« on: June 02, 2015, 09:52:20 pm »
Has anyone else every heard of this test? The article doesn't do a very good job of explaining exactly how it works, and whether it is available yet or not to the general public. But, it appears to be very accurate at detecting both calcified plaque and soft plaque, which are the more unstable and dangerous lesions. Whereas a calcium scoring only detects the calcified plaques (that only tells the Any other info would be appreciated..
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-ct-angiography-links-arterial-plaque.html
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Age 51, 5'10, 155 lbs
Cholesterol 162 (HDL 59, LDL 87, Trigs 88, LDL-P 850)
Fasting Glucose 65 (down from 97 pre TRT)
A1C: 5.0 (down from 5.7 per TRT)
Homocysteine: 12.4 > 11.0 > 10.2 > 8.9 using B vitamin therapy. MTHFR positive
BP 120/78 (using improved diet and 10 mg Lisinopril ACE Inhibitor) 145/90 prior to meds.
Current protocol: 60 mg Test Cyp IM every 5 days. No AI.
2/15/17 labs: Total T (peak day): 1169 (250 - 1100 ng/dl). Free T 198 pg/ML (46-225). Sensitive E2: 40 High. Previously 32. PSA 0.2 Hemocrit 44.2. SHBG: 32
9/15/18 labs: Total T (trough day): 598 (250 -1100 ng/dl) Free T 73.9 (46-225) Sensitive E2: 21 Hemocrit 43.7 SHBG 34
2/20/19 labs: Total T (mid point): 776 (250 -1100 ng/dl) Free T 115.6 (46 - 224 pg/ml) Sensitive E2 24 (<29), DHT 43 (16-79 ng), DHEA-s 244 (70-495 mcg/dl)
Supplements: Multivitamin, plus additional B12, B6, C, D, K2, Red Yeast Rice, Magnesium, and Coq10 Evening: Kyolic Garlic, 2mg Cialis, LEF Endothelial Protection
