Sounds pretty sure like high e to me buddy, a lot of men react with rash or tingling or both, the body temperature increase is included, try 12.5 mg for 2 days, and tell me if you feel better.
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Cool !! Youāve gain some weight Iāve noticed. Have you put on some fat or it is mostly water retention and some muscle ?
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So I took that half pill on Saturday, took a full one after I saw your message last night. Slept for a good 12 hours and feel mucchhhhhh better this morning. Even made it to the gym, did some light work though since iām dehydrated and probably malnourished. Thanks so much for the confirmation that itās probably high E2. The fever is gone, head aches barely there but the rash is still pretty bad. Iāll put some lotion on it and take another pill tonight and then go to EOD once things settle down. Glad to be feeling better and back on track.
I would say iāve put on a little fat but my abs are still looking pretty decent, not crazy but definitely still have a 6 pack. I weighed in again this morning after being on a higher dose of aromasin last few days being sick from high E2 and not eating as much and only lost like .75 lb. So probably not a lot of water retention. My arms, legs and delts look like theyāve been drinking protein with a straw, they look way bigger already! First things iāve noticed to really fill out.
Hey buddy glad to hear youāre better, but watch out that you donāt tank your E! So stick to 12.5 for another day, and then go to 12.5 one day and 6.25 the other, and when / if your nipples get spiky hard and weird, then do 12.5 for 3 days in a row, thatās how I handle it, but remember thereās also different sources right, so maybe some pills are stronger vs weaker etc. You have to figure yourself out with your pills from your source. Btw does the rash itch, or is it just red skin?
Do you take any days off between the 12.5 and then 6.25? or just rotate them with no days off?
Ya my nips have been pointy and I think i have a very small bump in my right breast.
The rash is raised and one of the patches looks a little blistery. It didnāt itch or anything the past few days, I put some lotion on it today and it itches a little bit but nothing crazy. I am starting to worry that it might be shinglesā¦ Itās in the exact spot of shingles and would also explain the head ache and feverā¦ So many things with the same symptoms. Iāll give the rash another day with the aromasin tonight and if it doesnāt get any better by tomorrow then I better go have the doc take a look.
I rotate with no days off buddy, but Iām doing 250mg testE eod. Hope itās not shingles man! If it is, donāt make the mistake and stop cold turkey bro, youāll always need pct brother.
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Well just my luck, it is Shinglesā¦ saw the ole doc this evening. He put me on an anti viral medication for a week and Iāll be crushing some prednisone into powder and mixing it with lotion and applying it directly as well as Iāve read this helps a ton. Apparently all symptoms should be gone in a week or so then just waiting for it to heal.
So now I have to decide if I should stay on cycle or come off. Iāve read others have had shingles and kept moving forward with the cycle. I think I will wait until Friday, my next inject day and see how i feel before deciding. Might do one more week and if im still in rough shape then iāll go on PCTā¦ Ugh hope i donāt have to and can power through.
Any thoughts?
Thatās seriously shitty 
sorry to hear that man. I had the flu during my last cycle, a really bad one with 4 weeks of coughing, and I didnāt stop the cycle because there was no interaction of medications, but itās different with shingles for sure, youāll need to make sure that none of the prescribed medications cause f.eg. Blood clotting etc and you need to keep your red blood cells in check because you canāt go donating blood when you have shingles ā¦ lots to think of buddy ā¦ but youāre gonna be fine bro 
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Hey brother how you doing ? Whatās going on with your cycle ? Are you gonna discontinue it ? Hope everything is ok.
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Hey buddy!
Thanks for the concern. Didnāt do my weekly update as I didnāt really get in the gym last week other than 2 weak seshās. First off iād like to say that I highly recommend that you all should get the shingles vaccine because damn does it suck. I was sleeping 12-14 hours a night and needing another 2-3 during the day. Had a real hard time force feeding my self to try and maintain some weight too. Ended up losing 4 lbs over the week, hopefully most of it is just water weight. Got back in the gym yesterday for the first time. Felt pretty weak but iām glad to have gotten back in and started feeling better. I also decided to continue with the injections which honestly I think has helped me recover faster as iām just over a week of having shingles but feeling about 90% already.
Going to still take it a little easy the next few days and eating a little extra to get my body back on track and ready to go. Fully expect to be going twice as hard this weekend to make up for the week off.
Thanks all for your thoughts!
