Low Total T, normal other labs? Confused...

[Dude 77]

now you filling better ?

[Davepet]

but also TRT may be negative for health,what you think?

I do not believe that simply replacing something your body normally makes can possible be harmful. In some cases the remaining guy ceases production, but I believe that is only if levels are kept very high.
Dave

[Kiwi]

So we now that when guys have prostrate cancer one of the treatments is for Testosterone suppressant drugs. Its not really that the product will cause it its more that it like other T replacement may exasperate the condition we also need to remember that misuse of T can lead to other conditions that can lead to heat attack - hence the young gym juncky steroid guys that abuse and die young! Remember that the T replacement is a synthetic form so one side effect can be that your blood can thicken and you haematocrit blood levels to increase too much.

Like Dave said levels too high can have unwanted effects. Mine are mid range for and over the last yearwe have been watching my blood thicken and have had to drop blood a few time to help.

[Coconut63]

now you filling better ?

I feel a lot better. Not quite where I used to be, but a huge improvement. I'm still having a hard time losing weight from the 20lbs I gained when my levels were low & libido is t back to 100%, but glad I went with it. Meeting with endo in a few weeks to see about increasing the dosage, but we'll see.

[Coconut63]

Update on this. So the first few weeks I felt amazing (kind of that alpha male syndrome); I guess from the rapid increase in my T. Then all of a sudden I started feeling less and less better and just could not lose weight. I thought maybe my body was equalizing with the TRT. Had my levels checked this past Monday & they came back at 214 for total (8.6 direct), which was disheartening of course. I read that topical T doesn't seem to work for some people, so I guess I'll be starting the injections soon. Meeting with my endo Monday to discuss more treatment options. *sigh*....

[Davepet]

Might be worth trying one of the other topicals. I seemed to do better on androgel than testim, so they are not all the same.

Dave

[Coconut63]

Thanks Dave. I decided to go with the injections since I'm paranoid about transference to one of my kids. My endo put me on 200mg every 2 weeks for now that I started a few days ago, so we'll see how that goes.

[Davepet]

The warnings about transference are massively overblown. They took a couple, applied the gel to his stomach & had them rub together vigorously for FIFTEEN MINUTES & only managed to double the female"s normal very low level of T. Casual contact is not a likely problem, besides you are supposed to cover the application site.

That said, injections are a bit more convienient than daily topical applications.

Dave

[biwi]

The warnings about transference are massively overblown. They took a couple, applied the gel to his stomach & had them rub together vigorously for FIFTEEN MINUTES & only managed to double the female"s normal very low level of T. Casual contact is not a likely problem, besides you are supposed to cover the application site.

That said, injections are a bit more convienient than daily topical applications.

Dave

I was a-ok with the Gels, but my wife was a bit more concerned about transference with her or my 6month old son. I am on the 10wk injections, and to me its easy peasy. Drop by the doc for 30 minutes once every 10 weeks, and that's it. After insurance it is cheaper than androgel too. Aveed also actually has some rebate programs so at the moment they are actually covering my copay. The only cost is the injection process, which is pretty cheap.

[Davepet]

A 10 week cycle would be wonderful. I'm currently on a 3 week cycle ( testosterone cypionate, 200mg)so I self inject because I'm out of town quite a bit for work.

Dave