Let me preface this by saying that when I am advising other people on steroid use I always advocate caution. This means telling them to keep their cycles short and limited to as few anabolics as possible, having them take long periods of time off, avoiding compounds known for being hard on the body, and following proper on-cycle and PCT protocols.

That being said, when it comes to myself it’s a case of “do as I say, not as I do.” I do a lot of things that I would never recommend other people doing. I know the risks, but I guess what it comes down to is equal parts my physique is my career and the fact that I’ve always had an all-or-nothing kind of mentality.
Knowing full well that this will draw sharp criticism and ire from a number of people, I feel it’s necessary to discuss my “mistakes” as they are what has prompted my creating this topic in the first place. I’ve used anabolics for years, done monster cycles, used compounds known for being dangerous, taken numerous liver toxic orals at the same times, run cycles for longer periods of time, etc. That having been said, given all the hype regarding the dangers of steroid use, one would expect me to be experiencing some ill health, correct? And yet, despite all this, test after test has come back with me being completely healthy. Blood pressure tests, lipid profile test, blood and urine kidney and liver function tests everything says that I am the specimen of health. My wife is also an ultra sound technician. Since there are occasions where these tests can miss something, she periodically brings me in for scans of all my organs. These include imaging them, documenting pictures, taking measurements, and Doppler analysis of blood flow. So far, I am the model of health.

I say all this not to brag, or to encourage others to take unnecessary risks, but instead I hope to have an open discussion about the health risks associated with anabolic steroids. Are they as dangerous as we’ve been told? Do they pose as serious a health risk as I’ve been lead to believe? Or have all these issues been greatly over blown and exaggerated?

It should be noted that I have not had sperm count tests, so for purposes of this particular forum thread let us limit our discussion of health risks to those things that could potentially be considered life threatening.