What is TRT and What is NOT TRT

For the reader, here was my TT profile leading up to my AFIB incident:

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I was in the second week up upping my dose from 120 mg/week of TC to 325 mg/week (injection 2x per week).

Peak at week 2 was about 2600 and trough about 1770 ng/dL. SHBG is 55 nmol/L.

Here’s the calculated range of free T:

In reality, equilibrium dialysis free T typically 20% lower than Vermeulen calculation above. So I estimate I was somewhere between 30 and 50 ng/dL on my free T in week 2.

I wasn’t aware of electrical issue with my heart until after the incident. Previous EKGs and Echos were fine. But cardiologist mentioned it could have been missed, and that the particular issue (that got picked up after the AFIB incident) is usually there from birth. Take care of yourselves.