Wasn't sure where to post this or if this type of post is encouraged or frowned upon. Just wanted to share my experience so far as a first timer and maybe others can read and learn or comment.

Anyways, just completed week 1 of my Test E 500 MG cycle (Going for 10 weeks) and here is my experience so far:

PIP: Injecting in the glutes. The right glute had the most PIP 4 days after injection. It was hard to sit and stand. After that day I took a hot bath because it was hurting bad. As of today, the pain has decreased substantially and the other glute is experiencing a lot less PIP. The only thing that concerns me, and a question I have, is that if there is still PIP in the right glute and its up for injection (It will be one week), is it still ok to proceed with an injection? Granted I have approximately 24 hours before injection 3 because I do them in the evening.

Diet: I have not felt any hungrier but I have increased my diet. I did a test run for approximately a month with my bulking diet to make sure I was seeing some gains. And yes people noticed I put on more mass, thus, my goal is to slowly increase the diet to compensate for the increase in muscle I will see in the coming weeks.

Weight Strength: I have not seen any increases in strength yet. However, my current setup is a muscle group once a week where I super set and tear it to shreds over the course of an hour or less. Leaves you feeling sore with a massive pump and then you give that muscle group a lot of recovery time (One week). Will see if any strength gains occur during week 2. My strength has remained the same for a while now since I have been weight lifting over 10 years and I have never quit.

Injection Technique: Just after two injections and proceeding with more readings, I can say my technique has improved a lot. From expelling the extra air in the syringe to hitting the right spot to being overall less nervous. I do not feel comfortable injecting anywhere then glutes though at the moment.

Blood Work: My goal is to do blood work possibly every Monday the Female panel from that privatemd its a good price and some might say this is overkill, but I want to be as safe as possible. I will share the results with the community if that is allowed.

AI: I have an armidex AI but I have not taken it yet. Some frown upon this but I would like to see the blood work, the numbers, and how my body reacts to the Test E solely before adding in more compounds. (IE if I got sick would I know if it was the Test E or the AI?)

Test Flu: Have not had any symptoms yet but I did have a nasty case when I tried a Test Prop a while back. The Test Prop made me puke, shit, high fever, and have a miserable 24 hours. So far no test flu or any symptoms and hoping this does not creep back up.

Weight Gain: I started around 160 and this week I weighed myself as high as 165 with the low being 162. I tried to keep everything consistent (IE when I last had a bowel movement) and my meals are timed and I typically work out at the same time. So the weight gain could be water retention, muscle, or possibly food in the stomach.

Sides: I have not had any sides yet. No acne, no puffy nipples, no sore nipples, nothing. Granted its only been week 1 on a long ester.

Needle Size: Using a 25 needle and the compound I have is 1 ML = 300 MG so I do approximately .82 ml per injection.

Stats: Age 28 (29 though in about a week)
Height: 5'10
Weight: 163 as I write this
BF: 9% (Its like a .1 percent lower but just rounding up)

Anyways, if people want to comment, critique, ask questions, whatever feel free to.