First cycle Test E - Mid cycle blood work results

[Jerry2020]

Hi all, after paying an arm and a leg to get blood tests done the results are back.

I'm into week 8 of my first ever Test E cycle. Running at 225mg e3d which averages out to about 500mg/week.

At the time of these blood tests I was taking Aromasin 12.5mg ed. Due to supply I have switched over to Arimidex 0.25mg eod, although this might need to change.

Also taking HCG 250iu 2x per week.

Supplements include Cialis 10mg/day, Ubiquinol CoQ10 150mg/day, NAC 600mg/day. Plus glutamine, protein etc etc.

Anyway, below are the results with the reference ranges in brackets. Outliers are highlighted in red

Androgen studies:
Testosterone - 109.5 nmol/L (6.0-28.0)
SHBG – 23 nmol/L (15-50)
Free Testosterone - >2000 pmol/L (200-600)

Cardiac/muscle markers:
CK – 1449 (<201)

General chemistry:
Electrolytes/renal function:
Sodium – 140 (135-145)
Potassium – 4.7 (3.5-5.2)
Chloride – 105 (95-110)
Bicarbonate – 31 (22-32)
Urea – 10.8 (2.5-8.0)
Creatinine – 100 (60-110)
eGFR – 89 (>59)
Calcium – 2.36 (2.15-2.55)
Phosphate – 1.13 (0.75-1.50)
Uric Acid – 0.29 (0.18-0.47)
Liver function:
Total protein – 69 (60-82)
Albumin – 40 (35-50)
Alkaline Phosphatase – 46 (30-120)
Total Bilrubin – 11 (<25)
Gamma GT – 15 (<51)
AST – 50 (<41)
ALT – 37 (<51)
Globulin – 29 (23-39)

Hormone studies:
Oestradiol – 316 pmol/L (<150)

Iron studies:
Iron – 13.0 (10.0-30.0)
Transferrin – 2.56 (2.10-3.80)
Ferritin – 122 (30-250)

Glucose studies:
Glucose – 4.8 (3.0-5.4)

Lipid studies:
Cholesterol – 4.0
HDL cholesterol – 1.3 (>1.0)
LDL cholesterol – 2.4 (<2.5)
Non-HDL cholesterol – 2.7 (<3.9)
Triglyceride – 0.7 (<2.0)
LDL/HDL ratio (risk factor) – 1.9
Chol/HDL ratio (risk factor) – 3.1

General haematology:
Haemoglobin – 150 (130-180)
RBC – 4.75 (4.5-6.5)
PCV – 0.47 (0.40-0.55)
MCV – 98 (80-99)
MCH – 31.6 (27-32)
MCHC – 322 (310-360)
RDW – 12.6% (11-15%)
White Cell Count – 5.4 (4.0-11.0)
Neutrophils – 3.2 (2.0-8.0)
Lymphocytes – 1.5 (1.0-4.0)
Monocytes – 0.5 (<1.1)
Eosinophils – 0.2 (<0.6)
Basophils - <0.1 (<0.3)
Platelets – 226 (150-450)


Could anyone experienced please offer their thoughts/opinions/suggestions on where I'm at and what I might need to change. Unfortunately I didn't get pre-cycle bloods done so I don't have those to benchmark against.

From what I can see:
- The gear definitely looks good, I'm happy as you never know the quality of stuff until there's proof like this.
- CK is extremely high, I'm not familiar with this so I'm hoping my doctor will enlighten me when I chat to him. The report states elevated CK is a sign of muscle damage.
- Liver function may be compromised? Obviously elevated AST levels aren't ideal and the report highlights the fact that isolated elevated AST indicates a muscle or haematological disorder but may occasionally be seen with liver disease. Is this one of those levels that is increased naturally with heavy training regimes and the fact I am working out so hard is why these levels are elevated? I'm hoping so anyway.
- Looks like estrogen is through the roof, I'm unsure if 0.25mg eod of Adex will suffice, maybe I need to go to 0.5mg eod? Unfortunately this will be guess work as I won't be getting any other bloods done during this cycle.

Look forward to hearing educated peoples' thoughts

[kelkel]

Blood work looks good and yes, your gear is quality stuff!
CK being elevated is simply due to muscular trauma (working out) which is also the cause for your elevated AST level. ALT and AST can be 4-5 times above normal at times due to trauma and remain that way for a week or more. No worries.
I'd stick with your .25 eod adex regimen for now. E2 is always better a little higher than lower, especially if bulking.
Urea's probably just due to a high protein diet.

[Jerry2020]

Thanks Kel, puts me a bit more at ease with a couple of things.

I’ll stick with the current Adex dose as even though estrogen is pretty high I haven’t had any symptoms of gyno, felt a little tired and lacklustre but there could be a thousand reasons for that, I’ll keep an eye on it anyway.

[Jerry2020]

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