Re: updated lab levels on far left then test name and old level- Now what?

[Guest guest]

I'm confused. I see two numbers for every lab. Is the first number your

current lab and the second last year's? Or vice versa? Your current

testosterone is 524 or 149? That's a pretty big jump. Did your dose change

between those labs? What do you take and how much?

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> Time for the annual Physical. Unfortunately they did not do the CBC as I

suspect the hemoglobin is up.

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> So what should I be asking the Dr when I see him? Obviously I need to get my

E2 down but what else do you see?

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> 524 Testosterone total 149ng/dl ref. 250-1100

> measured by LCMSMS correlates well with extratction/RIA method

> 1.91 > % Free 1.82% ref 1.5-2.2

> 100.1> Testosterone Free 27.1 pg/nl ref 35-155

> > reference

> 69 Estradiol ref. 0-54

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> > Prostate Specific Antigen

> 0.8 > Total PSA 0.4 <4.0

> >

> > Comp Metabolic Panel ref

> 138> Sodium 142 135-148

> 3.9> Potassium 4.9 3.4-5.3

> 102> Chlorine 106 96-110

> 24> Carbon dioxide 24 19-32

> 93> Glucose 103 (was 115 last month) 70-100

> 9 > Bun 14 3-29

> 1.0> Creatinine 1.0 0.5-1.4

> 9> Bun/Creatinine ratio 14 7-25

> > GFR estimated >60 > or =60

> 9.8> Calcium 9.1 8.5-10.4

> 7 > Total Protein 7.1 6.0-8.3

> 4.7> Albumin 4.5 3.5-4.9

> 2.3> Globulin 2.6 1.9-3.6

> 2.0> A/G ratio 1.7 0.8-2.0

> 1.8 > Bilirubin Total 1.1 0.0-1.4

> 30> AST (SGOT) 28 0-46

> 34> ALT (SGPT) 36 0-60

> 74> ALK Phos 81 23-144

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> 169> Total Chol 214 desirable<200

> 93> Triglycerides 126 normal <150

> 50> HDL 44 desirable >60

> 100> LDL 145 borderline high

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[Guest guest]

Sorry for the confusion, (I wish I could have made my excel file copy here as it

is clearer.)

The level to the far left, the first level is the current level. Then to the

right is the old level. The labs were drawn 12 hours before the weekly dose of

30cc Cyp Testosterone 200mg/ml. (Started on Testosterone due to the 149 total T

level, ED and feeling horrible. The current levels were drawn Wednesday am as I

take my injections Wednesday night.)

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> >

> > Time for the annual Physical. Unfortunately they did not do the CBC as I

suspect the hemoglobin is up.

> >

> > So what should I be asking the Dr when I see him? Obviously I need to get my

E2 down but what else do you see?

> >

> > 524 Testosterone total 149ng/dl ref. 250-1100

> > measured by LCMSMS correlates well with extratction/RIA method

> > 1.91 > % Free 1.82% ref 1.5-2.2

> > 100.1> Testosterone Free 27.1 pg/nl ref 35-155

> > > reference

> > 69 Estradiol ref. 0-54

> >

> >

> > > Prostate Specific Antigen

> > 0.8 > Total PSA 0.4 <4.0

> > >

> > > Comp Metabolic Panel ref

> > 138> Sodium 142 135-148

> > 3.9> Potassium 4.9 3.4-5.3

> > 102> Chlorine 106 96-110

> > 24> Carbon dioxide 24 19-32

> > 93> Glucose 103 (was 115 last month) 70-100

> > 9 > Bun 14 3-29

> > 1.0> Creatinine 1.0 0.5-1.4

> > 9> Bun/Creatinine ratio 14 7-25

> > > GFR estimated >60 > or =60

> > 9.8> Calcium 9.1 8.5-10.4

> > 7 > Total Protein 7.1 6.0-8.3

> > 4.7> Albumin 4.5 3.5-4.9

> > 2.3> Globulin 2.6 1.9-3.6

> > 2.0> A/G ratio 1.7 0.8-2.0

> > 1.8 > Bilirubin Total 1.1 0.0-1.4

> > 30> AST (SGOT) 28 0-46

> > 34> ALT (SGPT) 36 0-60

> > 74> ALK Phos 81 23-144

> >

> > 169> Total Chol 214 desirable<200

> > 93> Triglycerides 126 normal <150

> > 50> HDL 44 desirable >60

> > 100> LDL 145 borderline high

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Your Total Testosterone for me is to low I feel much better at 800 or higher.

Why do you feel your hemoglobin is up. Your Estradiol is very high and this

takes away your feeling any better on TRT.

You need Arimidex to get this down start with .5 mgs every other day. I will

attach a copy of a file I made about not going to low on arimidex latter in this

post.

