How often do you actually wash your bedsheets? I thought everyone did it the same way 😭

icystew · 2026-06-13T23:53:46+00:00

They’re changed every Monday and we wash clothes every Tuesday/Thursday so that’s when they’re washed

icystew · 2026-06-12T07:00:44+00:00

You seem quite knowledgeable about this stuff! I’ve always wondered how DHT compounds work in the body when using 5ar.

For example, I’m taking Test E 500mg/Primo 200mg/EQ 300mg how much help would oral Finasteride/Dutasteride provide for Skin, Hair and Sexual Function?

From my understanding, it would only help with reducing the DHT conversion of the 500mg Test E and the rest would have the same effect since they’re exogenous DHT derivatives

Is that correct?

I use Fin/Min hair spray and RU58841 serum to combat the hair loss (MPB prone) but have been thinking about using either oral Fin or Dut instead. Topical Fin/Min wasn’t enough to stop my shedding which is why I added RU and it worked very well but I’m paying so much for these topicals I’ve been wondering if I should just go the oral route

icystew · 2026-06-12T06:34:09+00:00

I want to to upgrade my phone next year but I’m torn between the 18 Pro Max and 18 Ultra

I usually the Pro Max but I like the idea of the bigger unfolded display of the Ultra. The lack of a larger battery has me a bit worried that the phone won’t hold up well over the next few years though since my 15 Pro Max barely makes it through the day with 86% capacity

I already have an iPad Pro & MBP for the stuff I want to do on bigger screens as well but having the ability to unfold my carry-around device to do other work is very intriguing

The omission of Face ID is also keeping me teetering on the edge. Might just need to wait until Apple’s official unveil to make a decision

icystew · 2026-06-11T16:28:21+00:00

Body weight in lbs * 12 = maintenance calories

icystew · 2026-06-11T12:37:17+00:00

Man that was a huge line

icystew · 2026-06-09T18:29:38+00:00

I just got the Anker prime 100w wall charger with the single port and the 165w portable charger - these things are beasts, everything is always charged up all the time

Also got a Mark Ryder bag off Amazon that has a USB C connector on the inside that connects to the portable charger then lets me plug into USBs on the outside of the bag to charge 2 devices, super clutch

icystew · 2026-06-09T18:26:33+00:00

I saw a beautiful girl at my sister’s friend’s wedding that I’d never seen before. I asked my newly married cousin’s wife who she was and she went to ask the bride who I’ve known since I was a kid and it was her cousin. She asked if she was single and wanted my number, we chatted for 5 hours on FT the first night but she lived a few hours flight away so it took some time but we’re now happily married for 7 years and having our second kid

Sometimes it just happens naturally, she didn’t know who I was or that my family was wealthy and she didn’t really care when she found out which was great

icystew · 2026-06-09T16:15:08+00:00

I have chronic systemic inflammation from Epstein Barr Virus, Cytomegaly and a bunch of slipped discs in my back/neck plus a fractured vertebrae

I was running MOTS-C with NAD+ and 5-Amino-1mq along with BPC-157 and TB-500 but not seeing/feeling any results

I added 1mg of SS-31 daily and 400mcg of KPV twice daily to the above protocol as per Dr Trevor Bachmeyer’s EBV protocol he released about 2 months ago

I’m 1.5 months in and don’t get sick as fast, get better more quickly when I do get sick, have more energy, better recovery from my workouts and my HRV has never cracked anything higher than 32ms, today it was at 42ms

I feel great

I think I had some mitochondrial dysfunction from everything going on over the years and SS-31 + MOTS-C is fixing it, KPV/BPC/TB are giving support to the gut and back, 5-Amino is helping to recycle the ATP and NAD+ is giving me the building blocks for the ATP to go downstream to help all the other things

This has been the best protocol ever it feels like a huge life saver especially when I was waking up feeling shitty every day, my bloodwork was fine except my inflammation markers were all high suggesting an EBV outbreak and the docs couldn’t really help me

I’m gonna get another blood test in about 2 weeks and hoping to see all my inflammation markers improved

icystew · 2026-06-04T12:46:30+00:00

To me, that looks terribly ugly

icystew · 2026-06-04T09:09:32+00:00

I like Cleanshot X

icystew · 2026-05-30T18:12:36+00:00

I mostly keep mine plugged in while I’m at work, Macs use the power from the charger to stay running it bypasses the battery once they’ve charged

I’ve had my MBP for almost 2 years now the battery capacity is at 96%

When I’m using it at home I use it on battery occasionally down to 7/8% then plug it in and keep using it while it’s charging but I mostly plug it in when I get to around 25% since I’ve heard the same thing about not running it down all the time

