Androgel talk? Need help with TRT

[Vikingiron]

I’m 53 and was put on TRT as a bridge post crash for using blast cruise for to long and needed to get blood out as hemocrit was like 64 and I felt like shit. I want to be normal after many years but didn’t want to pay $$$ for clinics. So I went to my PCP, Hemotolgy and I’m waiting on an Endo app. I crashed hard down to 140/15 Tt and free. I got my blood to balance after a bunch of plembotomys. The only thing my PCP would do is gel so I agreed. The only issue is after 14 days I only hit 320- I’m laid off now and work heavy construction. That number isn’t going to work as I’m still feeling like shit and can’t even recover from paperweight workouts. So after 14 days I pushed back and all I could get was more gel and told to bring it up with endo. They added a 20 mg pack daily so now I’m at the max amount of gel at like 60. Something- how can I take this and make it work? My job is brutal and I still want to train. Any one out there ever been through this that would be willing to help. Thank you

 

[King_Cnut]

I've been on TRT gel for over 20 years. Here are some techniques I've learnt to maximise absorption

Make sure skin is clean and free from gel from previous day

Apply straight out of the warm shower, when skin pores are open and skin is more permeable

Apply to upper arms and shoulders for best absorption, compared to torso or thighs. Scrotum is actually the best, but gel will irritate skin and produce more DHT → hair loss → BPH

Don't use your hand to apply and thus waste gel. Squirt into the crook of your arm and use the other arm to spread it across both arms. All of the gel will be used this way

10 minutes or so after application, once fully dried, apply moisturiser to application area. This has been proven in studies to increase absorption

With these techniques, I've managed to go from middle of normal range to modestly above the maximum using the same amount of gel