I have a few basic questions and wanted to seek advice and information from the pros / vets on the board.
Here are my stats.
Height:6' 1"
Weight:174
age:39
Reason for THT or TRT - Testosterone Hormone Therapy or Testosterone Replacement Therapy or Hormone Replacement Therapy, however it is said I was perscribed Testosterone Cypionate.
Testicular Cancer in 2002, removed right testicle and also found more cancer in my lymph nodes located in my abdomen, so they did a RPLND (Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection) but they did it laparoscopically. Once that was finished I started Chemo and it lasted for 9 weeks, lost my hair and everything that goes with chemotherapy.
Now 10 years later I wanted to get a full checkup, and I had thoughts that my testosterone was low. Well it came back low 300's not horribly low but enough where my excellent doctor said lets proceed with therapy, first he spoke about the gels but I have 2 kids and wanted to pass, plus I knew that the gels were pretty weak compared to the injections.
So I was prescribed the normal Testosterone Cypionate 10ml 200mg/ml and it said on the script 10qty. He initially injected 400mg for day 1, before I got my script then after I picked up my script and had my insurance cover it, I was told to inject 2cc or 200mg once every 2 weeks, I inject them myself no problems. Now I know this is on the low side, but I see his reasoning. I was also prescribed arimidex after I complained a bit about the sore nipples 3 weeks into it, although I only was taking .25 every other day for about a week, the stuff kept me wide awake I could not sleep on it. So I stopped it, and about a week and half after the sore nipples went away on their own... not sure why.Probably because I was on the high/low side of the scale... 300 on my test. Now I currently don't have free testosterone numbers with me, and don't remember them unfortunately.
So the day he gave me the first shot, I weighed 154, and my wifi withings scale said I was around 8-10% bf I usually add 2% over, that thing can't be really trusted, especially when I see the bit of some fat around my waist. Now over the past year before all this THT, I put myself on a strict diet with all the trimmings greens, proteins, and eating 6 times a day. I also did an average of 4-5 day cardio run of only around 2-3 miles, and some working out. So the weight came off from 183-152 at my lowest, this was over a 3 1/2 month period. So I felt great somewhat but I knew I lost muscle with this, I looked pretty skinny at this point...... I know I will get to the point here in a moment, I apologize for the long read... Just wanted to give some history so people won't have to ask all the questions.
So my weight on July 2nd day of my first shot was 154, as of today I am 174, Aug 30th, and the withings scale says 7%bf. I was still running a bit, but less only 3 times a week at around 2 miles, and I started lifting... Not crazy lifting but lifting to the point of getting sore each time.
The tricky thing is I was giving myself higher injections... I know, a big no no in the eyes of many THT people. I was injecting from around 300mg at first then worked up after a month to about 500mg, then I went back down to 350mg and I was doing the injections approx 1 every 9-10 days. So as soon as I was starting to get low on my vial, I told my doc I accidentally broke my vial, he prescribed another so I was really happy to be able to continue on this, very lucky, and as far as he knew at that point I had only injected myself 2 times, so the vial that "broke" was full almost in his mind.
So basically I have gained 20lbs in almost 2 months, and my bf has stayed about the same if not may have dropped a bit, withings scale says 7.5%bf, but again that scale cannot be trusted I don't think, although it is probably + 3% or 2% on all bf measurements, so that is kind of how I add it up, so I am thinking I am really around 10% bf. And when I look in the mirror It shows, I have larger volume muscles, and lift way heavier weights.
Now my question is, with this new vial I am sure If I continue with the same amount every 10 days I will run out, and I am supposed to have this vial probably till about end of November. I know if I continue I will be finished with this vial in about a month and half if I keep the mg somewhat low. I only did one 500mg injection, the rest were around 400mg and 350mg.
Now the mood is great, I feel younger, faster and everything is basically better because of this THT, although I am abusing it for muscle gains, I have never been muscular and this is the first time I can actually look in the mirror and see a toned, somewhat muscular me.
I was wondering if I do the normal 200mg every 2 weeks will I only maintain what I gained and not have more gains except for what a normal man would gain with normal T levels? Or should I try to get away with 350mg every 10 days and look for an outside source for my Testosterone? I really only see myself using this for gains for another 5 months tops especially if I am gaining the way I have gained so far with my amount of mg per injection. At that point I would then continue with just the 200mg every 2 weeks. I just want to get to a nice form before I stick with the maintenance dose.
So what would "YOU" do in my shoes, and again I apologize if this post is all over the place and not as specific as intended. Also, everything above is true, I am not exaggerating nor stretching any truth here like some posters may do.
Thank you for your time
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Originally Posted by Choicethird
