rlukas79
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Long story short, I'm 37. I was on TRT a few years ago. 100mg Test Cyp a week. However my RBC and hematocrit level went sky high. I was advised to come off and I did. Not really knowing any better I never followed up on it until a few months ago. My Test levels came back at 290 and free Test was 8.8, SBGH was 33. My endocrinologist has me on Androgel 1.6. I Pleaded with him for the injections but my liver enzymes were slightly high. So he said he wasn't comfortable with the levels even being slightly high. Slightly high because the days before my blood test I was weight training, the day before he test I was deadlifting. My levels are usually normal.
So Im on two pumps a day with Androgel, which is basically not doing anything. My next follow up and bloodworm is is in three weeks but I'm feeling like absolute crap. I'm guess my body has shut down it's own production. I've been reading about applying lotion about an hour or two after the initial application of the gel to help increase absorption. Am I to rub the lotion in like you would normally do? When i apply the androgel, I do not rub it in but spread it out as much as I can. I also apply it every morning after showering. I prep the areas with a loofa, in hopes that there are no absorption issues. My guess is at my next appointment he tried to sell me on 4 pumps a day with androgel. I am not comfortable with that. I have a 5 month old son and a 5 year old daughter. I don't need my son having bigger traps than me and my daughter rocking a full goatee.
So Im on two pumps a day with Androgel, which is basically not doing anything. My next follow up and bloodworm is is in three weeks but I'm feeling like absolute crap. I'm guess my body has shut down it's own production. I've been reading about applying lotion about an hour or two after the initial application of the gel to help increase absorption. Am I to rub the lotion in like you would normally do? When i apply the androgel, I do not rub it in but spread it out as much as I can. I also apply it every morning after showering. I prep the areas with a loofa, in hopes that there are no absorption issues. My guess is at my next appointment he tried to sell me on 4 pumps a day with androgel. I am not comfortable with that. I have a 5 month old son and a 5 year old daughter. I don't need my son having bigger traps than me and my daughter rocking a full goatee.