I'll play it safe then and stop the GH for 2 or 3 days before my blood test and fast from earlier the day before than what I'd normally do for a fasting test.
Regarding the comment about "no doctor in his right mind...," that's part of the problem I'm having! My doctor is one that is very, very leery about TRT and it took a LOT of convincing just to get him to prescribe me a measly 2.5g of Androgel. I didn't know at the time that this was 1/2 the recommended starting dose--I'm completely new to this.
But, once I found that out, combined with the way my doc behaved, that is what started me on searching out my own sources for what I need. Thankfully, it was not extremely hard, so at least I know I have options.
Anyway, I got the feeling that if ANYTHING questionable comes back on my subsequent blood test my doc will use it as an excuse to not renew my prescription, and certainly not to raise it.
The good news is that I actually have noticed a decrease in my fatigue even when starting the Androgel on the 2.5g (although I seem to have taken a step back lately). I'm sure my T will still be lowish when I get the blood test, but my doctor said the goal was just to get to 500.
FYI: I'm 40 years old, 5'10 180lbs probably about 15% BF, so not in terrible shape, but do want to lose some BF. Oh, and relevant to my original post, my 1st blood test my glucose was 95 and then on my follow up to confirm low/borderline low T it was 96. Both fasting, so I seem to be near the high end of the range already.
Again, thanks for the info and advice--I really appreciate it and am glad I found this site. It's by far the best I've found.