EDIT: Adding an update here. Down in my report I mentioned that my hemtocrit had started to spike after switching to daily test injections. But after further investigation along with my doc, we discovered that my cpap mask (at the time) wasnt fitting right and I was having multiple breathing events per hour, most definitely pushing my hematocrit. I switched to an intranasal device and hct has been declining since. Currently 49 as of 10/6/2026. So my hypothesis that daily injections pushed my hct higher seems to be wrong. It just so happened that the hct rise was at the same time I went to daily pins, but not necessarily the cause.

Had my labs drawn 10 days ago, Quest took their sweet ass time for some reason, but finally got the results.

Late last year I got some bunk Test C and by January was feeling completely run down. Couldnt figure it out (dumb) until I went in for labs in February. After confirming my crashed test levels, I found this site and sourced some Test E. SInce I was back to baseline, I took it as an opportunity to experiment with different dose and frequency. These are the results after 6 moths of testing. Ill just list out the timeline for ease of reading.

Feb 05 2026: T-311 Free T-52 E2-43
-Jumped on Test E 100mg/week, split Tuesday evening and Saturday morning

Mar 24 2026: T-718 Free T-161 E2-82
-At this point switched to daily injections totaling 105mg/week, small injection every morning before breakfast

Jun 10 2026: T-1140 Free T-253 E2-85
-I was going to end it here, but that level is too high for TRT. I decided to half the dose, rather than take incremental steps, for sake of time. 52.5mg/week daily AM

Aug 03 2026: T-778 Free-168 E2-52

Interesting that half the total weekly dose (52.5mg) using daily injections, gave me higher levels than my previous weekly (100mg) dose pinning 2x a week. Now, I am aware that my 718 number from March was in a trough, I had blood drawn on a tuesday morning without my usual injection, so it is very plausible that peaks were closer to the 1100 number I saw with daily microdosing 105mg a week. Thats just not something I thought of ahead of time.

Other markers:
Lipids and triglycerides are interesting over the course of this 6 months. Is it related to the microsdosing? I dont know. My diet was admittedly not completely locked in. LDL down, HDL up, total higher.
Chol: 186 -> 191
LDL: 123 -> 121
HDL: 47 -> 50
Trig: 73 ->84

Hematocrit has always been a struggle for me. At baseline, it was at 48.6, after injecting plain oil for 2 months. In March, it was already up to 51.5. In June I had a scare (made a post about this) as HCT had spiked to 60. As of this last test, its back down to 55. My hypothesis is that since im already predisposed to high HCT, those daily injections, even though small, were enough to stimulate RBC production every single day, and red blood cells dont clear very quickly. My doctor is aware of all this and working with me. This statistic is important to note though, because many anecdotes you read about daily injections claim that blood markers improve across the board. But if you have an underlying issue it isnt always the case.

I didnt have them tested back in February, but Aug 3rd labs show Cystatin-C (0.91), eFGR (93), GGT (51), and hsCRP (1.1) all in good standing. So liver and kidneys are healthy, but gotta deal with the lipids and hemtocrit, but thats not the point of this post.

Hope yall find this helpful. And remember, there is a difference between TRT and a small cycle. If you are on TRT, dose for it. 7-800 is a nice sweet spot for me, may vary for everyone.