TRT Serum increase post Varicocele Surgery
Hey guys,
So it's been a little over 7 weeks since I had my surgery for a really large Varicocele done. Last week I had an extensive blood panel ran independently of my doctor and I've noticed a significant spike in my Test Serum levels. Listed below are blood work results before and after.
Blood work 05-03-2018 (Doctors Office Labs)
Test Level ng/dp = 904 (Std Range 300-890)
Free Test pg/ml = 170.5 (Std Range 47.0-244.0)
IGF-1 = 96 (Std Range 55-168)
Estradiol = <17.0 (Std Range <=60.7)
Blood work 07-11-2018 (PrivateMd Labs)
Test Serum = 1321 (Ranges = 264-916)
Free Test = 42.14 (Ranges = 5.00-21.00)
% Free Test = 3.19 (Ranges = 1.50-4.20%)
IGF-1 = 210 (Ranges = (67-205)
Estradiol Sensitive = 48.1 (Ranges = 8.0-35.0)
Growth Hormone Serum = 1.2 (Ranges = 0.0-10.0)
My TRT dosage has not changed since I've started on 04-23-2018.
My dosage is .3ml / E3D which comes out to approximately 165mg / week of Test Cyp. 200mg/ml
My HCG dose is 300ui / E3D
The only thing that has changed outside of the surgery is that I started taking a low dose of HGH on 06-05-2018 @ 2ui / ED
So two things have happened, one my Test went from
904 to 1321 and my Estrogen has gone up as well. My Estrogen was in range prior to this spike.
So my main question is, did the repair of the Varicocele have that much impact or is the HGH causing the spike or a combo of both?
I'm going to cut back my TRT dosage to .25ml / E3D which would put me at 150mg / week versus the current 165mg / week and then have another blood panel ran in a few weeks.
Also going to start the Adex my doctor prescribed, just waiting on my eye droppers and bottles to come in tomorrow so that I can use YouthfulGuys vodka method.
If any of you Veterans have any insight on what caused the Test Level spike, I really appreciate the feedback.
Thanks in advance as always,
DJ