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Posted: 5/1/2023 7:50:16 PM EDT
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My most recent T score is 1049. 46yo, lift weights 5x week, sleep is decent not great, 99% meat based diet. I'm not on exogenous T. I do take a few supplements (tonkat etc) but I bet you can get your numbers up with diet....
I'm not against TRT, and I have no useful advice on a doctor. Just thought I'd share. |
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Posted: 5/1/2023 8:25:56 PM EDT
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My primary care doc wrote me a script, after I got the labs done on my own.
Don't use your insurance, they'll deny the claim and make you take more tests that you don't need. I go thru Good Rx for my prescription. It's way cheaper out of pocket, than thru your insurance. By a lot. Synthetic Test is really cheap. Do some research, be prepared with your "symptoms", and see if your PCP will write the script for it. |
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Posted: 5/2/2023 12:28:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My most recent T score is 1049. 46yo, lift weights 5x week, sleep is decent not great, 99% meat based diet. I'm not on exogenous T. I do take a few supplements (tonkat etc) but I bet you can get your numbers up with diet.... I'm not against TRT, and I have no useful advice on a doctor. Just thought I'd share. @tucansam Appreciate the info and your perspective. I'm making myself lose weight (6' 223lbs->200lbs is my goal) before I'd move forward with TRT. Also working on the diet. I'll re-test after making these changes. |
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Posted: 5/2/2023 12:31:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My primary care doc wrote me a script, after I got the labs done on my own. Don't use your insurance, they'll deny the claim and make you take more tests that you don't need. I go thru Good Rx for my prescription. It's way cheaper out of pocket, than thru your insurance. By a lot. Synthetic Test is really cheap. Do some research, be prepared with your "symptoms", and see if your PCP will write the script for it. @kevhogAZ I've brought up the 'symptoms' with my PCP whose not completely opposed to the idea but will only start me on 50mg once every two weeks ugh. Hence attempting to locate another provider that might have a different approach. |
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Posted: 5/2/2023 1:02:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @kevhogAZ I've brought up the 'symptoms' with my PCP whose not completely opposed to the idea but will only start me on 50mg once every two weeks ugh. Hence attempting to locate another provider that might have a different approach. That's plenty to start. I have a super slow metabolism and after 90 days or so, I could really feel a difference. My numbers didn't go up much at that point, I also started at .5 MG but once a week. I'm now on .75 a week. It's a slow process, you'd be better off to get started now, rather than wait a while to get started. Trust me, you wanna get this going. |
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Posted: 5/2/2023 2:31:29 PM EDT
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Go see Dr Jack Hawks, he's at Man Uplifted. He doesn't take insurance so it's cash pay. But then he doesn't have insurance companies telling him how to treat his patients.
He's at 99th ave and Peoria. He's also a gun enthusiast and drives a HMMWV. https://wearemanuplifted.com/ |
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Posted: 5/2/2023 4:59:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go see Dr Jack Hawks, he's at Man Uplifted. He doesn't take insurance so it's cash pay. But then he doesn't have insurance companies telling him how to treat his patients. He's at 99th ave and Peoria. He's also a gun enthusiast and drives a HMMWV. https://wearemanuplifted.com/ @cat-mechanic Appreciate the recommendation! |
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Posted: 5/3/2023 7:58:27 PM EDT
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My T was 390 and my PCP would not even consider it, insurance, unless I was under 250. Started using Tongkat Ali 450mg a day and got my numbers up to 600. I have labs every 3 months and it has stayed over 600 now for 9 months.
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Posted: 5/4/2023 3:18:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My T was 390 and my PCP would not even consider it, insurance, unless I was under 250. Started using Tongkat Ali 450mg a day and got my numbers up to 600. I have labs every 3 months and it has stayed over 600 now for 9 months. @brianm602 Any particular brand preference on the tongkat ali? |
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Posted: 5/11/2023 4:34:02 PM EDT
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Dr Shawn Blick at Valley Urologic
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Posted: 5/12/2023 3:08:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dr Shawn Blick at Valley Urologic @CowboyGunner Thanks for the info. |
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