calcification of blood delivery system?
This afternoon I read a little about calcification of arteries among AAS users. Is this a concern for many heavy users?
The reason I looked it up is I went to my orthopedic dr this morning for a post surgery follow up. I had some 8 + year old screws removed, and part of the procedure was to remove what was thought to be a calcium deposit or bone spur. When the Dr went in the ankle, he removed what he described as a bone over 5cc in volume where there shouldn't be a bone. He said he had heard of hematomas calcifying in extreme circumstances, but had never seen anything like this before. I smashed the fuck out of my medial maleoleus years ago and had a couple of small pieces discarded, and the main piece reattached to my tibia. At the time I was 10 weeks into a cycle of EQ (about 350mg/ week) and test prop. I had been on test cyp, but by the time I of the accident the cyp was probaby out of my system. I discontinued the cycle when I had the accident but still had enough EQ in my system to last a couple of weeks. Then went on clomid / nolva for PCT.
It's just something I've been wondering about today. It was an extreme situation of the body trying to rebuild itself, not something run across everyday but left me wondering a bit about arterial hardening with AAS. I was on low doses compared to what 95% of users on these boards use. I'll be better off when I'm not sitting on my ass with foot elevated and can get back to normal, but for now, rest.
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Arterial hardening (arteriosclerosis) and calcification (atherosclerosis) are two different things, arterial hardening usually occurs due to prolonged high blood pressure which is common among steroid users and those who have a genetic predisposition to high bp, the tunica media the middle layer of artery is the elastic layer which is responsible for the recoil which moves blood along in addition to your heart beat, after long periods of high blood pressure the vessel loses its elastic properties and no longer expands, this is why people with extensive and prolonged high blood pressure are prone to strokes, the rupture of a blood vessel, because the vessel no longer expands correctly, as for calcification of the arteries/clogging of the arteries, this is usually do to a diet or again genetic predisposition leading to high LDL and triglyderides, as fatty plaques form in artery walls; most commonly the coronary arteries, the body attempts to repair these formations and eventually walls them off and they calcify, this reduces blood flow greatly and is the leading cause of cornary heart disease resulting in you guessed it, a heart attack, this is also a worry to those using AAS because excessive and short term use will raise your LDLs(bad) significantly and lowers your HDL (good). It is also true that blood clots will calcify. I hope this answers some of your questions, i know that i tend to ramble sometime, im not sure what the doctor means by 5cc of bone since bone is not liquid, either way cheers and may you recover without any complications.
Your explanation seems clear to me and appreciate the knowledge. If it is a hit at my rambling I'm aware I may bore people with mine, plus I'm not choosing my words as precisely as I could thanks to the pain meds. As far as the 5cc, I was just trying to come up with a size according to his description, it was half the size of a large finger so I thought of a 10cc syringe, half that size. Pretty big chunk to be hiding between a couple of tendons on the back of an ankle. I look forward to being able to move my feet with more symmetry.