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Hello IronMag,
I got some blood lab results today and I wanted to ask you for some advice.
39 years old, 220lbs @ 14% body fat (lifting for 10+ years)
Currently I'm on a Test only cycle because it's been a while since I've done any gear. I am in week 5 of Test E @ 600mg/week and HCG @ 250iu twice weekly.
Around week #2 I started developing gyno in my right nip and have been taking Aromasin @ 25mg ED for about as long as the cycle has been going and was waiting for the gyno to go down. Surprisingly it has NOT gone down AT ALL !!!!!
So I started getting suspicious that either my gear had a progestin in it, or my Aromasin was bunk. Both of these labs are the first time using them, but I did not get the Test and Aromasin from the same place.
First of all my liver values are all within normal range except Lactate Dehydrogenase [LD] (Range <225 U/L - Actual 249 U/L)
LDL is high right now. Range 1.5-3.4 mmol/L with actual being 4.62 mmol/L however my Triglyceride is 0.82 mmol/L with normal being under 2.21 mmol/L.
HDL is okay with normal being > 0.99 mmol/L and actual being 1.33 mmol/L but could be better. Should I take anything for the LDL or just leave it?
Lastly the hormones.
Progesterone range 0.4-1.8 nmol/L with actual being 1.9 nmol/L although they have not flagged it as being out of range, seems weird for it to be slightly elevated, but not scary....
Estradiol range < 159 pmol/L or 43.31 pg/ml with actual being 150 pmol/L or 40.86 pg/ml.
Now what concerns me about the Estradiol is that I have seen that most guys say it should be under 30 and also that I'm taking 25mg of Aromasin daily and expecting it to be a lot lower. So should I be expecting that my Aromasin is garbage or do I really need to go above 25mg? Secondly my report included a note that Estrogen receptor antagonists and Aromatase Inhibitors have been shown to interfere with estradiol testing resulting in falsely elevated estradiol concentrations.
Lastly, do you think my gear might have a little dab of Tren in it to slightly elevate my progesterone or is that not high enough to worry about? I really hate gyno! Should I just start on some Nolva? This is really pissing me off.
EDIT: I highly doubt my gear is bunk because back when I was on Tren my Progesterone levels were way high! Sometimes up to 4.4 and even one time 12.5 nmol/L so it must be estrogen.... but those levels of Estradiol just don't seem high enough to cause gyno, but it must be the Estradiol.... right????
I got some blood lab results today and I wanted to ask you for some advice.
39 years old, 220lbs @ 14% body fat (lifting for 10+ years)
Currently I'm on a Test only cycle because it's been a while since I've done any gear. I am in week 5 of Test E @ 600mg/week and HCG @ 250iu twice weekly.
Around week #2 I started developing gyno in my right nip and have been taking Aromasin @ 25mg ED for about as long as the cycle has been going and was waiting for the gyno to go down. Surprisingly it has NOT gone down AT ALL !!!!!
So I started getting suspicious that either my gear had a progestin in it, or my Aromasin was bunk. Both of these labs are the first time using them, but I did not get the Test and Aromasin from the same place.
First of all my liver values are all within normal range except Lactate Dehydrogenase [LD] (Range <225 U/L - Actual 249 U/L)
LDL is high right now. Range 1.5-3.4 mmol/L with actual being 4.62 mmol/L however my Triglyceride is 0.82 mmol/L with normal being under 2.21 mmol/L.
HDL is okay with normal being > 0.99 mmol/L and actual being 1.33 mmol/L but could be better. Should I take anything for the LDL or just leave it?
Lastly the hormones.
Progesterone range 0.4-1.8 nmol/L with actual being 1.9 nmol/L although they have not flagged it as being out of range, seems weird for it to be slightly elevated, but not scary....
Estradiol range < 159 pmol/L or 43.31 pg/ml with actual being 150 pmol/L or 40.86 pg/ml.
Now what concerns me about the Estradiol is that I have seen that most guys say it should be under 30 and also that I'm taking 25mg of Aromasin daily and expecting it to be a lot lower. So should I be expecting that my Aromasin is garbage or do I really need to go above 25mg? Secondly my report included a note that Estrogen receptor antagonists and Aromatase Inhibitors have been shown to interfere with estradiol testing resulting in falsely elevated estradiol concentrations.
Lastly, do you think my gear might have a little dab of Tren in it to slightly elevate my progesterone or is that not high enough to worry about? I really hate gyno! Should I just start on some Nolva? This is really pissing me off.
EDIT: I highly doubt my gear is bunk because back when I was on Tren my Progesterone levels were way high! Sometimes up to 4.4 and even one time 12.5 nmol/L so it must be estrogen.... but those levels of Estradiol just don't seem high enough to cause gyno, but it must be the Estradiol.... right????
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