6 week blood tests in - thoughts?
E2 came back high but no sides. Started 400mg primo this week (I know I’m a little early on it with BF%)
Hematocrit is high - need to start pounding more water. Overall panels came back impressively better than April 20th running no gear
44 years old | 5’9” | 226 lbs | ~31% BF
6 weeks HGH 2.5IU daily fasted AM
6 weeks Test Cypionate 250mg/wk (125mg Mon/Thu)
Aromasin 6.25mg Mon/Thu (bumping to 12.5mg)
Retatrutide 3mg/wk GLP-1
Draw: June 10 — trough, fasted
HORMONES
Total Testosterone: 1,407 ng/dL
Free Testosterone: 430.5 pg/mL
Estradiol (ultrasensitive LC/MS): 157 pg/mL — HIGH
SHBG: 18 nmol/L — LOW
DHT: 72 ng/dL
DHEA-S: 149 mcg/dL
Prolactin: 9.9 ng/mL
IGF-1: 285 ng/mL (Z-score +1.6)
THYROID
TSH: 0.99 mIU/L
Free T3: 3.9 pg/mL
METABOLIC
Glucose (fasting): 73 mg/dL
HbA1c: 4.8%
CBC
Hematocrit: 50.3%
Hemoglobin: 16.3 g/dL
RBC: 5.27 million/uL
WBC: 9.5 k/uL
Platelets: 230 k/uL
Lymphocytes: 16.5%
LIPIDS
Total Cholesterol: 161 mg/dL
LDL: 99 mg/dL
HDL: 43 mg/dL
Triglycerides: 94 mg/dL
TC/HDL Ratio: 3.7
LDL/HDL Ratio: 2.3
ApoB: 96 mg/dL
hs-CRP: 4.7 mg/L
LIVER
AST: 25 U/L
ALT: 34 U/L
ALP: 37 U/L
GGT: 19 U/L
Total Bilirubin: 0.8 mg/dL
KIDNEYS
Creatinine: 0.96 mg/dL
BUN: 19 mg/dL
eGFR (creatinine): 101 mL/min/1.73m2
eGFR (cystatin C): 79 mL/min/1.73m2
eGFR (combined): 89.49 mL/min/1.73m2
Cystatin C: 1.04 mg/L
OTHER
Vitamin D: 60 ng/mL
PSA: 0.78 ng/mL
Calcium: 9.5 mg/dL
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I just did a comparison of my labs from April 20th to June 10th
TRENDING BETTER
• Total Cholesterol: 182 → 161
• LDL: 121 → 99
• HDL: 45 → 43 (minimal change)
• Triglycerides: 81 → 94 (slight uptick, still fine)
• HCT: 49.8 → 50.3 (slight rise as expected on Test)
• AST: 39 → 25 (liver actually improved)
• ALT: 69 → 34 (liver significantly improved — that April number was flagged high)
• Glucose: 75 → 73
• Creatinine: 1.04 → 0.96
NOTABLE
• Vitamin D: 24.4 (deficient) → 60 (optimal). D3 supplementation worked perfectly.
• PSA: 0.514 → 0.78 (slight rise expected on Test, still excellent)
• Testosterone: 462 → 1,407
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And 100% on the drop in BF - that’s my main goal here which I’m consistently grinding it down. My Hume scale shows a consistent drop in BF and increase in lean and skeletal muscle mass which is what I want to see. Not as concerned with scale weight right now
Honestly, those labs are better than I expected for 250 mg test at 31% body fat. The E2 is high, but if you’re truly side-effect free I’d be careful about simultaneously doubling Aromasin and adding 400 mg Primo because you’ll have no idea which variable moved the needle and how much. The CRP of 4.7 stands out to me more than the hematocrit. Long-term, I think getting body fat down another 10-15% will do more for your health markers than anything else you can add in the stack.
Good info. My initial plan was to ramp up Aromasin for the next 3 weeks until the Primo was fully saturated and then drop it unless sides pop up. I don’t mind running a little high on the E2. I was teary eyed all weekend watching my kid compete in her dance nationals lol