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Labcorp results for E2: 34.2 pg/mL (7.6-42.6). This means I should *not* be taking Arimidex right? So I take it that either E1 or E3 are high? Should I even bother trying to get those down?

@megatron: that's the plan eventually. This time i'll order it privately because I'm tired of this bullshit between quest and my doctor (side story: this is actually the third time i try to order one, but the first time it was my GP back in my home country, so I can't fault him for not knowing...

I looked into it. They won't accept international credit cards or NY credit cards. And they might even refuse NY ids (however I am a non-resident alien so I have a passport from my country)

Looks like I will have to spend $100 to get an E2 test done (DirectLabsACCESS). Any alternatives for NY?

@oldmusclemike: NY has regulations about blood tests without a prescription. I might be able to drive to CT and use my foreign passport as ID. @IMT: no, no "clear" high e symptoms. Which is why I am reluctant to take it without an objective E2 measurement. But if my E2 was slightly elevated...

He did, twice (Fractionated Estrogen is E1,E2,E3 separately). Once he didn't know the sample needs freezing and thus he couldn't do it in his office, the second time he wrote fractionated estrogen but got the code wrong, and Quest just ignored the text and used the code. I'm not due until...

yeah tell me about it. trust me I've tried taking it Fractionated Estrogen twice, and both times I got back Total E instead (both quest and my doc fucking up). The doc got tired of prescribing it (I don't think he fully appreciates the difference between E2 and total E, but I'm keeping him...

I'm on TRT, I started 100mg EW, now I'm on 120mg/week EOD subQ. My T is currently 658. Total E levels have stayed high and constant over time (no help from EOD injections sadly), but I've never been able to test my E2 levels (long story, trust me I gave up!) The most recent Total E test puts my...

One question: I haven't felt great these last few days (but I am recovering from a very bad flu, so there's that). Below average libido / erections. The 533 result for T is probably close to my average. On IM it was 330 on the 7th day. Is it possible that my T levels are lower on subQ? I've...

Yeah you sure are weird. You could probably run a 500mg/week cycle without AIs :-) Those results on EOD are tempting, I might just go for 34mg/EOD instead.

damn that's a big difference. I knew it could affect E2, but I didn't expect it to affect T levels that much. How come you felt better on E3.5D than EOD? Unless your E2 was sky high, those were amazing levels of T for so little Test C.

By the way, I get why people have different amount of aromatisation for the same amount of T, but why are people so different wrt to T injected -> T levels. I'm 5'7", I doubt these people going around at 900T on 100mg/week are so much smaller than me. What is the physiological reason I get rid...

@Megatron: no only that total E was high and E1 was normal. And no I did not feel any T bump with once a week injections. But E2 was not the only reason i switched to subq. No way I'm going back to those thick long IM needles. It's girly insulin needles for lyfe bro. It sounds like the first...

@Jim: I tried the back fat but I didn't see any difference with the lumps. But massaging them well to disperse the fat seems to help a lot. @Apollon: 330 is my trough level for 100mg/week, (tested right before my next injection), 533 was taken 48 hours after one of my E3.5D injections so it's...

I don't think it's a trough. It was 48 hours after an injection, so more of a peak. But at 3.5D subq i doubt there's much difference between peak and trough. Would you trust the italian E2 non-sensitive test or should I use that script for fractionated E I have here in the US? I'd love to...