New blood work; potential Clomid candidate?

[BryanW]

Hi All,

I'm working through some prostate issues, hopefully just prostatitis. If/when, that is resolved, I'd like to explore the possibility of a restart. Anyway, I have some recent blood work to analyze.

https://imgur.com/a/OcUu1
https://imgur.com/a/wWlkK

I finally got the right E2 test, and somehow got the wrong one as a bonus. The regular assay was 17 and the sensitive assay was 12.8. Would these results be considered low?

Given that I'm 40, with low-normal T, LH, and SHBG, am I wrong in thinking that I should have as good of a chance as any for a successful restart?

 

[johndoesmith]

Hi All,

I'm working through some prostate issues, hopefully just prostatitis. If/when, that is resolved, I'd like to explore the possibility of a restart. Anyway, I have some recent blood work to analyze.

https://imgur.com/a/OcUu1
https://imgur.com/a/wWlkK

I finally got the right E2 test, and somehow got the wrong one as a bonus. The regular assay was 17 and the sensitive assay was 12.8. Would these results be considered low?

Given that I'm 40, with low-normal T, LH, and SHBG, am I wrong in thinking that I should have as good of a chance as any for a successful restart?

No way to know how you respond to a restart, other than doing it.

I'd say the numbers look good though. Low SHBG can be helped by clomid, LH is rather low, same with E2.

E2 is pretty damned low, I imagine you suffer from low E2 symptoms? Excessive pissing, excessive thirst, anhedonia, joint pain, anxiety and hot flashes that itch?

Pretty much all of the problems of clomid, E2 and SHBG mostly, are low, so I don't think you'd have too many issues on it.

 

[Vince]

With testosterone level of 420, I won't consider sensitive assay 12.8 as low. At the age of 40 a restart would be nice, but first you must deal with your prostate.

 

[johndoesmith]

With testosterone level of 420, I won't consider sensitive assay 12.8 as low. At the age of 40 a restart would be nice, but first you must deal with your prostate.

Vince, regardless of testosterone level, bone loss is shown to occur <15pg/ml.

That is a low E2 level with potential adverse risks.

 

[BryanW]

No way to know how you respond to a restart, other than doing it.

I'd say the numbers look good though. Low SHBG can be helped by clomid, LH is rather low, same with E2.

E2 is pretty damned low, I imagine you suffer from low E2 symptoms? Excessive pissing, excessive thirst, anhedonia, joint pain, anxiety and hot flashes that itch?

Pretty much all of the problems of clomid, E2 and SHBG mostly, are low, so I don't think you'd have too many issues on it.

I urinate way too much, but I also have prostate issues that could be contributing. I have extremely low mood, am way too irritable, and am grossly fatigued to the point that it is all that I can do to stay awake after 1 PM and I pass out and sleep for about an hour after I get home from work. I also have a general lack of feeling/sensitivity in my penis. Numb would be a good way to describe it. Needless to say this leads to lots of other dysfunction: lack of erection, loss of erection, super sub-par orgasms, ridiculously long refractory period, etc.

 

[Vince]

I urinate way too much, but I also have prostate issues that could be contributing. I have extremely low mood, am way too irritable, and am grossly fatigued to the point that it is all that I can do to stay awake after 1 PM and I pass out and sleep for about an hour after I get home from work. I also have a general lack of feeling/sensitivity in my penis. Numb would be a good way to describe it. Needless to say this leads to lots of other dysfunction: lack of erection, loss of erection, super sub-par orgasms, ridiculously long refractory period, etc.

After your prostate issues, fixing your sleep issues, will improve many of your problems.