RE: New to THIS/HELP PLEASE

[Guest guest]

are u taking androgel? if so, that's why your LH levels are so low. ur T level

is very low (if it's the 240-847ng/dl range). wonder what the androgel is doing

if anything.

rainforest92000 <braddelano@...> wrote: You guys all seem so

knowledgeabe; I am totally lost. I am going to a

new endo Feb 10th. I quit my old one since all he did was prescribe

andrgel which my internist had already been doing, but in the meantime,

my internist did a bllod profile and I got the reulsts today. CAN

SOMEONE PLEASE interpret,because she couldn't?? I think with some help,

I might be prepared to face the endo without sitting there for nothing.

ESTRADIOL: 33 I guess the reference range is 10 to 60 for an adult

male.

FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE; 4.0 Again, I'm guessing that the reference

range on the printout is saying 1.0 to 8.0

LUTEINIZING HORMONE: 1.0 AGAIN , I THINK THE REFERENCE RANGE IS 1.0 TO

6.7

TESTOST, FREE 0.4 NG/DL

%FREE TESTOS 0.5 %

TOTAL TESTOS 76 NG/DL

wHAT IN THE HELL DOES ALL THIS MEAN? paRTICULARY THE TESTOSTERONE

READINGS. SHE SAID THE % LINE RANGE IS .3 TO .5 AND THE FIRST LINE

READING .4 SHE SAYS THE RANGE IS .8 TO 3.5.

PLEASE HELP

aIDEN

[Guest guest]

>

> You guys all seem so knowledgeabe; I am totally lost. I am going to

a

> new endo Feb 10th. I quit my old one since all he did was prescribe

> andrgel which my internist had already been doing, but in the

meantime,

> my internist did a bllod profile and I got the reulsts today. CAN

> SOMEONE PLEASE interpret,because she couldn't?? I think with some

help,

> I might be prepared to face the endo without sitting there for

nothing.

> ESTRADIOL: 33 I guess the reference range is 10 to 60 for an adult

> male.

> FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE; 4.0 Again, I'm guessing that the reference

> range on the printout is saying 1.0 to 8.0

> LUTEINIZING HORMONE: 1.0 AGAIN , I THINK THE REFERENCE RANGE IS

1.0 TO

> 6.7

>

> TESTOST, FREE 0.4 NG/DL

> %FREE TESTOS 0.5 %

> TOTAL TESTOS 76 NG/DL

> wHAT IN THE HELL DOES ALL THIS MEAN? paRTICULARY THE TESTOSTERONE

> READINGS. SHE SAID THE % LINE RANGE IS .3 TO .5 AND THE FIRST LINE

> READING .4 SHE SAYS THE RANGE IS .8 TO 3.5.

>

> PLEASE HELP

> aIDEN

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Well, based on what you just said above, you seem to be within

the " normal " range on all except testosterone. So, its is quite

possible that the androgel is simply not doing enough for you.

Androgel is the absolute most expensive form of testosterone

replacement as the price is almost all advertising and profit.

Sorry I don't remember you saying how you are feeling on the androgel

versus before you started the androgel, are you better, is

it " working " for you, regardless of the test results?

Based on the lower T reading, you could pay twice as much and double

the amount of androgel, or get a shot of depotestosterone from your

doctor next visit, say 3/4 of a CC, and then get another one say 10

days later and then a blood test for T level 6 days after that.

If you are going to have to be on replacement testosterone the rest

of your life, then consider and discuss using HCG to stimulate your

own testicles to produce more T on their own versus using man made

Testosterone because using it without HCG will eventually shut down

your testicles, not a good thing. Read the Hypo guidelines in the

File secton.

norton