Originally Posted by
emguru71
Hey guys,
Just got diagnosed, love the good things I'm hearing scared of the negative. My insurance covers the depo, but nothing else. I would like to start with 100mg a week injected. I will be doing self injections if I decide to do this. I have never had a problem with sexual function in fact I can go 2 to 3 times a day every day when I'm in a relationship. I do have fat on my stomach that I can't get rid of and my attitude has sucked for a long time. I don't have an issue pushing myself to get things done I just don't enjoy life like I did when I was younger this has gone on a long time. I would have never guessed my T was as low as it is, but it does correlate with a lot of feelings that I have. I'm 42 and have been unhappy for at least 12 years. I have trouble staying focused and was on adderall for 4 years but had to quit it because I was starting to rage as the doses kept climbing to help me stay focused. My question I guess is there anything that I can take naturally to get my T back in the 6-700 range. Once starting this can I ever stop? I have an appointment at a TRT clinic Thursday and want to get this steered in the right direction. Should I start and estrogen blocker immediately? without wanting children and not concerned with my nuts shrinking is HCG necessary. With the 4 vials of 100mg depo covered at $30 a month what are my out of pocket HCG and estrogen blocker going to run me a month? My numbers are below. I'm glad there are sites like this to try and gain information. I have never been a fan of the doctors office as they always find something wrong....
Tests: (1) CBC W/AUTO DIFF (1000)
WBC 9.4 K/UL 4.0-11.0
RBC 4.92 M/UL 4.10-5.70
HEMOGLOBIN 14.4 G/DL 13.0-17.0
HEMATOCRIT 42.7 % 37.0-49.0
MCV 86.8 fL 80.0-100.0
MCH 29.3 PG 27.0-34.0
MCHC 33.7 G/DL 32.0-35.5
RDW 13.5 % 11.0-15.0
NEUTROPHILS 74 % 40-74
LYMPHOCYTES [L] 18 % 19-48
MONOCYTES 6 % 4-13
EOSINOPHILS 1 % 0-7
BASOPHILS 1 % 0-2
PLATELET COUNT 248 K/UL 130-400
Tests: (2) LIPID PANEL (173)
CHOLESTEROL 177 MG/DL <200
TRIGLYCERIDES 78 MG/DL <150
HDL CHOLESTEROL 59 MG/DL >39
CALCULATED LDL CHOL [H] 102 MG/DL <100
RISK RATIO LDL/HDL 1.74 RATIO <3.55
Tests: (3) TSH REFLEX TO FREE T4 (2834)
TSH REFLEX TO FREE T4
0.9 UIU/ML 0.5-4.7
Tests: (4) BASIC METABOLIC PROFILE + e-GFR (145)
GLUCOSE 82 MG/DL 65-100
BUN 15 MG/DL 8-25
CREATININE 1.1 MG/DL 0.8-1.4
eGFR AFRICAN AMER. 89 ML/MIN/1.73 >60
eGFR NON-AFRICAN AMER.
73 ML/MIN/1.73 >60
SODIUM 136 MEQ/L 133-146
POTASSIUM 4.0 MEQ/L 3.5-5.3
CHLORIDE 103 MEQ/L 97-110
CARBON DIOXIDE 28 MEQ/L 18-30
CALCIUM 9.7 MG/DL 8.5-10.5
Tests: (5) LIVER (HEPATIC) FUNCTION PANEL (9175)
PROTEIN, TOTAL 7.1 G/DL 6.0-8.4
ALBUMIN 4.5 G/DL 2.9-5.0
BILIRUBIN, TOTAL 0.5 MG/DL 0.1-1.3
BILIRUBIN, DIRECT 0.1 MG/DL 0.0-0.3
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 70 U/L 30-132
SGOT (AST) 17 U/L 5-35
SGPT (ALT) 21 U/L 7-56
Tests: (6) PSA, TOTAL (2606)
PSA, TOTAL 0.5 NG/ML <4.0
Test performed by Siemens Centaur Chemiluminescent Assay.
Tests: (7) TESTOSTERONE, FREE/TOTAL WITH SHBG (4937)
TESTOSTERONE [L] 212 NG/DL 292-867
! TESTOSTERONE REF RANGE
SEE ABOVE SEE ABOVE
SEX HORM BIND GLOBULIN
43 NMOL/L 16-94
CALC FREE TESTOSTERONE
[L] 3.4 NG/DL 4.8-25.0
! CALC FREE TESTO REF RANGE
SEE ABOVE SEE ABOVE