E2 Labs

[Weasel]

Current protocol is 200iu HCG EOD and 40mg Test EOD. New labs state e2 at 48.6 (10-42) TT is always in the 1150 range.

This would put the T:E ratio at 23.6.

Libido and Ability have been pretty good as of late but not perfect. Water retention is an issue to some extent.

Should I try and bring e2 down just a bump?

 

[Vince Carter]

was that the LC/MS/MS test the lab range you posted indicates that it is not.

 

[ERO]

Based solely on the T:E theory your E2 level is low, not high when calculated against a Total T of 1150. (Ideal range is 14-20.) That said, everybody has a different sweet spot for E2. Do you have past labs with a lower E2 where you felt better?

 

[CoastWatcher]

I caution you to double check your results - Vince Carter's right I wondering if you had the appropriate estradiol test performed.

 

[Weasel]

While this test is not a lab corp test, it is indeed ultra sensitive. Defy confirmed for me that it was a test using the same CPT code as they recommend.

 

[Weasel]

I looked at the test results again for the LCMSMS but it doesnt say that. The nurse confirmed the CPT code matched for me though. Here's what it says....

Estradiol by TMS 48.6 H pg/mL 10.0-42.0
REFERENCE INTERVAL: Estradiol by TMS
Access complete set of age- and/or gender-specific reference
intervals for this test in the ARUP Laboratory Test Directory
(aruplab.com).
Test developed and characteristics determined by ARUP
Laboratories. See Compliance Statement B: aruplab.com/CS
Performed by ARUP Laboratories,
500 Chipeta Way, SLC,UT 84108 800-522-2787
www.aruplab.com, Jerry W. Hussong, MD, Lab. Director