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I'm very Happy with IL. I believe these are awesome results. Couple things shown here:
1. IL Grey Tops are fire! I have been on 4 months, mostly at 2 IU per day 5 on 2 off. Before the IGF test I did one month at 3 IU 5 on 2 off (30 days). I will be ordering IL again! Interested in other peptides if I learn more. Also may do the 10 IU HGH test sometime as well to further validate although I see that has been done a few times by other vets. Having never tried HGH, I was nervous to inject 10 IU without having experience so I abandoned it.
2. The T3 and TSH differences seem to indicate some suppression of TSH and increased T3. Is this normal? I am not taking supplemental T3.
3. It's been 4 months. I would like to go 6 but I have a medical checkup on my Thyroid in 3 weeks. It seems I risk having out of range Thyroid levels if I continue and the doc asking what is up? Alternately, I have cut back to 2 IU because last week I noticed my blood sugar was 105. Since dropping to 2 IU its now 112. Wondering if dripping the HGH soon will send blood glucose soaring a little bit before it normalizes and comes back down. I understand watching the numbers how excess GH causes some people to become diabetic and less insulin resistant. Does anyone have thoughts here how to continue the HGH for 2 months? Or better to drop it, wait 2 months, and start HGH for 4 more months?
4. I seem to have iron deficiency similar to another fellow on the board (Tigerblood, I think was his name, and no I did not look it up). My Ferritin is Low and my Total Iron Binding Capacity is High. I'm no Medical Doctor and far from it, but the attached table I found indicates that means I'm iron deficient. I give blood every 2 months, because if I don't my hematocrit and RBC like to skyrocket. Unfortunately they say if you donate more than 3 times per year, it's likely to cause you to be iron deficient. Note hemoglobin which they check when giving blood is only one indicator of iron deficiency or surplus. If anyone can tell me more specifically how I might be correct, or wrong, as well as the attached table, I'm all ears. Trying to learn as much as I can. I started 18 mg per day iron supplementation 4 months ago right after receiving the first iron test results. I decided to check after reading common donations result in iron deficiency and I had done several to this point. I took the last iron blood test 2 weeks after giving blood, so its not a great indicator on how much my iron went up over two 2 month spans, but its clear it drops significantly after a blood donation. Even though my low iron levels suck and it was probably placebo effect, I did start feeling better after taking iron. I started at 18 mg per day just to avoid iron poisoning but it seems clear giving blood every 2 months will prevent that from happening. I will do a blood test before my next donation to try to learn how much 18 mg per day is doing and assess from there but likely to up it to 36 mg and/or add vitamin C. I will also reread Tiger Blood's post.
I'm not seeing a way to post my results. How do I do that?
1. IL Grey Tops are fire! I have been on 4 months, mostly at 2 IU per day 5 on 2 off. Before the IGF test I did one month at 3 IU 5 on 2 off (30 days). I will be ordering IL again! Interested in other peptides if I learn more. Also may do the 10 IU HGH test sometime as well to further validate although I see that has been done a few times by other vets. Having never tried HGH, I was nervous to inject 10 IU without having experience so I abandoned it.
2. The T3 and TSH differences seem to indicate some suppression of TSH and increased T3. Is this normal? I am not taking supplemental T3.
3. It's been 4 months. I would like to go 6 but I have a medical checkup on my Thyroid in 3 weeks. It seems I risk having out of range Thyroid levels if I continue and the doc asking what is up? Alternately, I have cut back to 2 IU because last week I noticed my blood sugar was 105. Since dropping to 2 IU its now 112. Wondering if dripping the HGH soon will send blood glucose soaring a little bit before it normalizes and comes back down. I understand watching the numbers how excess GH causes some people to become diabetic and less insulin resistant. Does anyone have thoughts here how to continue the HGH for 2 months? Or better to drop it, wait 2 months, and start HGH for 4 more months?
4. I seem to have iron deficiency similar to another fellow on the board (Tigerblood, I think was his name, and no I did not look it up). My Ferritin is Low and my Total Iron Binding Capacity is High. I'm no Medical Doctor and far from it, but the attached table I found indicates that means I'm iron deficient. I give blood every 2 months, because if I don't my hematocrit and RBC like to skyrocket. Unfortunately they say if you donate more than 3 times per year, it's likely to cause you to be iron deficient. Note hemoglobin which they check when giving blood is only one indicator of iron deficiency or surplus. If anyone can tell me more specifically how I might be correct, or wrong, as well as the attached table, I'm all ears. Trying to learn as much as I can. I started 18 mg per day iron supplementation 4 months ago right after receiving the first iron test results. I decided to check after reading common donations result in iron deficiency and I had done several to this point. I took the last iron blood test 2 weeks after giving blood, so its not a great indicator on how much my iron went up over two 2 month spans, but its clear it drops significantly after a blood donation. Even though my low iron levels suck and it was probably placebo effect, I did start feeling better after taking iron. I started at 18 mg per day just to avoid iron poisoning but it seems clear giving blood every 2 months will prevent that from happening. I will do a blood test before my next donation to try to learn how much 18 mg per day is doing and assess from there but likely to up it to 36 mg and/or add vitamin C. I will also reread Tiger Blood's post.
I'm not seeing a way to post my results. How do I do that?
