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Re: Garry, the old dude HRT/TUE question......
Posted By: Garry Holmen In Response To: Garry, the old dude HRT/TUE question...... (Dean From Oregon)
Date: Friday, 2 December 2005, at 1:05 p.m.
> I was also a real prick and angry all the time.
LOL I see Deep beat me to the punch line already.
> I feel much better, I'm back to my old self in
> almost everyway.I think that is the most important thing Dean Good to hear.
> Hell I would probably even still pass USAPL
> drug test if I took one.That is the grey area as I see it in the HRT process. Is passing a test enough? In my books no... not if it is not allowed. If I am ever in your shoes I'ld be doing the same thing.
> Would it be easy to maintain a higher dosage
> for a training cycle and slow down the last
> three weeks? It would be very easy.This is the case with an exogenous testosterone. It also points to the importantance of OMT or something similar for anyone using HRT.
> I guess to sum it up, once you go on HRT you're
> down the "better living through chemicals" path
> whether you ever wanted to be or not.Aren't we all? Who hasn't reached for that bottle of ibuprofen when your back is too tight?
From a moral standpoint I see nothign wrong with someone taking HRT to bring themselves up to a normal limit. Enforceable? Not a chance and this is what I see as the biggest problem about allowing a TUE for HRT.
> Anyhow this is just my opinion on the whole
> thing.Good to hear from you and to see that you are doing well.
Garry
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