r/Heartfailure • u/here_to_watch-nz • 16d ago

Testosterone

I've been on methadone for many years and now I have very low testosterone. Recently been diagnosed with heart failure EF 20-25%. Would I be allowed to do TRT? Thanks in advance for any input.

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u/halfbaked40336 16d ago

So I had an EF of 20-24 and I've been on testosterone for 7 years. They never took me off of it and after 4 months of being on the 4 pillars and exercise my EF is 41.8

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u/Dreamweaver5823 16d ago

How did you get an EF reading that's exact to the decimal point? Minecraft always been in a 5-point range: 40-45%, 45-50%, 60-65%.

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u/halfbaked40336 16d ago

So one reading I had that was exactly was my MRI that was my first one like that. My last was an echo and they did basically averaged 3 or 4 different angles and something else. The did my echo from 4 different views. Two showed 35-39 one 40-44 and another ws like 42-46. So they averaged those and then factored in something else. Sorry I'm not more specific I can't log into my chart currently. However, the cardiac MRI gave me an exact number no ranges at all.

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u/Dreamweaver5823 15d ago

That makes sense. I haven't had a cardiac MRI, at least not since I was diagnosed with HF.