Blood Work Back!
CBC with Differential/Platelet (20 values) all looked normal and consistent with on and off-cycle results.
Comp. Metabolic Panel (18 values) all normal except:
Creatinine, Serum @ 1.57 (0.70-1.50 normal)
AST (SGOT) 89 (5-34 normal)
ALT (SGPT) 105 (0-55 normal)
As odd as those AST and ALT values seem, those are totally normal for me. Both my 67 year old father and 89 year old grandmother have elevated levels as well.
Lipid Panel:
Total Cholesterol, 156 (112-200 normal)
Triglycerides, 49 (0-150 normal)
HDL Cholesterol 41 ( > 40 normal)
VLDL Cholesterol Cal 10 (5-40 normal)
LDL Cholesterol Calc 105 (<100) *** High
LDL/HDL Ratio 2.6 (0.0-3.6 normal)
Thyroid Panel with TSH (4 values) all normal
Testosterone Panel:
Serum Testosterone: 113 (280-800 normal)
Free Testosterone: 3.0 (6.8-21.5 normal)
But I'm just coming off cycle -- I'm supposed to be supressed. The doctor's assistant I spoke with today said that was totally normal.
IGF-1 322 (101-267 normal)
I use 4.8 IU's/day of HGH
PSA: 0.2 (0.0-4.0 normal)
Sex Hormone Binding Glob, Serum: 16.8 (14.5-48.4 normal)
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Bottom line: My natural testosterone is supressed, but it's supposed to be low right now. We're going to do another blood test in 2-3 weeks to see if I've restarted my own production. The other values (particularly the liver ones) normally run high for me anyway.
Here's what's interesting to me. Now is when I'm supposed to crash in terms of strength -- but I haven't. I did shoulders today and was every bit as strong as I was on-cycle.