Blood Test Results

[legbuh]

38yr old male
240lbs
6'3"

Total Test - 362 (240 to 950)
Free Test - 12.3 (9 to 30)
TSH - 1.35 (.34 - 5.60)
Albumin, Serum - 4.1 (3.4 - 5.0)
Alk. Phosphatase - 70 (50-136)
ALT -114 (30.65)
AST - 45 (15-37)

There's a whole bunch of othe ones all in normal range too. Doc set up ultrasound for liver, but said test looked "normal". I hinted I thought it was low, he made the comment "that could be where mine is, we don't know." I wanted to tell him "ya, but do you have low T symptoms?"

Generalities ruin the medical field.

So, I plan on calling him back asking if there's anything we can do. If not, I may start looking at wellness clinics online and get a consult with them. Just would be nice if insurance covered this sort of thing.

 

[Tatyana]

Units for the testosterone?

Total protein?

Cholesterol?

Triglyceride?

Glucose?

White cell count?

Lymphocytes and neutrophils too please.

 

[legbuh]

Sorry,

Units for T are ng/dL.

Total Protein 7.6 (64.-8.2)
Glucose 95 (70-110)
WBC 10.5 (4.0 - 10.5) (I was just getting over a cold when I had this done too)

They didn't do trygliceides or cholesterol since that was just done a couple months prior for life insurance. They were:

Triglycerides - 130 (0 - 150)
Cholesterol - 173 (140-199)
HDL - 48 (35 - 80)
LDL - 97 (0 - 129)

Not sure if the last two you said were tested on either. Would it be labeled as anything else?

 

[Tatyana]

The are a part of the CBC, they are the different WBCs.

Did he do a CRP?

Was this sample fasting?

 

[Tatyana]

Nothing is wildly abnormal, so I am assuming he is making the differential diagnosis of fatty liver based on his clinical examination.

You may want to look at a few websites about fatty liver, here is one from the UK Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty liver is not going to be confirmed until you have the scan.

You may benefit from TRT, however, I also have the sneaking suspicion that improving on your diet is also going to benefit you.

 

[legbuh]

Ya, I'm not going to say that my diet couldn't be better, but I can't live on chicken breast and cauliflower. I love to cook and eat good food. I have been substituting fruits and veggies a lot more in the past few months instead of chips, fries, or potatoes though. And when summer rolls around and farmer's markets start up again, I eat a huge fresh salads almost every day (lettuce, onion, cucumber, peppers, HB eggs, tunu, etc... yum). I would honestly call my diet "better than average".

I have been doing some reaseach on the elevated ALT and AST (also, my prior blood test for life insurance shows them elevated to, about the same level). Could have been from the scotch I had the night before, or even the workout that morning before the test.

I told my doctor I have a drink now an then, and sometime go overboard at special events like a UFC fight party. He said "that's normal".

So who knows. It is fine that he's doing this, but I feel he's putting zero attention on my "80 year old Test levels" as well. From reading about TRT, it seems to help "the whole body", especially those with risk of heart disease (father died at 37 of a heart attack).

Anyhoo, I will call him back and mention the drinks the night before and the workout that morning, but like most docs he probably is just reading numbers. I also want to stress that I feel TRT, at least a trial, would be a good idea, which is the reason I went in in the first place.. elevated AST/ALT doesn't match the symptoms as well as TRT either.. I think get T up to the 600 range and see if it helps. That would be my goal. As well as checking the liver.

 

[Tatyana]

You may have to work on what you think is good food, as eating healthy doesn't necessarily mean eating cauliflower and chicken breasts.

I think it is easy to get that impression from some of the young men on this board who are really focused on bodybuilding.

It may be a good idea to get a copy of Needs2 cookbook, I know he used one or two of my recipes for things like butternut squash curry.

You can make things like chicken stews, soups, chilis, basically take any recipe you like, make a few modificatons, substitutions and make it a healthy meal.

I also request you stop disempowering yourself with the '80 year old test levels'. They are not that low, test levels can fluctuate over the day and over a month, really, for TRT, serial measurements should be taken to determine your base level.

With a great deal of things with regard to health and well-being, it is rarely just one factor, it is a whole range of factors, so being slightly overweight, eating a lot of simple carbs, not exercising enough, stress at work, stress at home etc, are all going to contribute to not feeling 100%.

Modifying lifestyle, which you have just started, has a phenomenal impact on the quality of your life.

If you don't mind, I would like to copy and paste two of your posts into the women's lounge as we have some amazing women who are great at giving lifestyle change advice.

We mostly help out normal women who have to deal with children, work, housework, not bodybuilders, so it isn't going to be the Spartan diet you are a bit worried about.

 

[legbuh]

I'd love some easy recipes. But remembering that
A) Gotta have meat
B) No milk (cheese, yogurt, etc is ok) Lactose intollerant. I have no tollerance for lactose.

I love to cook. The hardest part is figuring out what to cook.

 

[thelion2005]

An easy experiment that most USA Drs will support is the application of 0.5 Androgel once a day over 3 months.It absorbs quickly and pushes yout test levels up quickly. You will feel a positive difference in a week. Your test levels will go up at least 200 pts and you'll be able to see the overall effect of such a change.

Give this gentle, contolled approach a try before you jump deep into cycles.

 

[legbuh]

That's exactly it. I just want to try it. From what I've read, I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing it.

 

[legbuh]

Just had a consult over the phone with THARC. The ball is rolling. Can't wait to begin the journey.