Ummm, so my latest blood test came back and those are the results…

I’m on 5mg of valerate every 3 days, 25mg of cypro daily and 400mg progesterone rectally daily.
My E at trough used to be around 360 pg/ml, but I guess it creeped up.

The full results

The most important values are (table for readability):

Hormone US units EU units
Estradiol 868.7 pg/ml 3189 pmol/L
Testosterone 12.7 ng/dL 0.44 nmol/L
Progesterone 19.8 ng/ml 62.09 nmol/L
Prolactin n/a 2181 mIU/L
SHBG n/a 98.3 nmol/L
LH & FSH None None

Now…there are a couple of things happening here:

  • My E is astronomically high. This is bad for a couple of reasons. I’ll increase my shot interval to every 4 days right away. This is way too fucking much.
  • My SHBG is…surprisingly normal? I was expecting it to be through the roof with such high E levels. Weird.
  • My progesterone levels dropped…a lot. They were around 176 ng/ml (560 nmol/L) last time and this is almost a tenth of that…why? I’m still taking the same dose. This is very strange.
  • My prolactin is very high…this is a bad thing. Cyproterone raises prolactin, kratom (which I also take) raises prolactin, however…this could very well indicate a prolactinoma, a benign brain tumor in my pituitary gland. It produces prolactin on its own, so it can cause this.

Honestly? I can fix my E levels. Valerate sucks ass, but changing the frequency to 4 days will help a lot, I think. But the prolactin honestly worries me…this could certainly be a tumor. And I could blame only myself…I could have easily done monotherapy, but I wanted the guarantee of zero T, from the cypro. But it may actually be causing problems now…

Idk. This isn’t the end of the world, definitely. My high E levels might be why my boobs are so small, but probably not. I’m worried about the prolactin, but I’ll probably live.
I’d love to hear some opinions from you all. I’ll be glad for anything! Thanks for being here for me, with me. I love you all so much 🩷

Edit: The weird thing is, my boobs still definitely hurt in a sore kinda way. Or at least one does (left, as always). I think they’re still growing. Despite my absurd E levels, could they still be growing? Please be patient with me, I’m kinda slow 😭

  • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    No, this info isn’t directly from my doctor, I just know that that’s one of the symptoms of prolactinomas. Didn’t know it could be the E levels, huh! Thanks for letting me know!
    I’m definitely reducing that, no question about it. I’m just risking my health with no real benefit at all.

    And I’ll probably drop the cypro completely soon. It’s not doing me any good and the risks are real. Not one, but two types of benign brain tumors…fun!

    Thank you, really 💜