*intro music*
hey guys, its me
today, I just want to say first of all bless
I have fixed my mic. the issue, there was a noise so I had to use the podcast mics
it was a- I always had to sit at the table
I am currently sitting at the table, yes, just because everything is set up and I don't want to stand up right now
but I fixed it and I feel so cool
I've been using this, like, external camera that plugs in for the camera for the podcast
but I've been using it for this channel and then I realised, oh my god, it's making that clicking noise because of that
and I fixed it so I didn't have to buy another, like, $200 mic, bless
today I'm going to be talking to you
a little update. recently I did an update about Lupron
so I was on hormone blockers for a while
and I was kinda just updating you on how that's been going and how my levels are still kind of all over the place
even with my, erm, hormone blockers
so if you don't know what video I'm talking about, please go here
erm, can we even do annotations? I don't think we can do annotations anymore
so nevermind, don't go there. the link will be in the description below, whoops
so basically what happened
my testosterone levels are so high that they're converting to estrogen
so now I have estrogen in my body which makes no sense because I'm on hormone blockers so that means i don't have estrogen
if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, please go watch that video
so I was put on a different type of administration of testosterone
so usually I do the gel I put on my arm and I'm done
but my doctor thinks that the dose is too high now and my body is actually absorbing it
so instead of cutting down the, erm, the, the, the dose, I decided to try a different way
because he told me that there's a new way and its in your nose
now I'm not gonna say the brand name of these products because this video won't be monetised
but, erm, I'm sure somebody will in the comments
so I made a video about the nose gel, please go watch that also because this is really just an update about those two things in my life
erm, but the thing is that
on the piece of paper that is in the n- the- the- almost said it
the, erm, the package, it says that you should be doing two doses a day of each nostril once
and I was only doing it once a day and I was like, hmm, there's something wrong
and I started to get hot flashes
like, literally, like, the week after I started on the gel in your nose
I- I started to get hot flashes
so, hot flashes, they're not that bad, right? huh, well
so it got so bad that I would get maybe 12 hot flashes a day, that's a lot
so I literally *pop of fan opening* had to get myself this fan t- and bring this with me everywhere
because the hot flashes were so bad
so right away in my head, look, I've been at this game for too long
I've been on hormones for almost eight years, I know what I'm doing, I know what my body wants
I could tell that there was something going on
so I was like, but I don't want to take a double dose than my doctor prescribed. the reason why is the price
the nasal gel isn't covered under insurance and it's like $200
and if I did two applications a day on each nostril, it's complicated
I would have to buy, like, another box
so, like, two boxes would last three months
I don't have that kind of money
so I decided to, erm, just stick with one dose
a couple of days I tried the at night also just to see what was going on but
I still did not feel okay
and then I got myself this other fan that I've been using
I got this at one- you know like you go to an arcade you get all those raffle tickets or whatever,
well I got one of these for, like, 10 points or 10 tickets, it was great
so I decided to get my blood test done
because I was like, there's something wrong. I bet you $100 that my T levels are incredibly low
aah- I was like, uh, for sure, I'm doing this to myself, obviously myself, this is my life on YouTube
I feel a little bit hyper right now, sorry
so I got my blood tests done and I went to my family doctor
and I was like 'oh, could I please see the results from my blood test' and she was like, 'sure'
I feel like a news anchor right now, I have the papers in front of me
erm, bless because I got my medical records because I was like, hmm. In March this year
okay, which is right before I started on hormone blockers
my testosterone level was at 16.9
this is an okay range. my doctor wants it from 19 to 21, that's the range that he wants it
I know most of my people, okay, that watch this are American but this is the scale that we use
okay, I'm just telling you, it was supposed to be between 19 and 21, that's what he wants it
it was close, it was getting there, it was getting there which is good
so then I got my blood tested again
and this is what the thing that I was talking about in my update, my Lupron update and my hormones are still crazy
my testosterone levels went down to an 8.3
that's not good, that's not good. What is that dip?
but my estrogen levels were higher, which means
my testosterone levels are very high and probably dripping into, turning into estrogen
I know this is very complicated for some people to understand
and I'm so sorry and I know that I'm talking fast but there's a lot of information
if you don't understand, uh, comments below
and also, if you watch those other videos I explain this way easier than the way I'm explaining it now
alright *laughs* you ready for this?
so, I got my blood test done
erm, when was this, halloween, I think i got this done on halloween
yes, okay, so I got this done the day before halloween
my T levels are at 3.8
three point, three, three
that is, like, lower than some cis women. what? what's going on?
so, as you can imagine, it clicked in my head right away
because I knew this was gonna happen, I knew it, I knew it
my testosterone levels are way too low which is why I'm getting hot flashes, like, literally right now there are, like, no hormones in my body
that's not good, that's dangerous
you can't do that. you're not gonna die but your bones, you're gonna get osteoporosis at a young age
you need hormones in your body
and because I'm taking Lupron and suppressing the estrogen in my body there's nothing
so the only t- testosterone or hormone I was getting in my body was from my nose
the gel in my nose, which my body is not absorbing and I'm not even taking the right dose
so I saw that number and I, like, screamed at the doctors, I was like 'I knew it!'
*laughs*
and that was the day I went back on my gel that goes on my arm
*laughs* and I stopped doing the nasal gel. Sorry about it
I really wanted to do it and I really wanted to update you guys on it, on a new form of testosterone. it was gonna be so cool
nope, I'm sorry. even if I had t-, even if it was covered
I don't think I would do it. ah, I lied, if it was covered I'd probably do it
I would do like, three times a day if it was covered, like, 100% covered, but it's not
erm, so yeah, so that's *laughs* that's my little update for you on my testosterone
3.81 that is it right now, that is ridiculously low
so now that I'm back on the gel on my arm
I've been back on the gel on my arm I would say for two weeks now probably
erm, and, *laughs*
I'm not getting any more hot flashes as much as I did before
I get maybe two a day now which is amazing and I don't even need this
*pop of fan opening* there you go. *laughs* erm,
because, erm, my body is- is happy again
so that was my little update, I know that it's a bit all over the place
but if you want, like, a 'too long, didn't read'
basically, my testosterone level is lower than some cis women
I am back on the gel that I put on my arm rather than doing it in my nose
and now I'm not getting as many hot flashes
and I'm sure that my testosterone levels have now risen, I'm probably at, like, a seven now
oooooooohhh spooky
but it's like, really hard to get an appointment with your endocrinologist, I know people who are like, just go have an appointment with your endocrinologist
so I took the appointment with my endocrinologist
in September and the appointment, the earliest appointment is in March
literally, welcome to the Quebec system
so that's what happened and there's nothing that I, I can't do anything else
there's no emergency, nothing like that, nah
I just gotta wait till March
also, can I say, the person who took my blood was, like, putting it in me and moving the needle- ohh, ohh, men
I'm kidding. I couldn't do it, ughh it's gross
alright, so that was my update about this, about the nasal gel and about my crazy hot flashes so now that you know
don't do it *laughs* erm
but yeah, so that's it
so I'm back on the arm gel
I love you guys so much and let me know if you have any questions
okay, bye