Update: I went to my Doc today and had an EKG in preparation for a little outpatient surgery I’m having next month. Everything came out perfect.
This got me to thinking, I’ve been a moderate to, heavy at times, steroid user since about May 2014. In that time, my Dr. has never been aware of my use but I’ve had annual physicals, again with no red flags whatsoever.
I guess this is a just a little anecdotal evidence, based on one 53 year old white guy, with no real history of disease in his family, showing that AAS use may not be the killer that everybody portrays it to be. Even T-Mag just put out an article on this subject.
meh it depends on what you’re using, if you’re tossing in orals 24/7 there’s gonna be more issues, if you’re using Tren, never coming off, using recreational drugs, not keeping BP or health markers under control etc you’re more likely to run into trouble. Genetics also play a large part, add to that you haven’t been on for 10-20 years (very long term seems where AAS use causes most damage), I can show you a case report of a guy who used for like 30 years, didn’t have issues until he was in his 70s.
Finally, EKG, although great, isn’t as good as an echo with regard to picking up heart enalrgement, that being said if an EKG checks out that’s a good sign.
Then if someone has heart enlargement and/or probles prior to using AAS, anabolics can quickly trigger an early death.
I’m 12 years older than you SH. I remember when our government told us how bad POT was. I was shown the B&W video Reefer Madness(google it. you will get a laugh) in my High school. Now its legal in a few states. In highschool I was smoking pot. I started smoking at about 16. It was my first lesson. Don’t ever trust the government. At about 27 I quit. No withdrawal. Landed a cushy job witha security clearance had to pee in a cup every 3 months and never wanted it again.
The biggest problem with AAS use is the lack of knowledge what, how much, and when. Then there the issue is it clean.
Do you use AAS? How long have you been using for (curious), what doses, compounds etc.
Smoking weed is bad for you if done in excess or you have a genetic predisposition to addiction or psychosis. However EVERYTHING done in excess is bad for you, marijuana in my opinion isn’t entirely harmless either, it needs to be treated with respect because just like anabolic steroids the long term effects and mechanisms behind how they occur aren’t entirely known due to a lack of research.
Got some bloodwork yesterday. Here are the results on my current blast of 300 NPP /week, 500 Test/week and 5 IU HGH/day.
I WAS NOT fasting as I did not know I was going to get blood work done.
@systemlord, you and I don’t always agree on everything when it comes to TRT but you do know your labs. I was hoping you might give me an opinion. I dont know if the low T4 is a concern or not. I read that HGH draws T4 down.
Glucose is likely off due to the growth hormone, creatinine is probably off due to intense exercise but if worried get a more detailed renal Pannel done.
Hct and hemoglobin is great, however MCV and MCHC being low either indicates an iron deficiency or that you have a lot of immature RBC’s (AAS increase RBC production by increasing the output and effectiveness of erythropoietin, RBC’s take around 90 days to mature). If worried get iron studies and a reticulocyte count done.
Low EGFR indicates potentially impaired kidney function, get that checked out if possible. AAS (long term, mostly orals and tren) can damage the kidneys
If you are waiting on the blood bank to tell you something is wrong you could be half dead and they will take your blood. You do know they sell it after testing for everything because they know folks lie. That finger stick just needs to be between 16-19.
My HCT runs 48.7 to 51.3 when I am on my normal TRT dose of 120/wk without donating. My computer isn’t showing your numbers very well is the HCT 48.6? If so that looks good to me. I would not worry unless you are in the 45’s
Did you try clicking on the image. It enlarges quite a bit.
Thank you Sir. I personally feel like changes are happening even though they may not be as physically evident to the naked eye. The HGH seems to be what’s doing it.
Duh! No. HaHa
I would not worry about a 48.6 I am surprised it has not gone up while blasting.
When I was on my long blast I had to do mini CBC blood tests.
They are only 11 bucks off the internet. The bigger hassle is standing inline waiting for the blood draw.
Microcytic anaemia can occur independently of a low RBC/HCT, hence why I asked for a reticulocyte count. If OP is iron deficient (or a blast is shooting up his RBC thus using up all the iron stores in his body), then new red blood cells that form will be small, unable to carry lots of hemoglobin. A reticulocyte count would tell us what percentage of his RBC’s are immature or underdeveloped.
@studhammer get iron studies done, if iron is low then iron + vit C can help, takes a while though
Don’t know how much water you drink, but better watch out for your kidneys, man. The liver can recover from an awful lot of stress, but once the kidneys are toast they never come back.
Hi SH, I was wondering since you are taking Nolvadex which keeps the manboobs away how are you dealing with the high E2?
I’m only on week 5 and I have had to breakout the .125 anastrozoles.
