telling your doctor

[Penwrath]

I'm from Australia and I definitely wouldn't mention it to a doctor. There's so many other reasons that you can say to the doctor IMO

[fit2bOld]

To clarify: A HRT patient should be diligent with blood work and protocol with your physician. If your blasting (Cycling) best to keep that to yourself.

[havanakid]

To clarify: A HRT patient should be diligent with blood work and protocol with your physician. If your blasting (Cycling) best to keep that to yourself.

Damn right.

[DanB]

^^^^^^^

You dont want it on medical records, insurance company will think christmas has come early when you ask for a quote

[voshi]

^^^^^^^

You dont want it on medical records, insurance company will think christmas has come early when you ask for a quote

as above bro. maybe I'm lucky. can always change doctor and insurance company.. it was up to me to provide my insurance company of which GP and specialists to pull records from.

Not saying any of you guys are wrong.. but that has been my experience so far.

[fries]

When I told a doctor, he just warned me of the possible issues of steroid use and I informed him of my research and the products I'd be using to make sure my cycle was as safe as possible. He laughed it off and that was that.

Then again, I didn't have insurance at the time (between jobs) so there was no one, other than the authorities, that he could have really reported it to.

[diabolicsoul]

What do you guys tell your doctor when you want full blood work done?

Can you not ask your personal doctor to keep the information between each other, due to future risks?

[Wazz]

I'd say Don't, HOWEVER~ I feel it really depends on your Doctor/Patient relationship...

I was blown up & on HIGH Narcotics for over 6 years, My Pain Doctor & I became rather close, to the point we talked about anything & everything (Narcotic). Surprisingly he feels the FDA are a bunch of idiots for banning Heroin as a medical drug because its an amazing pain medication. He's an Anestesiologist. Now, This guys saved my life several times to include Meningitis. So we're close, almost family. Drug discussions are a big deal with him & I have no doubt his fascination & support would be there (& will) when I start my first cycle. He will want tests before & after to see how it'll react with any pain medications I remain on.

We have Doctor/Patient confidenciality & the Law is always a tuff area when it comes to AS. I'm not going to cycle without his support. I know I'll have it, even if its not in my official record.

FWIW, so long as you have trust & feel you won't get in hot water then you should be OK. If you're worried it probably means you already know its a bad idea. I have other Docs I'd never tell!

[Metalject]

If you go to the doctor because you're having some type of problem you need to tell the DR. about everything you're taking. This is the only way they can know what's going on inside your body. Sure, you'll get some DR's that lash out at you pretty hard, I had one scream at me once, but it just makes sense to tell them what you're doing. You can't get into any legal trouble because of this...they're not going to call the police.

About the DR. who screamed at me...I was about 4 weeks out from a show and started running a fever slightly over 104 degrees and passed out at work one day. Was only out for a few seconds. When I came to I noticed my legs from my ankles all the way to my knees (both legs) looked like they had been attacked by a weed eater under the skin. Obviously I needed some help. Went to the doctor and told him everything I was taking and he proceeded to yell and scream at me telling me I was an idiot, that steroids had caused the problem and that if I wanted the problem to go away I should just stop using steroids. He did no blood work, nothing. I went to another doctor, told her the situation and went from there. Long story short, all the capillaries in my legs had burst. I was severely dehydrated. At the time I was working two jobs, one of which was contraction outside in blistering heat, training for a show, 2 a day cardio and my body just shut down.