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Thanks, Vince. Any suggestions or recommendations for a heated massager?

Thanks for the feedback. That's quite a while. Tried massaging them last night and it seemed like that just irritated them more. Guess I just have to wait it out!

Following up on this to see how long it took for your lumps to dissipate. This has just happened to me a few days ago. I've been doing IM for years but decided to try subcutaneous because I heard it was better... what a mistake that was! Apparently subcutaneous is not for me. Two tender, red...

Me eGFR has been as low as in the 30s and as high as in the eighties. It all depends on what my creatinine is at the time. I train very intensely 6 days a week and and do 1.5 - 2 hours of cardio 7 days a week. If I get bloodwork done without taking about 5 days off, my creatinine can be as high...

Thanks, Nelson, I'll ask my Dr. what he thinks about amiloride instead of spironolactone.

Too be very honest with you, I don't really have a plan. I am actually kind of enjoying not being a sexual tyrannosaurus like I have been for the past 30 years haha. It's a nice break. I can still perform, don't get me wrong, but I'm just not thinking about it 18 hours a day. Frees my mind up...

Yes, I would attribute my decrease in sex drive to nandrolone. Prior to my use of it, my sex drive was very noticeably higher. Also, coupled with this is noticeably weaker erections. I've never needed to control estrogen much. I can think of a handful of times in the past 12 years since using...

Good question. I actually stared taking 50mg nandrolone per week with the intention of slowly increasing to a dosage more substantial but still therapeutic such as maybe 100mg per week. Since I have kidney disease, I am being very cautions with my dose protocol and relying on my bloodwork...

Significant improvements in my proteinuria. A resent 24 hour urine collection yielded 405mg/24 hr. It was over 5 grams/24 hr. the previous measurement. Last bloodwork revealed an increase in creatinine to 1.6 which gave me a GFR of about 56, but a decrease in BUN from 47 to 27. I think the...

I think the androgen blocking effect of the spironolactone is part of the reason my doctor has me prescribed to it since androgens have an adverse effect on kidney function. Plus, it greatly reduces my proteinuria. Trust me, I don't want to take it but, considering the fact that I am at stage 2...

Yeah the picture in the avatar was before all of the water retention issues. That pic is probably about 8 years old.

My last GFR measurement was 84.7 and my creatinine was 1. All of my levels were withing range except for my albumin which was 3.4, and my 24hr protein was 5.3 grams. Those are my only outstanding numbers which kind of go hand-in-hand since I'm peeing out so much protein.

Yes, Sammy, I have used milk thistle in the past as well as astragalus. Nothing made a difference. And, yes, my urine is very foamy when I pee.

My nephrologist put me on 10mg lisinopril and 4g omega 3 ethyl ester per day to make an effort to slow the amount of protein I am excreting. I've had this for years and didn't know it until i started having the edema (which is how I found this forum in the first place) and never in a million...

My biopsy results came in. I was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy. Oxford classification score: M0 E0 S1 T1 C0. I've attached my results. Don't know what the future holds, but I am very scared!

Thanks for that info, Nelson. I appreciate it. I'm curious to see what this biopsy shows. Hopefully there is no major irreversible damage done to my kidneys. The protein in my urine is pretty high. I hope it's as easy of a fix as adding bp meds. It causes pretty severe water retention. I can't...

Yes, I did two 24 hour urine collections, two weeks apart from one another which yielded pretty much the same amount of protein each time.

No, I'm not on blood pressure medication. I don't know if I've ever had high blood pressure, but I'm assuming yes as I've recently seen it at 144\90 about two weeks ago at another doctor visit. It fluctuates. And this is all on a 150mg/wk dose of testosterone. I can only imagine what it has been...

Yesterday my blood pressure was 128/68. Biopsy is scheduled for next Friday, 8/21.

Finally found out what is causing my water retention. So, I saw a nephrologist about my issue. A 24 hour urine collection yielded proteinuria. Did two collections, two weeks apart and go the same result. Total daily protein leakage of 5343 mg/24hr. Appointment tomorrow to set up a kidney biopsy...

Great! thanks for the advice. The dutasteride is definitely working and I would hate to go back to how I use to be before using the dutasteride. Does tadalifil really work just as well to relieve BPH symptoms? I pee so well now lol. Also, now that I mention it, I've noticed that my night time...

My doctor just put me on dutasteride for BPH. Currently been taking if for one week and have noticed some sexual side effects including low ejaculate volume that is also clear and some ED. I am currently taking 168mg testosterone cypionate per week for HRT as well. Are there any benefits from...

I've not had progesterone test. Assuming it is low, how would it be raised?

UPDATE: It's been approximately 2 months since I started daily injections of testosterone cypionate. I've noticed very little, if any, change in water retention issues. I still need to take furosemide to keep the water under control.

Yes, good catch, 200mg/week. Sorry for the confusion. Approximately 28.5mg/day

I inject 200mg of test cypionate every morning at 5:00 A.M. I've gotten blood drawn at 2:00 P.M. and a month later at 8:00 A.M. at the same dosage and frequency which yielded the following results: 2:00 P.M.: TOTAL TESTOSTERONE: 1237 ng/dL FREE TESTOSTERONE: 38.4 pg/mL One month later...

Wow that does sound alarming. I've had an echocardiogram done and everything was ok. I'm not new to testosterone. I've been on high doses 500mg+ of test and other anabolics for the past ten years. The water retention was always an issue, especially when other compounds were added on top of it...

Yes, I am sensitive to any fluctuation in dosage as well. Are you micro-dosing daily? I just started a daily protocol a few days ago instead of twice per week. I'm going to give my body some time to normalize to see if there is any value in this. I have noticed that first thing in the morning...

Nelson, any luck with the amiloride?

Are you also doing daily injections?