I guess she is an Osteopath Doctor who practices internal medicine she says. I first saw her for a nutritional evaluation. I have a lot of ongoing anxiety and stress from school so I wanted to see what could be contributing to my stress other than school. The nutritional evaluation suggested some nutritional areas where I was deficit in and likewise suggestions of what nutrients I can take to bring those deficits back to balance (I'd have to look at the report to list the deficits if anyone is curious to know). While waiting for my report, I saw this documentary called, "Bigger, Stronger, Faster," by director Chris Bell and that movie gave me the idea to get my hormones checked out regarding my stress/anxiety. So I set up an appointment to see her for hormone testing and in the meantime while I was waiting for my appointment, I did some research on Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy in which I found very interesting as I read different posts by people on different forums like this one, which is why I ended up joining this one. I enjoy bodybuilding and martial arts and never really thought enough to think differently about steroids and hormones and the difference between "safe use and abuse", as which is the message that I got from "Bigger, Stronger, Faster." Now I do think differently about them certainly being in favor of them and I'm now awaiting for my doc to get back to me on here decision of what she wants to prescribe me.
What happened was that because I had been taking Advanced Muscle Science's 1Andro, 4AD, and Decavol and stopped just 3 1/2 weeks before I took the Salivary test, my test results came back high for testosterone, which was 847 in the morning, 836 at noon, 356 in the afternoon, and 722 at midnight. My cortisol and dhea was high also. So she said she had to call someone at Genova and talk to them to see if the reason why my testosterone was so high because of the andro I was taking or something else. I am finishing the andro, now that the testing is over. So that is why I am waiting for her to email me back regarding what she wants to prescribe me. I wish she was a script pad because I really see a lot of benefit from hgh, igf-1, and test, at a safe dosage of course. I've had three appointments now with her with the first being for the consultation for the nutritional evaluation, second for the consultation for the hormones, and then the appointment for the results for the hormonal testing. I gave a good argument as to why I think hgh, igf-1, and hcg would be the best for me, but she said she didn't work like that and that she had protocols she had to follow. In an email to her where I asked about some ideas I've read online, she wrote me back sounding like she was pretty pissed that I would question her judgement as a doctor.
My doc is fair price wise I think. For the first appointment she charged me $150, but now for every follow-up appointment it just costs me $50. The testing wasn't even that expensive. She has searched for a testing lab thats the least expensive and that is of decent quality and she came up with Genova Diagnostics. I only have to pay $170 out of pocket and the rest is charged to my insurance for the two tests that I have done so far. The only thing is that the nutritional evaluation took about 28 days to get back and the hormone evaluation which was a salivary test, took just 8 days. For $50, she spent a little under 2 hours with me in her office answering every question I had that I was able to come up with, which I got while reading forums and articles online.
I think test is still test in the eyes of the androgen receptor
