#lab values

It IS evident that T did do something because my voice is a bit lower than before. I know you answer late and my doc will have results already, but I'm wondering if this could be a thing where somehow you inject and it wasn't efficient enough to change your levels or if two weeks was enough time it could completely go away. But my doc did think with my tiny body, I need longer between doses otherwise too much T would flood my body so completely gone after 2 weeks seem very weird.

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200mg is a sturdy dose especially if you’re just starting and you’re a small fella.   However it’s absolutely possible to process it out IF you’re a hyper-metabolizer, some people just do that.  about 2 weeks after the dose, that’s when the HRT is at it’s lowest, (time for your next shot) so if you’re still getting results, you might just be wearing off sooner.  

me, I found out that I can’t go 14 days like lots of people, but 7 days made my levels too high, 10 days was the proper schedule for me and it kept my numbers just right.  It’s not unusual for people to find out that they’re not exactly like the papers (that were written generally using healthy cis college-aged white men)- and they get different results. 

Especially since you say that you’re small and underweight, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you metabolize thigns quickly.  Do me a favor and write back (if the box is still closed, write me at @slightmayhem) so we get the second half of the story? i always love a followup.  

To answer your other half of your question: there’s almost nothing you can do to get a shot to “not take”- even if you inject in the fat, it’ll still “take” and be absorbed the same rate and speed and get the same results.  The only thing I can really think of is if the needle tip isn’t screwed securely onto the syringe, and you start to inject and they pop apart and it squirts T all over but not into you (not that that’s EVER happened to me, an experienced nurse, as recently as December of 2019). you pretty much lose the dose then.  

03.26.19 | rising from my grave

updated my lab values for the osce because they’ve decided to change the values during my second year 🤦‍♀️ anywaysss, i’ve been inactive because i wasn’t really doing much school work (or not as much as i wanted). i’m just preparing for my osce which is literally 3 weeks away?!!

-- also called CBC

-- Hbg (hemoglobin)      -- men = 13 to 18 g/dL      -- women = 12 to 16 g/dL

-- WBC (white blood cell count)      -- 5,000 to 11,000 /ccm

-- Hct (hematocrit)      -- men = 37 to 49%      -- women = 36 to 46%