Back from Dr, need some help

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Well I didn't get all the answers, but that is the case with many of our

ailments. It does appear that I have something going on outside of low T.

Here are my out of range labs (Quest):

HDL 33 mg/dL (40+)

Creatinine 1.48 mg/dL (0.9-1.33)

eGFR 55 mL/min/1.73m2 (60+)

Albumin/Globulin Ratio 2.2 (1.0-2.1, Alb=4/8, Glob=2.2)

Dihydrotestosterone 21 ng/dL (25-75)

Absolute EOSINOPHILS 0 cells/uL (15-500) /Dr said this was the

first time he has seen this/

Testosterone 201 ng/dL (250-1100)

Free Testosterone 42.4 pg/mL (35-155)

Everything else is normal, but things that may be of interest:

Vitamin D 74 ng/mL (30-100) [i have been taking

10k IU per day with vitamin K]

Cholesterol total 149 mg/dL (125-200)

Triglycerides 72 mg/dL (<150)

LDL Cholesterol 102 mg/dL (<130)

TSH 1.50 mIU/L (0.40-4.50)

Negative for TSH Antibody

T4 Free 1.3 ng/dL (0.8-1.8)

T3 Free 2.9 pg/mL (2.3-4.2)

SHBG 21 nmol/L (8-48)

Estradiol Ultrasensitive <2 pg/mL (< OR = 29)

IGF 1 329 ng/mL (64-334)

Estrone 17 pq/mL (< OR = 68)

Estriol <0.10 ng/mL (< OR = 0.18)

DHEA Sulfate 269 mcg/dL (110-370)

FSH 6.2 mIU/mL (1.6-8.0)

LH 2.0 mIU/mL (1.5-9.3)

Cortisol 9.0 mcg/dL (4-22)

If there is something else I probably have it just did not type it in so

ask if its crucial.

The Dr was concerned about the Creatinine and the eGFR, I have been

reading on this, I think it may be due to the additional muscle mass I

have (I am stalky) as I have read bodybuilders can have a normal reading

of 2 simply because of the muscle mass they carry.

I have no idea about the EOSINOPHILS, these are supposed to be related

to allergies but it could indicate a bacterial infection from what I gather.

HDL has been low always, although in the past I was closer to the

borderline at ~37. My overall cholesterol is down though, I had been

working on losing weight for the past ~ 2 months and eating better. I

take slow niacin at night with policosanol now, so I expected it was

going to go up but its down.

Obviously not converting T to E or DHT, FSH is good but LH is low, not

really sure why.

I have more labs on Friday to do, urine test and more blood labs.

I went ahead and did a T shot today, to see how this makes me feel since

I never really got into normal ranges with Androgel before. I think it

is possible that my low T is just causing extra stress on top of my HIGH

stress job, and its driving the rest of my system out of whack so wanted

to try this. The Dr is open to using HCG instead, if I feel good on T

we will start HCG next week and eventually make that the only therapy.

I still don't see any reason why my HPTA is not telling my body to

produce T though, maybe more labs will help.

BR//Matt