gyno and bloodwork, looking for informed opinions

[MJRuff01]

with test that low why not consider TRT at low doses and perhaps AI to aid with your estrogen levels?!

Will most likely do that as well.

Surprisingly my strength has come back quickly. Took a 2 year break for lifting, and became very sedentary. I benched 300 the other day though, just 6 weeks after starting lifting again, and am focusing much more on cardio and circuit training, but am doing some strength training twice a week. I gained a significant amount of fat while sedentary, so my guess now is that my condition is very likely some kind of obesity induced hypogonadism.

[bass]

Will most likely do that as well.

Surprisingly my strength has come back quickly. Took a 2 year break for lifting, and became very sedentary. I benched 300 the other day though, just 6 weeks after starting lifting again, and am focusing much more on cardio and circuit training, but am doing some strength training twice a week. I gained a significant amount of fat while sedentary, so my guess now is that my condition is very likely some kind of obesity induced hypogonadism.

WOW! 300 pounds! be careful not to screw up your tendons, being away from lifting 2 years then lift that heavy you're asking for an injury, your shoulders especially! good for you but take my advise, with test that low you will not make good gains, or at least you won't keep what you gain. best of luck to you and please keep us posted as we are all learning from each other...

[MJRuff01]

WOW! 300 pounds! be careful not to screw up your tendons, being away from lifting 2 years then lift that heavy you're asking for an injury, your shoulders especially! good for you but take my advise, with test that low you will not make good gains, or at least you won't keep what you gain. best of luck to you and please keep us posted as we are all learning from each other...

I was stronger than that prior to stopping of course. It just seemed that each week my bench would get stronger. Week 1 I was strugling with 135 for 3x10, week 2 2x10 with 155, week 3 2x6 with 185, week 4 1x10 225, week 5 1x7 with 245, and week 6 (this week) is when I put up 300 for 1.

The problem is the weight is simply not coming off like it should. I have an education in exercise physiology, I know exactly what I am doing, and I really should have lost close to 30 lbs by now as opposed to the 8 or 9 that I have lost. Hormones being all out of whack is cause for this. As the article I posted above shows it kind of becomes a big downward spiral once a level of abdominal fat is achieved.

Ideally I would only like to be on some kind of HRT for 3-6 months, allow me to lose 10 inches or so around my belly, and normalize my own endocrine system.

[MJRuff01]

Does anyone know the general cost of these things. I have no insurance so would like to steer my doctor to prescribing me generics only and the lowest costing one's necessary. Anyone have suggestions of what I should suggest to my doc?

I tried looking at CVS and Walmart, but they do not publish their prices, and it is difficult to price shop without a script in hand.