Hi guys, so a few weeks left in 32 wk cycle.

[Pinin4theFjords]

Hi guys, so a few weeks left in 32 wk cycle.

I am on Test E 500 mg/wk. HCG - 900 iu/wk (started in the middle of cycle). Aromasin 25 mg/day

Just got my lastest labs done.
Total Cholesterol was mildly high - 237 mg/dL
LDL was high - 182 mg/dL
non HDL Cholesterol was mildly high - 188

Does this mean I should clean up my diet more? My diet is carb heavy but not that bad.

Blood Count was all in normal range with RBC creeping toward high side - 5.40 mil/mm3 with 4.5-5.5 as bio reference

E2 (normal assay) was 45 pg/mL with normal range being <39

Total Test - 2394 ng/dL

Did not get free test results yet. Samples were all taken in morning with 14hrs fasted state.


Do I need to up the Aromasin? I am taking the same I was taking before starting HCG and also got a bout of forehead pimples a couple weeks ago.

 

[Milton]

Can you share more stats with us? Age, is this your first cycle? BFI?

 

[Pinin4theFjords]

Can you share more stats with us? Age, is this your first cycle? BFI?

Age - 30. 1st Cycle. BF - reckon a shade above 20% before I started..don't remember. Close to 15-16% now. Cycle has been mostly maintenance calories and definite recomp noticed but now for last month I started cutting hard. Plan is to finish the cycle on a surplus.

Reason for long length of cycle is emergency travel for 8 weeks otherwise was going to be 20-24 weeks.

First lab after first few weeks showed high E2 because I had not started with AI. When I posted about it here I was guided to HCG and began both of those. All subsequent labs showed good numbers except a steadily rising E2 from 16 after AI to 29 after a month or so to 35 and now the now 45. This increase started after HCG.

Also, Cholesterol in previous labs was around - 221. Mildly high, but the other two reported were less and constant till now.

RBC even though close to the high side of normal has fluctuated between this normal range.

Also, maybe a zit or two here or there up till a month ago and then a mild burst (not that bad but still noticeably more) since then.

 

[Pinin4theFjords]

Also not sure if relevant but sex drive was meh to ok-ish on test only but after starting HCG my apartment might as well be known as The Masterbatorium

 

[Pinin4theFjords]

anyone?

 

[Shovel]

If your estro was in the normal range, I wouldn't up the aromasin. Especially with your test being off the charts. Remember your body is going through hormonal changes. A few sits are gonna happen

 

[halfwit]

If you feel good, I wouldn't change a thing. The standard assay overstates estradiol by about 10pg, so you're actually just about perfect. I would donate blood though.

 

[Teutonic]

32 week cycle....nice. See ya at the trt clinic...u go first lol. I did basically a 4 or 5 yr cycle in the late 80 s and look how stable I turned out lol...the bodies one forgiving machine I ll tell ya.
I ll take a 32 week cycle s guy s health over some of the 5 ft 2 inch 32 pounds to 132 pounds overweight E B T be he moth female s wearing tight s and Ug boots stumbling around MS wal marts any day son.

 

[Pinin4theFjords]

If your estro was in the normal range, I wouldn't up the aromasin. Especially with your test being off the charts. Remember your body is going through hormonal changes. A few sits are gonna happen

Yea, how is my test so high with only 500mg/wk?

If you feel good, I wouldn't change a thing. The standard assay overstates estradiol by about 10pg, so you're actually just about perfect. I would donate blood though.

I feel good. No sides. BP is normal but was worried about cholesterol. Going to donate blood sometime in the next few days.

32 week cycle....nice. See ya at the trt clinic...u go first lol. I did basically a 4 or 5 yr cycle in the late 80 s and look how stable I turned out lol...the bodies one forgiving machine I ll tell ya.
I ll take a 32 week cycle s guy s health over some of the 5 ft 2 inch 32 pounds to 132 pounds overweight E B T be he moth female s wearing tight s and Ug boots stumbling around MS wal marts any day son.

I know guys who were on it for years and came out of the cycle no pct and recovered fine. I know guys who struggled after shorter cycles. Let's hope I am the chosen one.

 

[halfwit]

Cholesterol is going to be elevated while on cycle as you're no longer making testosterone - one of the main "consumers" of cholesterol. (steroid literally means derived from cholesterol)

There's a really interesting study out there from a couple months ago showing how having a slightly elevated cholesterol is actually beneficial. Life expectancy was shown higher in groups with the cholesterol than those with perfect blood pressure in fact. It's from Japan, and I'd dig it up, but I'm on my phone atm. Just food for thought as we're constantly being told how dangerous this is - for which of course our 'friends' in big pharma have a "cure".

 

[Teutonic]

I ve tried and failed and vowed to never ever teach this ^^^^^^^^^^^ to non doc s or non chemically savvy types as it s way over the top. The Japanese live 4 ever......

 

[ADenver]

Yea, how is my test so high with only 500mg/wk?

2394 isnt that high on 500mg a week.

 

[bigben66]

32 week cycle....nice. See ya at the trt clinic...u go first lol. I did basically a 4 or 5 yr cycle in the late 80 s and look how stable I turned out lol...the bodies one forgiving machine I ll tell ya.
I ll take a 32 week cycle s guy s health over some of the 5 ft 2 inch 32 pounds to 132 pounds overweight E B T be he moth female s wearing tight s and Ug boots stumbling around MS wal marts any day son.

Hahaha... you crackpot!

 

[bigben66]

2394 isnt that high on 500mg a week.

Yeah, I was thinking that myself.... and that's with 900iu of HCG a week too!

 

[bigben66]

Also not sure if relevant but sex drive was meh to ok-ish on test only but after starting HCG my apartment might as well be known as The Masterbatorium

That's because your estrogen levels were high.... once you introduced aromasin, your estrogen fell back into range and your libido shot up! (quite literally!)

 

[Pinin4theFjords]

Hi guys,

ended a successful looooong cycle which was mostly cutting and last weeks of bulking using test + deca! Feelsgoodman. 2 weeks into PCT and everything looking good so far.

I wanted to give some anecdotal advice. I was told to get on 1000iu/wk hcg because of missing it first few weeks of cycle. It was around when I started using hcg that my acne flared up like crazy. Month and a half a ago it got pretty moderate-severe. I was on tretinoin topical which helped a bit but would still get flare ups and really oily forehead even in winter cold temps.

Was going to go on accutane before i just decided to lower hcg from 900iu/wk to basically 250iu/wk and eureka! acne flare ups stopped within 2 weeks. The tretinoin cream's effect then started showing more consistently and dried up most of the acne. Just to see if I was on the right hunch, I upped the hcg again for 2 weeks and acne/oily skin returned. Lowered it during last 2 weeks of the cycle. Acne got better again.

 

[copaseet]

2394 isnt that high on 500mg a week.

Yup.... My test was almost 5000 on 500mg Test E a week

 

[Transporter]

Yup.... My test was almost 5000 on 500mg Test E a week

Your test was overdosed

 

[Catbug159]

Yup.... My test was almost 5000 on 500mg Test E a week

Your test was overdosed

My levels came back slightly higher than 5800ng/dl on 500mg Test E a week. I'll be disappointed if the next cycle isn't close from the same source. It'd make it hard to judge consistency.