Yep, everyone has their own preferences and you will find yours. The needles used to inject testosterone are much smaller than those used to draw labs. Most of the time they are painless. You may get some point injection pain post injection. This is the body's reaction to the serum itself, generally pain is caused from the solvents. People have different reactions, but just about everyone has adverse reactions to those with super solvents like EO and guaiacol. You should not have to worry about the super solvents though, as they are not used often anymore except in highly concentrated compounds. If you have every had a typhoid or penicillin shot then you have experience point injection pain. It goes away after a couple days.genetic freak, you have a few modifications comparing to Iron1 with needles and where to pin. Sounds like Iron1's advice about trying different size needles and places to pin is going to be the way to start out.
I know for example I had blood drawn back in July at a lab upstairs from my Doctor and hardly felt the needle. I mentioned it to the Nurse in comparison to having donated blood. She commented it was the difference in needle size the Blood Bank uses.
Solid advice here.I'll let GF respond but wanted to throw my two cents.
The important thing with TRT is getting enough test into your body to bring you into a normal range. How frequently you introduce test into your system, where to inject it, what the ideal level is and what hardware you choose to use are almost trivial. Some folks even use insulin syringes to inject subcutaneously but I'd say that's for more experienced people.
I've been doing the TRT thing for over 20 years already and have yet to see anyone reach a true consensus on the nuances. Everyone has their own opinion about how, where, how much and how often and sometimes those opinions change over time. However, every one of them agrees that getting your bloods in a normal range is the goal of any TRT regimen.
I would ask that they test for the following (cut and pasted from PrivateMedLabs male hormone panel):Genetic Freak, this brings up a new question.
What items do I need to make sure the doctor test my blood for before and after I start?
You mentioned Hematocrit and red blood cells (I guess that is the mch & mchc), etc
In the past, like a lot of people, I just always asked about cholesterol and a1c.
Where is the testosterone number? None of those even say testosteroneDid blood work and am confused as a noob. I keep reading about staying on the upper end of testosterone which seems to be 900 to 1100.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
My blood test came back showing:
PSA 2.37 ng/ml
Free PSA .54 ng/ml
22.8%
How does that relate to the 900 and 1000 numbers I read about on the forum? I see the 1000 numbers and also see the dl numbers. Explain in layman terms.
Trying to understand before my appt. on the 10th of January.
Thanks for beginner help,
Ted
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