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Baldur2630
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I'm 73. Used to be a competitive Judoka when I was young. Did a lot of weight training. At peak I was 110 kgs and very little fat.
Then I got stuck behind a desk until I retired. I was 138 kgs (304 lbs). I joined the gym, got hold of a computer program to keep track of my calorie intake and calorie burn. In 6 months I got down to 100 kgs (220 lbs).
My lifts were pathetic. I had shoulder impingement in my left shoulder and a torn meniscus in my left knee. When I hit 100 kgs, I started trying to gain muscle. I could gain weight, but my lifts were going down and the gains were fat. I went to get blood analysis. My doctor told me that my Total T was 484 and very high for a man of my age. I asked him why I hadn't had an erection for three years and I could only gain fat and not muscle. He asked me why I would want an erection at 73!
I got another doctor and demanded a proper blood test including Free T, Estradiol, SHBG, Vit D, IGF-1, etc. When the results came back, my Free T was almost zero, my Estradiol was VERY low, and my SHBG high. I was sent to an Endocrinologist. He told me that I really should have Testosterone injections, but he wasn't allowed to prescribe them as my age and my Total T put me in a 'grey area'. He offered to prescribe me Sustanon once per month and gave me a script in October for 5 doses.
I decided not to take Sustanon, and I went for T cypionate (good supplier - genuine stuff) 200 mg/ml for the first couple of weeks I injected (buttocks done by my wife) 100 mg twice per week. After that, I went for 50 mg twice per week. My libido went up, my work at the gym was better, my max lifts went up and I started to get erections again. Towards the middle of November, I imagined that my nipples were a bit tender so I took an Arimidex pill 1mg.
My erections started to go away. I took another Arimidex pill the next week. I got sore joints and libido and erections vanished. I guess it was the Arimidex. I didn't take any more and on 2 December I started to take Somatropin 1 IU per day (this is for anti-aging, not muscle gain)
Within 2 weeks, my lifts went up again, I was feeling great, I have lots more energy, my shoulder impingement vanished after 3 weeks on Somatropin. I am still taking the same amount of T (50 mg twice weekly).
During my workouts I feel great, every time I go either my max lifts go up or my reps go up. I've lost another inch around the middle and I'm definitely gaining muscle. After eating when I get back from the gym, I'm VERY tired and I go to lie on the bed and sleep like the dead, with very vivid dreams (I haven't had those for years).
My libido shot up and I actually managed to have sex in week 3' but now the libido is slipping back as well as the erections. My main problem is that at night, I go to bed around 23:00 but by 03:00 I wake up and have a major problem getting back to sleep.
The Somatropin is working great, but should I be taking something else with the T cyp? I don't have any itchiness or tenderness in my nipple area, but something is not right why my libido and erections are fluctuating.
I CANNOT GET ANYTHING FROM THE USA. OUR CUSTOMS EVEN CONFISCATED REHYDRATION SALTS AND SENT ME A WARNING.
I have reliable suppliers here in Europe that bypass Customs. I can't get more bloodwork until end February so until then, I'm on my own,
Anyone got any ideas?
Then I got stuck behind a desk until I retired. I was 138 kgs (304 lbs). I joined the gym, got hold of a computer program to keep track of my calorie intake and calorie burn. In 6 months I got down to 100 kgs (220 lbs).
My lifts were pathetic. I had shoulder impingement in my left shoulder and a torn meniscus in my left knee. When I hit 100 kgs, I started trying to gain muscle. I could gain weight, but my lifts were going down and the gains were fat. I went to get blood analysis. My doctor told me that my Total T was 484 and very high for a man of my age. I asked him why I hadn't had an erection for three years and I could only gain fat and not muscle. He asked me why I would want an erection at 73!
I got another doctor and demanded a proper blood test including Free T, Estradiol, SHBG, Vit D, IGF-1, etc. When the results came back, my Free T was almost zero, my Estradiol was VERY low, and my SHBG high. I was sent to an Endocrinologist. He told me that I really should have Testosterone injections, but he wasn't allowed to prescribe them as my age and my Total T put me in a 'grey area'. He offered to prescribe me Sustanon once per month and gave me a script in October for 5 doses.
I decided not to take Sustanon, and I went for T cypionate (good supplier - genuine stuff) 200 mg/ml for the first couple of weeks I injected (buttocks done by my wife) 100 mg twice per week. After that, I went for 50 mg twice per week. My libido went up, my work at the gym was better, my max lifts went up and I started to get erections again. Towards the middle of November, I imagined that my nipples were a bit tender so I took an Arimidex pill 1mg.
My erections started to go away. I took another Arimidex pill the next week. I got sore joints and libido and erections vanished. I guess it was the Arimidex. I didn't take any more and on 2 December I started to take Somatropin 1 IU per day (this is for anti-aging, not muscle gain)
Within 2 weeks, my lifts went up again, I was feeling great, I have lots more energy, my shoulder impingement vanished after 3 weeks on Somatropin. I am still taking the same amount of T (50 mg twice weekly).
During my workouts I feel great, every time I go either my max lifts go up or my reps go up. I've lost another inch around the middle and I'm definitely gaining muscle. After eating when I get back from the gym, I'm VERY tired and I go to lie on the bed and sleep like the dead, with very vivid dreams (I haven't had those for years).
My libido shot up and I actually managed to have sex in week 3' but now the libido is slipping back as well as the erections. My main problem is that at night, I go to bed around 23:00 but by 03:00 I wake up and have a major problem getting back to sleep.
The Somatropin is working great, but should I be taking something else with the T cyp? I don't have any itchiness or tenderness in my nipple area, but something is not right why my libido and erections are fluctuating.
I CANNOT GET ANYTHING FROM THE USA. OUR CUSTOMS EVEN CONFISCATED REHYDRATION SALTS AND SENT ME A WARNING.
I have reliable suppliers here in Europe that bypass Customs. I can't get more bloodwork until end February so until then, I'm on my own,
Anyone got any ideas?
