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Okay, just plopped down a couple hundred bucks for a blood test. We'll see what it says.

I'm either gonna wait for my doc to get back (he's on vacation until mid next week) or I'm just gonna pay for a blood test myself. I'm assuming I want free/total testosterone and estradiol. Anything else?

Couple glasses of wine per week, tops. As for supplements, nothing but protein and fish oil. Only thing I can think of is that I've been under a tremendous amount of personal stress lately (several deaths in the family and a ton of travel) and that might be screwing with my hormone levels.

So I haven’t been “on” in nearly 4 years, but this past week my nipples have been killing me. A quick history: I did three low dose test cycles in my mid 20s and used nolvadex to combat itchy nips and a BB-sized bump directly behind my right nipple. Showed my last doc the bump/gyno and was...

Good replies. Assuming the blood test is for standard hormone levels only (estradiol, testosterone, SHBG, PSA, DHEAS, cortisol), would there be any effect? Basically, what I'm asking is . . . if I'm taking clomid and nolva and I get my hormone levels tested, is my Doc gonna read the results...

Wanted to get a hormone profile done (i.e. blood test), but I've been taking clomid/nolvadex this past week for an itchy nip. Will either of these drugs affect the test?