new to trt

[fathead32]

Been lurking in this forum for a long time so hoping you will tell me what you think.
46 yoa, 245lbs, approx. 20% bf, 20 years of lifting, 10 years of powerlifting 5 competative, currently 4 days of weight lifting tons of cardio for endurance events.
Labs
Free cortisol, 11.4
Insulin like growth factor, 189
tes serum 429
free tes, 13.9
dhea sulfate 196.9
sex hormone binding glob, 23.9
estradiol, 31.1

and ldl is high 148

Just started therapy
100 ml test cyp week injections
250 iu hcg 2 week injections
thyroid (Porcine)t3, t4 65 mg 1 daily
tamoxifen 21 mg 2 weekly

[fathead32]

bump

[Epic Ed]

Sounds good? Looks like you have it under control. Are you going through an aging clinic or a traditional doc? I've never seen T3/T4 administered as a part of TRT, but I can't say I know much about their effectiveness grouped with test and HCG.

[fathead32]

Aging clinic

[Epic Ed]

I hate that you're not getting any feedback, but I think it's because you really don't have a question.

It looks like they have you on a pretty standard protocol. I'd think you can look forward to feeling better soon. More energy, increased libido...the works. Post updates with how it's going. I'm interested to hear about the effects of the T3/T4.

[Vettester]

Like Ed mentioned, there just didn't look like much of a question. Congrats on your new program! The Tamoxifen seems like an odd amount at 21mg, must be a compounding pharmacy. You already sound pretty strong, wait til you get your program on track!

[durak]

yeah... off numbers = expensive compounding pharmacy.

[fathead32]

yea I know not much of a question but I got my answer pretty much just wanting to see if this was what other people were getting. It is a compunding pharmacy. I do have one concern other than my first injection site being a little sore, they gave me 5/8 inch, 1cc needles doesn't that seem a little small just from my research it seems most are using 1 inch, did not appear to loss anything?? Just wondering

[Epic Ed]

It depends on where you pin, but 5/8" needle might not be deep enough to pin your glutes. It's fine for delts. Probably good to go in quads. What gauge?

If you don't like the needles they provided ordering another size or gauge is cheap and easy.

[Black]

I would get some new needles. You want to make sure that it's in the muscle. 5/8" is ok for delts, but I would use 1" on quads and 1 1/2" on glutes, especially at 20% bodyfat.

Actually if you have big shoulders, I would use 1" for delts.