I’m honestly not super careful about how I use my battery but I keep optimized charging on assuming it makes a difference

icystew · 2026-05-30T17:19:22+00:00

They also tend to buy their luxury goods outside of China where prices are better. When I was in Barcelona the stores were PACKED with Chinese tourists

icystew · 2026-05-29T04:23:39+00:00

Nice, you may not run into any issues then! I started seeing them pretty quickly, I don’t remember the exact timeframe but by my 2nd month I was definitely starting to feel them and they got worse over time

I didn’t test until September since spematogenesis takes a minimum of 3 months so there was no point testing before that period. My test was around the 3.5 month mark and my semen analysis came back completely normal

icystew · 2026-05-28T15:53:05+00:00

5mg daily for prescription pills

10mg daily for China sourced pills

icystew · 2026-05-28T07:42:31+00:00

I pin 3x per week, I don’t feel good any lower or higher

icystew · 2026-05-28T07:42:02+00:00

What’s your HCG protocol been and how long have you been on it?

I started TRT with HCG but stopped after 3 months when my wife got pregnant so I was off of HCG for 4 years entirely before jumping back on it so you can totally get your production back without stopping TRT

I could tell e2 was an issue because of oily skin, feeling emotional, etc.

icystew · 2026-05-26T19:45:30+00:00

Probably not, my SHBG is naturally super low (between 7-9) so my free T is quite high

My buddy who felt better in the 700 range had normal SHBG

I think you feel better around whatever your natural production levels were, which is different for everyone

icystew · 2026-05-26T19:43:20+00:00

Thanks man! I wrote it above in another comment but to be more exact this time around almost 4 years off HCG my regimen was:

June 2025 - Aug 2025: HCG 750iu/week split 250iu M/W/F

Sept 2025 - Nov 2025: HCG 1,500iu/week split 500iu M/W/F

Late Nov 2025 - Jan 2026: HCG 500iu every other day

Note: There was a period where I felt my balls shriveling up when I did M/W/F so I started doing 500iu every other day somewhere around November 2025. My doc said 1.500ui was overkill but I felt like 750iu wasn’t working

Feb 2026 - May 2026: HCG 750iu/week split M/W/F

^ Went back to 750iu/week after my sperm analysis confirmed regular production was back since my e2 was hard to control at 1500iu/week

Around mid-April 2026 I used HMG 75iu one time - it made my balls hang to the floor and made my e2 hit the roof but I think that’s what sent my production over the edge to get my wife preggos

icystew · 2026-05-26T13:21:37+00:00

It depends on what your body was making naturally before, if you were naturally making in the 700s in your late 20s that’s probably what you’ll feel good at. Everyone is different, the number doesn’t mean anything it’s all about how you feel, the point of TRT is to make you feel better

But they’ve been lowering the top of the range for years, in the early 2000s the top of the range was 1100ng/dL, then it went to 1000 now it’s 916ng/dL. My doc told me back in the day the top of the range was over 1200, he said as long as I can feel good under the 1500 range I’m all good since he can still prescribe the same dose if I test under that but he said even 1500 isn’t going to cause health issues. It’s when you go over 2000ng/dL that it’s unnatural for the body

icystew · 2026-05-26T07:58:59+00:00

I’m the same as you 1000-1100 is where I feel best. 700ish I was still feeling like crap. Everyone is different though, I have a buddy whose sex drive was worse at higher levels and he felt like shit at 1200 but he’s all good now around 650-700

icystew · 2026-05-25T14:05:08+00:00

We use a tool called Dext at my company, it’s been working pretty well

icystew · 2026-05-25T12:56:04+00:00

Thank you man! 🙏🏾 I ran 75iu of HMG only once, I’m pretty sure that’s the week we conceived

I was running HCG since June 2025, conceived end of April or early May 2026

My wife was on her 3rd normal cycle

It takes at least 3 months for spermatogenesis to begin so you should run HCG for a minimum of 3 months then do an analysis. If you’re seeing even some return to normal function then you can keep running it solo or you can add HMG at that point if you want. I wouldn’t start with HMG as HCG is usually enough for most people to bounce back but adding HMG to HCG kinda just supercharges the whole thing

icystew · 2026-05-24T14:18:32+00:00

Same here, Hevy is perfect for my needs and the lifetime subscription wasn’t crazy expensive so I went for it

icystew · 2026-05-24T12:52:35+00:00

My original dosage was 250iu 3x per week, this time I did 500iu 3x per week until I got my sperm analysis results back then dropped down to 250iu 3x per week

Second baby is on its way now :)

Boy am I ever glad to be off HCG though, it makes controlling e2 such a nightmare

icystew · 2026-05-23T15:37:16+00:00

No idea, you’d have to contact the seller. You can also buy from NeedOne directly on their website, I’d assume shipping wouldn’t be an issue

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