Aspirin Before CBC Test to Affect Hematocrit?

[traveling-man]

If your HCT is high because of T, then water is not going to affect the numbers.

Support? I did an 8am CBC after a fast, and a 5pm CBC same day, same lab, same collection point, after being FULLY hydrated. There was no difference.

High T, FSH, SHBG, Low E2 No Libido. My Lab Results (pellets)

I now have the tests, separated by 8 hours and proved my theory WRONG. I theorized that my HCT was high in the morning because I had not consumed water in 10 hours which fit the theory that others had – that I was dehydrated. Now with an afternoon test where I was fully hydrated, I know that isn’t the case. Although it eliminates one diagnosis, it creates more concern. I charted my hematocrit back to Oct 2013 (which is the oldest results I previously scanned). Prior to TRT, my HCT averaged …

The aspirin is something I can’t answer.