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Thank God. Thanks for the update. Good work gentleman.

Yes sir! Love it.

It's a calling for sure. The pay is good enough that I'm able to support my wife and 2 little boys as the sole breadwinner. That's all I need. Your absolutely right it can be extremely hard mentally and physically and a lot of nurses get burnt out. It takes a very specific Unique mindset to be...

You know, it's hard to say for sure from the trenches looking up, but if I had to give a concert answer, I would say yes. Those early days, it seemed like no one ever made it. I am not sure if it's because of better treatment or because the severity of the virus after mutation has lessened or...

I'm sorry to here this Vince. If it's bad but hasn't spread yet, my vote goes to physical removal over chemo. This is coming from what I've seen from my experiences as a nurse and the mindset of quality of life. Chemo is so hard on the body. P.S. I'm not a doctor. Best wishes brother.

I'm still here. My wife recently had surgery so I've not been at work in a while so I can care for her and my two boys. I do know that my state currently has the highest rates of covid since it's all started. I can say this: We have multiple covid floors and all of them are full to the brim...

90% of the patients I'm assigned to are either paralyzed or in a medically induced coma. The other 10% are at a very minimum intubated and sedated. I can't remember the last time a patient was able to talk to me.

I'm not sure how I overlooked this comment. Thank you for sharing this!

Your knowledge of non-ICU patients is more than likely superior to mine. With the exception of this thread, up to this point since COVID, I do everything in my power not to think/talk about COVID when I'm not at work. No comment on Vitamin C.

Yes and no. If you look at the statistics you're quoting in isolation, you are correct. One major difference that immediately comes to mind from personal experience is resource utilization. Unlike H1N1, once a patient with COVID reaches the point of intubation, it's essentially game over...

I tend to agree with most of this. The spread of the virus is definitely correlated with summer/younger people being careless, I can't say that the age of the patients I see in ICU has been lower (on average). As mentioned above, I'm only very occasionally seeing patients < 50 who end up sick...

I've typed up an answer to this question several times and each time I feel like its crossing the line (rule 2 in OP). Sorry man! I just don't feel comfortable answering this.

I'm not here to argue science. I'm here to give you a first hand account of what I'm seeing "in the trenches". I'm telling you: There is, without question, a noticable difference in the clinical course of covid positive patients today vs. those from 3 or 4 months ago. I suppose it could be...

I really hope so!

It's not common practice to test for hormones in the critical care type setting... Ever... In the 6 years I've been an ICU nurse, I've seen testosterone levels checked once. And that was only because I pushed for it. The patient was a young bodybuilder who has an ischemic stroke because of...

Yes. It's scary actually... And dangerous. So many times a patient has come back "negative" only to be tested again 3 days later to come back positive. Health care works exposed for 3 days because no PPE was required. Ugh.

It's pretty uncommon. There's been a handful that comes to mind who have been in their upper 30s and 40s but, they usually have some sort of underlying medical condition - Patients with diabetes and obesity seem to be most common, but diabetes in particular. There is one case of a young...

First off - great question! Is this the statement you're referencing? https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/26290/ Regarding the second part of his statement discussing super sick patients (the demographic I work on): My personal experience has been that once a patient gets to gets point...

Rules: 1. I will not be sharing any specific patient personal details that even comes close to violating HIPPA. 2. I will not answer questions that could potentially deface my place of work. Example of a good question: "How often do you see patients with covid recover after being intubated"...

Based on the research I've read, I've come to this conclusion: It depends on your goals. If your goal is to optimize testosterone naturally (and therefore quality of life), then absolutely red meat needs to be a staple in your diet. In the other hand: If your goal is longevity without regard...

We have, but honestly, it's hard to tell from the front lines what's working and what's not. There's nothing scientific about it. Hard to see the totality of the forest from inside the forest. Know what I mean? We're also using hydroxychloroquine.

Why did you start? Were you symptomatic?

Trust me alcohol is a necessity. We get patients all the time who come in for some random reason and 3 days later start withdrawing from alcohol. Alcohol withdrawal can kill you. I've seen it. If liquor stores shut down, our hospitals would be filled to the brim with these cases. And let's...

Yes. I'm a critical care nurse. I take care of these patients, hands on, at the bedside on an almost daily basis. By the time they get to my ICU, they are in very bad shape: - intubated, - crashing, - on multiple vasopressors to maintain an adequate blood pressure, - etc. I've watched a 30...

Here's another on excelmale: https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/attempted-hpta-restart-log.21081/

I personally don't know much about it, but look into "HPTA restart" Example: https://www.peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=14229.0

Going to the gym 5x a week - you may be over training. Consider backing off some and retesting. My two cents. Kind regards, David

Sounds nice! I have a squat rack/pullup bar/dip bar with ~500 lbs of weight as well. Everything you need!

I lived there the first 20 years of my life. I'm in mid USA now. I refer to my hometown as 'the armpit of America' lol. There are some very nice areas though.

Honestly a 10% decrease in power after 3 months of nothing is great. I would expect much more. Kudos for jumping back in to it!

A couple of natural things to consider: - Flax - Soy Both of these mimic estrogen. You could consider Chasteberry as well, but do your research first. Be safe. Kind regards, David