I can’t breathe

[Windex]

$1000 a year? The cheapest TRT clinic in my area is $2400 / year.

It sounds like you are talking about a 22 year old guy, not a 48 year old man. At 48, if he did steroids in the past, guaranteed his natural levels are low. I'm 32 and mine were 471 when I checked and I never did steroids.

Also, while I don't pin (yet), I don't think it would take longer than 2 minutes to do so. Doesn't seem so bad, rather than live with low-t. I don't think there is anything that will put you in the "upper range" at 48. A few minutes a week is probably worth feeling great.

Just my opinion.

You missed the entire point of my post. TRT should be the last resort, not the first choice.

Also, TRT is very tedious beyond the actual injections. You have to manage your refills, call the pharmacy, make a trip there, exchange your sharps (needle) containerwhen full , buy needles, syringes, alcohol wipes, bloodwork, the list goes on. And if you want to travel to another country, or do a Europe tour (as an example) for a month it's an absolute nightmare.

[Test Monsterone]

You missed the entire point of my post. TRT should be the last resort, not the first choice.

Also, TRT is very tedious beyond the actual injections. You have to manage your refills, call the pharmacy, make a trip there, exchange your sharps (needle) containerwhen full , buy needles, syringes, alcohol wipes, bloodwork, the list goes on. And if you want to travel to another country, or do a Europe tour (as an example) for a month it's an absolute nightmare.

Not sure I missed the point entirely... Yes, TRT should be the last resort, but my point is that if he cycled in the past, and is 48, he will more than likely need to be on TRT anyway.

Not sure all that is involved in TRT is that tedious. Grocery shopping and cooking seems A LOT more tedious (lol). Shaving everyday seems tedious. Taking a shower and getting dressed is tedious. Pinning a couple of times a week seems a lot less tedious than all of these things, to me at least.

About traveling, yeah, I see how that can be somewhat tedious. Although, I'm sure it's like anything else you have to do consistently. Maybe you might have to buy some syringes once you get there, but after that, I don't see how it's that big of a deal.

Probably more than anything, it's the thought that you have to do it rather than choose to. You can skip on shaving or even showering if you really wanted to and you'd be ok, but I guess if you do that with TRT you won't be feeling so great.

[Windex]

After 7 years of TRT I disagree - not looking to derail the thread.

Best of luck doublewide

[Doublewide1]

No derailing. All opinions are welcome. I am 48. Have done cycles. My levels are TRT appropriate. My general doctor even told me that. Problem is my insurance basically wait until your a woman before approving TRT. So at this point on my own. I’m not going to spend a fortune on TRT out of my own pocket. So now with proper PCT I will go back to not caring about sex, tired all the time, etc.

I am not going to live my life like that. So I will put myself on my own TRT program with doseages similar to what the prescribe.