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Overall I agree with you but I think its an individual by individual basis. For me it started when I asked my doctor for a glp1 prescription a year ago. She sai

Overall I agree with you but I think its an individual by individual basis. For me it started when I asked my doctor for a glp1 prescription a year ago. She said no and said I would need to see another doctor for that in the same medical system (another 6 - 8 week wait). This... irked me. So I went online and ordered it myself for a literal fraction of the price. In the year since I have taken my cholesterol and lipids from absolute garbage to perfection. My BP has been high for over a decade, its perfect now. I have lost 40 pounds of fat while maintaining muscle. Currently have a 6 pack and bench 405lbs and a little over 200lbs body weight. I am also on testosterone which I manage myself while also managing estrogen sides, etc. Everything has become so much smoother and quicker since I just stepped away from the normal medical system and started doing it on my own. I look 20 years younger and my blood work is perfect. Recently got a colonoscopy (no anesthesia) as well and everything was good, need another in 7 - 10 years. Even the fact they force anesthesia on the majority of the patients irritated me. Its a 20 minute procedure that is uncomfortable at worst. Why force someone to lose an entire day, depend on a ride home, etc. I just don't understand the point of the medical system for the Hacker News crowd. Now something like cancer of course, established medical system all the way, I am not advocating for recklessness.

jimbo808 1y ago
So you are doing steroids (not TRT)? You may look and feel 20 years younger, it's probably a different story for the most important muscle in your body (the heart). If you're benching 405 (holy shit, btw), at 200lbs, that tells me you may be gaslighting yourself about your ability to solo this. The medical system is really not great to navigate, and it's getting worse over time, but you really have to be honest with yourself if you're cycling test. Side note: I got a colonoscopy without anesthesia in the US. It's kinda funny you bring that up, because this was recent and they treated me like an alien for not wanting the drugs. But they allowed me to do it and it was fine.
- wonderwonder 1y ago
  I'm on 200 mg of testosterone. Perhaps a tad over TRT for some but really in the ballpark. We can call it TRT++ to avoid argument :). My heart is fine, pulse is perfect. BP is perfect. I get blood work done every 4 months. The thing that irked me about the colonoscopy is that they initially refused, said the doctor didn't do it and when I said cool I'll find another doctor, they suddenly discovered he did. They passively aggressively try to force it on you. Walk around the airport sometime and look at all the people enrolled in the standard medical system. I can promise you my labs and health are better than 99% of them. This is in no way an attack on those people. I don't know any of them and wish them long lives and happiness. Intent of this thread though was not to cast stones, I was just really curious if others are doing the same. Appears so far that the answer is no. I think modern medicine is incredible, I just don't personally like the method in which its applied.

jimbo808 1y ago

So you are doing steroids (not TRT)? You may look and feel 20 years younger, it's probably a different story for the most important muscle in your body (the heart). If you're benching 405 (holy shit, btw), at 200lbs, that tells me you may be gaslighting yourself about your ability to solo this. The medical system is really not great to navigate, and it's getting worse over time, but you really have to be honest with yourself if you're cycling test. Side note: I got a colonoscopy without anesthesia in the US. It's kinda funny you bring that up, because this was recent and they treated me like an alien for not wanting the drugs. But they allowed me to do it and it was fine.

wonderwonder 1y ago
I'm on 200 mg of testosterone. Perhaps a tad over TRT for some but really in the ballpark. We can call it TRT++ to avoid argument :). My heart is fine, pulse is perfect. BP is perfect. I get blood work done every 4 months. The thing that irked me about the colonoscopy is that they initially refused, said the doctor didn't do it and when I said cool I'll find another doctor, they suddenly discovered he did. They passively aggressively try to force it on you. Walk around the airport sometime and look at all the people enrolled in the standard medical system. I can promise you my labs and health are better than 99% of them. This is in no way an attack on those people. I don't know any of them and wish them long lives and happiness. Intent of this thread though was not to cast stones, I was just really curious if others are doing the same. Appears so far that the answer is no. I think modern medicine is incredible, I just don't personally like the method in which its applied.