I think the number in front of you labs is level that is best of higher like for

your Sodium anything over 138 would be good.

Your Free Testosterone is so low because your Estradiol levels are so high this

makes SHBG go higher and it binds up your Free T levels.

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How To Take Arimdex and not go down on your Estradiol to Low.

What I found is if you go to low taking arimidex, it's the length of time your

to low, if your too low say for 8 weeks it can take your body a longer time to

make more Estradiol. Bottom line is to know how not to go to low. Keep a log on

your dose and how you feel men going to low can't get it up taking Viagra. I

went to low when I first tried Arimidex and did not know about going to low or

how one feels to low, so I was low a good 8 weeks. I did not know I was low

until my next labs.

The best gage I have found to control your Estradiol levels is to gage your

night time and morning wood. At good levels or what I call the sweet spot you

get your night time and morning wood back so strong it will wake you up and you

can hang a coat on it.

Most men do good taking .25 mgs or 1/4 of a 1mg. pill, I use a pill cutter to

cut the small pill in half then I stand it on the cut end and use a single edge

razor to cut this in half. A good way to take arimidex is by how high your

levels are. I tested over 90 pg/ml so we tried doing .5 mgs every other day

after 8 weeks my next set of labs showed it did not move below 90, test said

>90. So we did .5 mgs. every day in about 2 weeks I got some strong night time

and morning wood back after not having them for many yrs.

I kept doing this dose and in 8 weeks my next set of labs said <20 back in the

day labs were like this they did not have to good labs we have today they could

not read lower the 20. My Dr. told me this looks to low to stop taking the

Arimidex. The one thing I noticed was my wood stopped and stopping the Arimidex

my wood came back in about 7 weeks my next test at 8 weeks was 24 pg/ml. So we

went back on the Arimidex but the Dr. told me to take .5 mgs every 3 days I was

on this dose not a week and lost wood. This is when I figured out going to low

you lose wood. And the longer your too low the longer it takes to get levels

back up.

I stopped the arimidex right away and got my wood back in 4 days. I then after

playing with the dose for a time found the best dose is .25mgs every 2 to 3

days.

So lets say your labs are less the 50 pg/ml if your take .5 mgs you can go down

so dam fast your miss the sweet spot of your wood and go to low. It's best with

lower levels 50 and under to do less Arimidex .25mgs every 2 days if later your

lose wood when it comes back go to every 3 days.

I have found estradiol is the hardest hormone to control, it goes up or down

from month to month some times I need .25mgs every 2 days other times I need

..25mgs everyday most of the time I do well on every 3 days.

So between wood and labs I do great and so do most of the men I have told this

to. I keep a log on how much I am taking and how I feel. Doing this and reading

back in my log I was able to tell when I was going to high or to low my Dr. lets

me dose my arimidex by how I feel.

Over the yrs. I have posted this story until I am blue in the face.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: ejackson12000 <ejackson12000@...>

> Subject: updated lab levels on far left then test name and old

level- Now what?

>

> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 11:20 PM

>

> Time for the annual Physical. Unfortunately they did not do

> the CBC as I suspect the hemoglobin is up.

>

> So what should I be asking the Dr when I see him? Obviously

> I need to get my E2 down but what else do you see?

>

> 524   Testosterone total 149ng/dl ref.

> 250-1100

> measured by LCMSMS correlates well with extratction/RIA

> method

> 1.91  > % Free 1.82% ref 1.5-2.2

> 100.1> Testosterone Free 27.1 pg/nl ref 35-155

> > reference

> 69  Estradiol  ref. 0-54

>

>

> > Prostate Specific Antigen

> 0.8  > Total PSA 0.4 <4.0

> >

> > Comp Metabolic Panel ref

> 138> Sodium 142 135-148

> 3.9> Potassium 4.9 3.4-5.3

> 102> Chlorine 106 96-110

> 24> Carbon dioxide 24 19-32

> 93> Glucose 103 (was 115 last month) 70-100

> 9 > Bun 14 3-29

> 1.0> Creatinine 1.0 0.5-1.4

> 9> Bun/Creatinine ratio 14 7-25

> > GFR estimated >60 > or =60

> 9.8> Calcium 9.1 8.5-10.4

> 7 > Total Protein 7.1 6.0-8.3

> 4.7> Albumin 4.5 3.5-4.9

> 2.3> Globulin 2.6 1.9-3.6

> 2.0> A/G ratio 1.7 0.8-2.0

> 1.8  > Bilirubin Total 1.1 0.0-1.4

> 30> AST (SGOT) 28 0-46

> 34> ALT (SGPT) 36 0-60

> 74> ALK Phos 81 23-144

>

> 169> Total Chol 214 desirable<200

> 93> Triglycerides 126 normal <150

> 50> HDL 44 desirable >60

> 100> LDL 145 borderline high

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