Bear4420

Hello. My name is Bear and I’m 53. I’m 5’11” and 200lbs 14% body fat. I’ve been training on and off most of my life. I was a power lifter for fun in my 20s and 30s. I managed a nightclub for family and the lifestyle and drinking caught up with me. I was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes. They removed my gallbladder during this time. I was sick and in and out of the hospital for about over 15 years. So I got into pretty bad shape laying around not able to eat for days even weeks at a time. Liquid diets for months. I lost all my muscle and got fat because of my diabetes and my liver function was terrible. I was drinking heavily and had a cocaine habit. I was tired of being sick and I was just tired!!! I was 285 when I quit drinking and doing blow. Few months later after it stalled out I put the same 25 pounds on and off over and over again. My woman brought a 40mg vial of Reta home and that shit saved my life. Never even heard of it! I was about 265 r 270 and almost 40% bodyfat when we took our first injection. First 2 months I was losing muscle mass and was always sore and tired. I got my bloodwork done and found my testosterone level was about 411 and they said that’s normal. Regardless of what my dr said I felt like shit all the time and had no idea why. I had every symptom of low T. So I went out on my own and started using 180mg a week of testosterone e. I felt great right away. All my symptoms went away within weeks and I felt better. Unfortunately because I was learning and doing this on my own with no real guidance I wasn’t using quite enough to get my levels above my natural level so once my body stopped producing as much it brought my natural testosterone level down to 380 and my e2 crashed and I felt like shit again. After my bloodwork came back I adjusted my dose up to 300mg a week and I think that did the trick. My elbow and knees stopped hurting and I’m now getting big. I have bloodwork again on the 7th to see where I’m at and decide what’s next. These are my 3rd set of labs since starting. I’ve been hitting the gym religiously again for 5 months now and I’m strong again. I’m healthy again. I havent been to the hospital since we started the Reta. Used to go at least once a month. Sometimes more. My woman is on it too and has also lost 50 pounds. Both our labs are perfect! We are now on other peptides also. TB500 & BPC157 for recovery and GHK cu for loose skin. Mots-C and SS-31 for mitochondria support. We also take Nad+. I’ve never been in this good a shape ever. I’ve been bigger and I’ve been stronger when younger but I’ve never had a six pack until now. It lit a fire under me and changed my lifestyle completely. No more alcohol or cocaine for couple years now. I smoke pot after my workout and that’s it. I feel like I did in my 20s. I’m learning a lot from this forum. I’ve already made a friend in china which is awesome. I know where to trust my money for gear now too. This forum is way more friendly. No gatekeeping going on here. I appreciate you guys big time. I’m an old biker and am new to forums and I’m not big on social media so it was nice to find a good place to learn from. If I wanted to add Anovar for more gains what do I need to know? I’ll have my labs soon and was considering adding something but don’t want all the crazy sides like tren has. Any and all positive comments are welcome. All feedback is good. I’m learning a lot here.