Andy Stumpf

I think that's totally okay.

But how are you going to know that unless you have a baseline?

This is one thing I look back, I wish I had done baseline blood work years and years and years ago.

Two years ago now at this point or just under two years ago, I finally had my blood work done, my hormonal panel, looked at everything.

Testosterone was one of the markers and I looked at everything else as well too.

And a lot of them were trending in the wrong direction.

But I didn't really know, hey, am I historically a little bit high here?

Is this an elevated number or is this kind of where I've always floated because I just didn't have that good blood work?

Even if, again, this is a blanket suggestion and I can only speak for men.

For women, I would say reach out to my sister.

She is specializing in hormonal panels and blood work for women.

I think she's focusing a lot on menopause and perimenopause or premenopause.

So there's an aspect of that as well too, but she can answer questions on the female side way better than I can.

And I can only actually talk about my experience on the male side.

I can't answer a lot of questions other than what I did and why.

But get the baseline so at least you know.

Because let's say you get a blood draw and your number is, for a dude, and your testosterone is low.

Well, what if your 18-year-old number was low and you felt fine then?

What if your testosterone is a little bit higher than what you were looking at, but you've always been a little bit higher?

So the number isn't equating with how you necessarily feel.