Mystery side effect of TRT/HCG???

jamesinla

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Hey guys. Here’s another one. Hope it’s not TMI.

I started noticing lots of mucus in my rectum a few months ago. It’s clear. Like egg whites. I went to a GI doctor but he couldn’t make any sense of it since I don’t have any other symptoms. He said for whatever reason my body is producing excess mucus in that region.

Right around the time when I first started noticing the excess mucus, I also realized my E2 was elevated. Around 39pg/ml. So I lowered my E2 using an AI to around 20, and it kind of seemed like the mucus was starting to clear up a bit.

I ended up accidentally going a bit too low with my E2 levels down to 14pg/ml. And all of a sudden the excess mucus came right back. So, maybe it’s not the E2 causing it.

So then I figured maybe it’s the HCG. I read that in women, when they get pregnant, their bodies produce more HCG and it causes excess mucus production in their cervix. Now, clearly I do not have a cervix, but I thought maybe the HCG is somehow contributing to the excess mucus in my back side. Well, I stopped the HCG altogether and it’s been about 2 weeks now and the mucus production has not changed at all.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? I am almost certain that it is related to hormones. But I can’t pinpoint what is causing it.
 
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Yes, an unusual symptom, for sure! Test Cypionate or Test Enanthate? I can't tolerate the cottonseed oil in test C. Never took HCG.

Have you been eating something you've never eaten before or eating/drinking a lot of something particular? Been checked for celiac? A mystery, but when something isn't obvious, you have to be your own doctor as you try to figure it out.
 

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