Thought I'd chime in, since I haven't posted in awhile. Still doing daily injections, and still loving it. I've recently settled with 29g 1/2 needles with a smaller .3 cc syringe. The larger demarcations on the smaller syringes make it easier to see what I'm doing and draw a precise dose. I had been using 31g for a long time, but these draw so much faster, it's a breeze.
My first test results (from DiscountedLabs) had my total at 525 ng/dL, which kind of surprised me, but also made sense considering some of the symptoms I'd been seeing. Morning erections had decreased, strength in my legs wasn't very good, sleep quality wasn't very good, etc. This was after about three months… I realize now I shouldn't have put off my labs that long.
I'd been dosing 20 mg of t-cyp a day, or .1 cc, so I raised my daily dose just a hair to 22 mg, or .11 cc. Within a short period of time everything started improving, and it was one of those things where I remembered, oh yeah, THIS is what I'm supposed to feel like. Morning erections came back, mental focus and clarity skyrocketed, libido kicked into high gear, I started sleeping better, and my muscle mass started increasing even though I hadn't been to the gym in a couple months. I had blood drawn again last week when I saw my doc, about one month after increasing my dose, and I'm still waiting on the results. I'll post again when they roll in.
Another thing that I'm excited about with the daily protocol is that, so far, it appears that my hematocrit is much better controlled. This is really important for me since I have hypertension. I slacked off on my phlebotomy for five months, and after all that time my hematocrit was only 44%, the lowest number I've seen since I started TRT (without the help of a recent phlebotomy, that is). It made sense because my blood pressure had been excellent that whole time. Granted, I know now that my T wasn't optimal, so my hematocrit might climb a little higher now with a higher T level, but we'll see.
My doc thinks the daily injections are a great idea, and said he might start recommending it. I was surprised to hear that so far I'm the only patient of his doing a daily protocol.
My first test results (from DiscountedLabs) had my total at 525 ng/dL, which kind of surprised me, but also made sense considering some of the symptoms I'd been seeing. Morning erections had decreased, strength in my legs wasn't very good, sleep quality wasn't very good, etc. This was after about three months… I realize now I shouldn't have put off my labs that long.
I'd been dosing 20 mg of t-cyp a day, or .1 cc, so I raised my daily dose just a hair to 22 mg, or .11 cc. Within a short period of time everything started improving, and it was one of those things where I remembered, oh yeah, THIS is what I'm supposed to feel like. Morning erections came back, mental focus and clarity skyrocketed, libido kicked into high gear, I started sleeping better, and my muscle mass started increasing even though I hadn't been to the gym in a couple months. I had blood drawn again last week when I saw my doc, about one month after increasing my dose, and I'm still waiting on the results. I'll post again when they roll in.
Another thing that I'm excited about with the daily protocol is that, so far, it appears that my hematocrit is much better controlled. This is really important for me since I have hypertension. I slacked off on my phlebotomy for five months, and after all that time my hematocrit was only 44%, the lowest number I've seen since I started TRT (without the help of a recent phlebotomy, that is). It made sense because my blood pressure had been excellent that whole time. Granted, I know now that my T wasn't optimal, so my hematocrit might climb a little higher now with a higher T level, but we'll see.
My doc thinks the daily injections are a great idea, and said he might start recommending it. I was surprised to hear that so far I'm the only patient of his doing a daily protocol.
Last edited:
