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- onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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 😭
I don’t know what you mean by first shot, but this definitely wasn’t my first injection (it’s been like 6 months on injectables). My prolactin has always been normal, even when taking even more insane doses of cypro (50mg daily), it used to be around 500-600, now it’s nearly 3000.
I know stress can cause it, also poor sleep and having sex. I…kinda have all of those, lol.
Either way, it’s not something to be treated lightly and I’m gonna drop cypro entirely.
By “first shot” I mean when you go get your blood tested. If you only take the reading from the same sample as everything else, it can show up higher than it normally is. From my latest test (pills, sublingual, spiro (fuck I hate Spiro)):
Cypro gave me bomb-ass results while I was taking it (with oral pills), but yeah, those are concerning numbers.
No, my endo only draws my blood once. You’re right that that would have an effect on the result, the first will definitely be higher.
Yep. I’m taking care of it.
Side note, but…there’s another unit used for prolactin? Jesus fucking christ, give me a break. Can’t we all agree on something once? 😭