Any Members with Factor V (5) Leiden ?
Hello,
I am a new member and had the pleasure of being treated with 1 injection of Test Cyp (my Test Level was 305). I thought I had found a new supplement. It had addressed all of my concerns in one injection.
About 8 hrs after the first injection I thought I could feel everything starting to focus again. Around 4am I woke up and was literally pumped like I had just worked out, It was AWESOME!!!
In the next fews days the following occurred:
The sleepless nights were gone, I slept like a baby for the first time in years.
The Morning Fog was gone.
My Vision was noticeably better, not perfect but better.
My Energy levels were great, all day long.
Mental Sharpness was returning, I had always been able to do long complicated math in my head, it was a joke in my family, that I was faster than a calculator but in the last few years I have found my self having to write things down to solve them.
My Mood was much better, very upbeat and energetic.
My Knees stopped hurting. (Sport injuries in the past)
FWIW, Libido was never an issue or hadn't become one yet.
But Everything was Great!!!!!! so I thought.
Then I talked to my GP/Endo doctor about the injections. I had the first injection done at a HRT clinic.
She immediately called in lab work for me to be tested for Factor V (5) Leiden because my mother had been diagnosed with it.
Well, sure enough I came back with it too, the heterozygous type, 1 Gene type vs the homozygous type which is 2 Genes.
She advised me to immediately stop with the injections based on a study done by Charles Glueck, M.D., Medical Director of the Cholesterol and Metabolism Center at The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health, in Cincinnati, Ohio. I tried to post a link to the study but I don't have enough post to do so but you can Google it.
Basically, they were seeing an increase in Blood Clots and started looking into it. Come to find out it was tied to HRT and that 5 out of 6 Males with Factor V developed some kind of clot within 17 mos, one as quick as 1 month, mostly Pulmonary Emboli. I plan on writing the doctor to see what other information he can give me but he was asked if an aspirin would help and he said No, not in this case.
Anyway, here I am thinking I had found the Answer only now to be disappointed. She won't consider giving me a blood thinner because of the additional risk.
Just thought I would post this here to both inform people about the disorder and or to see if anyone else here is Factor V and how they are managing their treatment.
Great Site, BTW!!!