Hi,
My endo probably does not know about HCG and TRT that much, he said i was really low in testosterone, and prescribed androgell.
When i asked him if it would surrpress my own production he said it wont, now i know better, but i just did not want to disagree with him ,when he just agreed to help me, remember this is my third endo.
When we come to discussing my scans, i will give him studies that show all about HCG and TRT.
But in the end, he also thinks my testlevels are too low, and something must be done.
Over 3 tests in the last 2 years they were low, and getting rather lower then better.
Over at meso i got this advise from JanSz
[Your LH and FSH are on the bottom range.
Your Estradiol appears (I think) rather low.
Looks like you have secondary hypogonadism, that is your testis may be good but nobody tells them to work.
Additionally low estrogen.
That would be ideal situation to use HCG only (no Testosterone) in an effort to make testis do their work.
That is done by using larger amounts of HCG.
If you convince your doctor to this method, problem is how to figure protocol, dose and frequency.
You may follow a protocol that one would use when attempting to be fertile.
You may skip the HMG part, unless you want to make sure and get her actualy pregnant.
Data Sheet
The description there says:
Dosage In The Male
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
1,000-2,000 I.U. PREGNYL, two to three times per week.
That translates to
minimum 2000iu/week
maximum 6000iu/week
Your will have few limits, they have to be found by blood testing:
The more HCG you use,
the more Testosterone your testis will produce.
the more estradiol you will have
the more Arimidex you will have to use to control Estradiol
You do not want to get more than FreeT~300
Calculated with:
Free & Bioavailable Testosterone calculator
using TotalT, SHBG and Albumin
You do not want to use more than 2 pills/week Arimidex (divided into halfs or quarters)
So work within this limitations and see if you can be natural.
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Supposedly there is some evidence that frequency 2x/week or E3D is the best.
Supposedly E2D is not as good.
You will find out what works for you by trying.]
His post seems to simplify it for me so it gets more understandable.
And HCG first, hope this will help things, if it will not help i wont hesitate to go on TRT to see if this will help.
Now got too work on a plan, and convince my doc this will take some time.
thxs