Whistles77
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Every now and then I see someone post (mostly off meso) about sides, or a cycle getting really fucked up, and the go-to advice is often “get your bloodwork done.” And sure, that makes sense, we need data before making changes. But I keep wondering: how does anyone actually use labs to make informed decisions in enough time to do anything about what they’re feeling?
So far, in my limited experience, the timing just doesn’t work. Let’s say you're on an E3D protocol; ideally wait a few days to hit a trough before pulling labs. Then you have to schedule an appointment, which might take another couple of days depending on your lab, and then testing e2 sensitive, takes around two weeks to come back. So realistically, from the moment something feels off to actually having results in hand, you’re looking at maybe 14 to 17 days.
That lag time raises the question: are most of us really using labs to guide decisions in the moment? Or are we mostly going off feel and past experience, and using labs after the fact to confirm whether our instincts were right?
I’m asking this because I recently crashed my E2, really crashed (or at least i believe i did) and it was brutally miserable....even more miserable as it was my own fault for being retarded playing with inconsistent dosing. Sitting around doing nothing for two weeks waiting on labs wasn’t an option, so I reacted: I used HCG, then threw in a bit of dbol and Test Prop to stay sane. By the time my labs came back, my E2 was in a normal range probably thanks to the HCG but I didn’t know that at the time and was still pretty miserable (maybe because e2 was wildly fluctating). Either way, I was operating completely blind. If anything goes wrong again, i want to have a better plan if i can.
So I’m curious: when E2 crashes or other things go sideways, how are you all making decisions in real time? Is it mostly just built from experience? Do you have standard rescue protocols you rely on? Or do some of you actually wait out the labs before doing anything? Are there other labs with accelerated turn around times? Just trying to get a feel for how others, either veterans or virgins navigate the timing gap between symptoms and actionable bloodwork.
So far, in my limited experience, the timing just doesn’t work. Let’s say you're on an E3D protocol; ideally wait a few days to hit a trough before pulling labs. Then you have to schedule an appointment, which might take another couple of days depending on your lab, and then testing e2 sensitive, takes around two weeks to come back. So realistically, from the moment something feels off to actually having results in hand, you’re looking at maybe 14 to 17 days.
That lag time raises the question: are most of us really using labs to guide decisions in the moment? Or are we mostly going off feel and past experience, and using labs after the fact to confirm whether our instincts were right?
I’m asking this because I recently crashed my E2, really crashed (or at least i believe i did) and it was brutally miserable....even more miserable as it was my own fault for being retarded playing with inconsistent dosing. Sitting around doing nothing for two weeks waiting on labs wasn’t an option, so I reacted: I used HCG, then threw in a bit of dbol and Test Prop to stay sane. By the time my labs came back, my E2 was in a normal range probably thanks to the HCG but I didn’t know that at the time and was still pretty miserable (maybe because e2 was wildly fluctating). Either way, I was operating completely blind. If anything goes wrong again, i want to have a better plan if i can.
So I’m curious: when E2 crashes or other things go sideways, how are you all making decisions in real time? Is it mostly just built from experience? Do you have standard rescue protocols you rely on? Or do some of you actually wait out the labs before doing anything? Are there other labs with accelerated turn around times? Just trying to get a feel for how others, either veterans or virgins navigate the timing gap between symptoms and actionable bloodwork.
rimo ratio my E2 starts to nuke. My buddy runs 1:1 with zero problems. I know it’s redundant, but this is why everyone preaches bloodwork as the gospel, you can better guide yourself in the future.
