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Ok this information is GOLD - thank you, Cataceous!! Great - I think I'll go with the test I usually get and add SHBG so I can get total T, and the SHBG should help me know if injecting twice a week is still a good plan. I'll report back with the results! Thank you all again! I am so grateful.

Hey all - reporting back in and with a question. I've been 3.5 weeks since moving up to 75mgx2 from 70. There has been substantial improvement! Still a ways to go. Though I'm dying to start 80mgx2, I'm following the recommendations of this thread and waiting 6 weeks after dosage change to do...

Hey gents - yeah, I did IM to the delts with 27g for 9 months; wasn't terrible but I did frequently have issues with some of the TC leaking out immediately after injection, leaving me to wonder how much leaked out and whether I should try to replace. I was skeptical of SQ TC - after all, what...

Well I'm injecting 35ml twice per week of 200mg/ml, so that is 70mg TC x2 per week. Sorry, being a new guy I'm never quite sure when people say things like 100mg/week whether that means what I think it does or twice that... But I guess mg and ml are different, so when anyone says 100mg total...

I have tried to always keep in mind that the number really doesn't mean all that much - what matters is where my body needs to be. If I feel good at 700, great - if it needs to be 1100, fine; I really do just want to find my good range. I really was unsatisfied with things before I got my labs...

I was giving it a month; six weeks seems reasonable, I'll do that from now on. So what do you think - I'm at 526 total T right now, had my labs, and am ready to bump up my dosage - should I try six weeks of 75mg x2 or jump up to 80? Thanks all!

Thanks for all the replies, gents. I changed over to SubQ after reading Doc Crisler's book "Testosterone Replacement Therapy" - he devotes a whole chapter to SubQ and it seems to be working pretty well for me. Not that I'm adverse to doing whatever I need to do. Happy to share my labs -...

Hey all - I started TRT about a year ago, 100mg TC x2/week. Tests kept coming back T>1500 and the doc didn't seem at all concerned, so I dropped myself to 70mg x2 a month ago and saw improved sexual function. Still lots of room for improvement but getting better. Blood test yesterday, the day...

Haha no, just pinching delt skin unrelated to injecting. Sure, definitely want to try new protocols for longer periods - I'm just thinking that if by some chance I have been getting into my delts and achieving legit IM, and Crisler says you only need 40% as much TC for subq, then my T level...

Okay WELL this is the first I've heard of taking TC subq - just read the entire chapter in Crisler's book and he is definitely a fan. He also says that he finds 40mg TC taken SubQ to be just as effective as 100mg taken IM!!! Alright, I've got to throw this out there...I'm trying to pinch the...

Also, I've been using 27g for delt, and now looks like 27g comes in 1/2" and 1 1/4" - can I get away with a needle as thin as 27g for the 1 1/4" length? Thank you again for your patience!

Well looks like it's time for some new needles, huh - I'm 250lb., 5'11 but very strong - anybody want to recommend 1" vs 1.5"? Also, if in fact I have been mistakenly injecting subq and not IM, what are the ramifications?? I tested >1500 for 100mg x2/week, and tested 797 in the trough on 70mg...

Thanks all - just injected 25mg more, slow injection, 10 second wait when empty, and pushing pretty far into the muscle. I'm using 27gx1/2 in my delt, but I do have large delts and little fat so it seems unlikely it's not getting IM. Especially since I tested >1500 on 200mg/week a few months...

Thanks, Cataceous - makes really good sense. Just watched the Z track method - I learned a lot, such as waiting to take the needle out rather than as soon as the syringe is empty. I typically inject quite slowly - is that a mistake? Should I be going in like throwing a dart like the video...

Hey all - been on TRT for 10 months, injecting TC twice a week. Just injected 70mg in my delt and 30 seconds later looked down and saw a 4-5" trail of TC down my arm. This might sound ridiculous but when I saw it I tried to rub it into my balls in the hopes of getting some absorbtion - may be...

Yet another good call! I'll certainly post my updates back here as time goes on. Again, can't thank you guys enough.

Gotcha - thank you. I'll take a week or so off HCG and see how I feel.

Ok, it could be in my head but I do think things may have begun to improve for me already. Also, I do seriously think my low E2 has caused me some very uncharacteristic emotions, but at least I feel like I'm on the right track now with my dosing and treatment plan. This is the first I hear of...

Guys, thank you so much for the responses. I just finished injecting 70mg and HCG - no more AIs for me. I didn't know before now that HCG had any impact on E2 - what does that mean for me now that I'm lowering my TC dose and eliminating AIs? Anything out of the ordinary? Again, thank you SO...

Man, thank you so much for the reply - this gives me hope!! I inject again tonight; maybe 70 or 80 mg? After 3-4 weeks of 70, my trough was 797...

Hey all - I've been on TRT for 10 months and just found this forum today - what a MASSIVE wealth of information! I've been relying on a single thread on another forum that's totally unrelated to health, and it's been a huge help, but nothing like this. I could really use your help today; TRT...