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Oh man Iām glad you are getting better. Thanks for the advice. Hopefully you lost water retention and not muscle. ( you probably look a bit more ripped though, not a bad thing at all ).
Hopefully everything will go better from on for you. Good luck and keep us posted.
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Week 6: Friday July 27th
Weight: 189 (down but coming back from all the weight I lost while i was sick)
So as you guys know i skipped the week 5 update as I battled with shingles. I am doing much much better now. Still have been a little more tired than usual this week but have been making sure I get plenty of rest and eating lots. Really starting to feel good in the gym. Noticing I have way more energy at the end of my session than usual and iāve been adding like 2 reps to all my lifts without that much difficulty. My appetite is really coming back as well these last couple of days. My goal has been around 3400-3500 yet I want to just keep on eating. So iāve been trying to figure out if i should let my self have at the extra food but I want to refrain from getting too fat.
My weight is almost back to what it was pre shingles however I feel like I am holding way less water now as I had taken quite a bit of aromasin as i thought i was having high estorgen sides at first. I am really starting to notice the size gains. Really looking forward to this week and feeling better everyday! TIME TO GET BIG!!!
Thought iād take a minute to note what my lifts have been looking like through the week and would appreciate any pointers on any changes i should be making to my program.
Iām doing Push - Leg - Pull most the time iām getting in 6 days, some times 5 some times 7. My ranges move around a lot but doing higher rep stuff lately for more hypertrophy.
Push:
BB bench 2x9 2x8 at 195
Db sh press 3x8 at 55
Inc BB bench 2x7 at 165 1x6 at 155
Db Fly 3x13 at 30
Skull crushers 3x12 1x11 at 60
Over head Tri 3x12 at 32.5
Shrugs 3x8 at 225
Legs:
Squats 4x6 at 250
Leg Press 3x8 at 425
horizontal Calves 3x15 at 110
Leg curls 3x12 at 125
leg extensions 2x12 1x11 at 190
Pull:
Dl 3x4 at 315
Bb row 4x10 at 125
Pull down 3x9 at 60
Rear delt 3x12 at 30
BB curls 2x10 2x8 at 70
Hammers 3x9 at 30
Yo whatās going on ? How you feeling ? Have stooped your cycle ? Hope everything is ok!!!
Hey man, itās been going great! Right back on track and going strong. Had a week of holiday did some body workouts and stuff like that up there but didināt bother doing a log update. Going to do that right now under this post!
Thanks for checking in
Also iāve been taking the aromasyin half a pill each day and it seems to be perfect.
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Week 8: Friday August 10th
Weight 194.6! Officially over 15lbs gained from the beginning and still have a number of weeks to go!
Calories have been 3500 minimum usually eating a little over. Definitely getting some fat build up around the waste, abs are now mostly gone unless flexed but iām not too worried about that. Everything else is looking really thick! Iāve gotten super wide, thatās the first thing iāve noticed. Shoulders have really rounded out as well. I think my arms are just starting to grow a bit now too but theyāre definitely lagging. Also my legs and butt are massive, all my shorts are horribly tight lol itās bad! Getting lots of compliments lately too about coworkers and friends noticing that iām looking bigger.
The strength is really coming on as well, smashing PRs each time im in the gym. Bench has shot up like crazy and my dead lifts as well. Squats are going up pretty steadily too.
Iām kind of thinking about changing up my routine to focus more on the parts that are lagging but i hate changing the routine all the time and want to just stay consistent so I should probably just leave it be. I have a few weeks left of the cycle, iām pretty set on doing 1 extra week for the week i lost to the shingles. Iāve had a bunch of guys in the gym also say to do 2 weeks at half dose, so 250mg. They say it really helps with the crash instead of going straight from 500 to nothing. What do you guys think of that idea? that would bring my cycle to 13 weeks + 2 at 250.
Cheers all and if you have any questions ask away!
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Awesome man. Keep it up.
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How have you been? Are you still on cycle? What all are you taking? Whats your weight and BF% roughly?
Cheers,
Week 9: August 17th
Weight 195 (Added only a half lb this week but last week i was definitely bloated from drinking on vacation. I feel I have leaned out and lost the water weight while adding some size)
Looking massive this week. Always pumped, traps popping out all the time and iām wide as hell!
Starting to feel if I get any wider iāll be able to use my wings to fly. Destroying PRs still and feeling great in the gym. Had another fun cottage weekend this weekend so lost a few days at the gym. Going to really get back to cracking it down this week, damn you summer.
Hope everyoneās doing well!