Comrades, last Monday I had some blood testing done before the follow up with my Dr. today. They test blood in house and they use most likeley the standard E2 test (range 20-75). Becase of that I tested my self privately for Total, Free T and Estradiol using the ultrasensitive LC/MS/MS from Quest D.
The clinic's E2 test came back high 86 (20-75) and the Ultrasensitive from Quest came back 101 with normal range <29. Is it usual to see the opposite effect with the ultrasensitive? I thought that the regular one overestimates E2.
On the same note, TT was measured in clinic at 925 (300-1000) and at Quest 812 (250-1100), so not a big difference here. On the other hand, FT was measured in clinic at 2.08 (0.87-5.47) and at Quest 202 (35-155) which is too high. SHBG was tested normal in clinic 24 (20-60) and prolactin 14.4 (3.3-20.8).
Dr. prescirbed arimidex. I haven't gotten the prescription yet but when I asked him about the dose he said 1mg per day. From what I read here, that's too high of a dose. I've read a paper posted by nelson in an estradiol thread that one study cohort was also given 1mg per day. What are your thoughts?
The clinic's E2 test came back high 86 (20-75) and the Ultrasensitive from Quest came back 101 with normal range <29. Is it usual to see the opposite effect with the ultrasensitive? I thought that the regular one overestimates E2.
On the same note, TT was measured in clinic at 925 (300-1000) and at Quest 812 (250-1100), so not a big difference here. On the other hand, FT was measured in clinic at 2.08 (0.87-5.47) and at Quest 202 (35-155) which is too high. SHBG was tested normal in clinic 24 (20-60) and prolactin 14.4 (3.3-20.8).
Dr. prescirbed arimidex. I haven't gotten the prescription yet but when I asked him about the dose he said 1mg per day. From what I read here, that's too high of a dose. I've read a paper posted by nelson in an estradiol thread that one study cohort was also given 1mg per day. What are your thoughts?