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 😭
Jeez…I’m so sorry for her 🫂
That’s absolutely horrible, wow…
I’m still holding onto hope that it’s just my E levels, but if turns out to be a prolactinoma…well, starting HRT was well worth it. At least to me :D
I’ll get it checked. Tysm 💜
I hope my concern is unnecessary, and I don’t mean to imply that you might have a prolactinoma (despite it being a technical possibility), I moreso just wanted to let you know that high prolactin can have lots of negative effects. Speaking of which, I probably should get my prolactin levels checked next time I get bloodwork. I’ve been off CPA for over a year, but given that I just started progesterone a few months ago, it’s worth checking.