CRP is not cardio specific as was determined many years ago, your medical community has it wrong. Homocysteine is cardio specific, detecting the inflammatory processes that damage the one cell thick lining cells in arteries - aka endothelial dysfunction.
TSH is way to high. Should be nearer to 1.0
Thyroid lab ranges are useless/insane.
What is your history of using iodized salt?
Please eval overall thyroid function via last paragraph in your post.
Thyroid labs:
TSH= 3.94 — way too high
fT4=14.57 12-22 — this is low, should be midrange [17] or a bit higher
fT3=
Thank you for a great opening post!
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.