[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]complete_fraud wrote:
I don’t think they check for hormones and meds probably just screen for diseases. Though I don’t think a pint could contain that much it’s better safe than sorry you know?[/quote]
They check the hematocrit thought. If it is constantly too high, they will start charging you to draw it.[/quote]
What are their reference values for acceptable range?
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]complete_fraud wrote:
I don’t think they check for hormones and meds probably just screen for diseases. Though I don’t think a pint could contain that much it’s better safe than sorry you know?[/quote]
They check the hematocrit thought. If it is constantly too high, they will start charging you to draw it.[/quote]
I’m sure every center is different but the one I went to I think the top range for hemoglobin was 18, I don’t see why they would charge you for too high of hemoglobin because they like donors with high iron levels.
can anyone shed any light on my low ferritin, really starting to freak out about it… Dr apt is a month out, someone, anyone???
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]complete_fraud wrote:
I don’t think they check for hormones and meds probably just screen for diseases. Though I don’t think a pint could contain that much it’s better safe than sorry you know?[/quote]
They check the hematocrit thought. If it is constantly too high, they will start charging you to draw it.[/quote]
I’m sure every center is different but the one I went to I think the top range for hemoglobin was 18, I don’t see why they would charge you for too high of hemoglobin because they like donors with high iron levels.
can anyone shed any light on my low ferritin, really starting to freak out about it… Dr apt is a month out, someone, anyone???
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High hemoglobin is bad for clots and strokes generally in elder people and they don’t want to be liable. And they definitely charge if it is too high. I and 3 other guys I know who give blood since it helps to lower your red blood cell count are charged to do so.
ok since no one can answer the questions I posted, I’ll try with a different one.
if I were to donate blood would that lower my ferritin as long as I didn’t bring my hemoglobin below where it normally sits at?
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
ok since no one can answer the questions I posted, I’ll try with a different one.
if I were to donate blood would that lower my ferritin as long as I didn’t bring my hemoglobin below where it normally sits at?[/quote]
I believe so yes.
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
I’ve read that eating grapefruit daily may help, anyone here tried that?
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I use to have a grapefruit every day in the morning for years. I heard it was good for my cholesterol which was around 240. After reading that grapefruit can drive up your estrogen, I cut it out but didn’t see any real change in my cholesterol on way or the other.
From WebMD: “Grapefruit juice decreases how estrogen is broken down in the body and might increase estrogen levels in the body.”
I will say after changing my TRT program from gel to injectable, my total cholesterol dropped to 175 with a significant drop in triglycerides. I don’t know what would make the difference between rubbing or pinning.
[quote]Reed wrote:
I didn’t think I would ever say this but… Where is Walkway when you need him?[/quote]
OP, donating blood and/or therapeutic phlebotomies are really the only ways of lowering hematocrit in a significant way that im aware of…
honestly if you are disease-free and your crit is low enough, they will let you donate… even though your blood will be full of test and other androgens, it doesn’t make a tangible difference in the person they put it in, even if it’s a woman or a child.
get blood work done, and ask your doctor if you need a phlebotomy…or you can do what I used to do, which is just donate blood at a blood drive and then say “you might wanna just toss that out” and then do the Bernie walk out of the hospital
[quote]Mr. Walkway wrote:
[quote]Reed wrote:
I didn’t think I would ever say this but… Where is Walkway when you need him?[/quote]
OP, donating blood and/or therapeutic phlebotomies are really the only ways of lowering hematocrit in a significant way that im aware of…
honestly if you are disease-free and your crit is low enough, they will let you donate… even though your blood will be full of test and other androgens, it doesn’t make a tangible difference in the person they put it in, even if it’s a woman or a child.
get blood work done, and ask your doctor if you need a phlebotomy…or you can do what I used to do, which is just donate blood at a blood drive and then say “you might wanna just toss that out” and then do the Bernie walk out of the hospital [/quote]
Thankyou for chiming in walkaway as I value your opinions.
I have no problem donating blood, I just was not sure if donating blood with a low ferritin level would have any adverse effects. My hematocrit is at a pretty constant 48.
One more question if you don’t mind. I am going to be running a little blast with NPP and stay at my trt dose. Would it be right to assume that my hematocrit will return to 48 once I discontinue the NPP? or will it stay elevated until I donate?
I have my trt pretty dialed in… 100 Mg a week puts me just over 1100. I don’t take any ai and my estradiol is at 25. I am hoping my hematocrit will stay at this level while on trt dose only of course.
Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.
I would imagine that it will return to the levels consistent with your trt dose but an rbc with differential will be the only way to know for sure…
I believe doctors become concerned with hematocrit once it gets above mid 50’s, 48 is decent
Cool thank you, any input on ferritin? I feel fine so im about to just say fuck it and stop stressing about it
well low ferritin is usually attributed to iron deficiency which could definitely be caused by donating blood… I would only donate blood once every two months… maybe even less frequently
do you think adding npp to my trt would be much of a problem? I’m hoping I won’t have to donate blood but I guess theres only one way to find out, I can always just drop it and return to baseline I suppose, but is there an estimate of hct elevation I could expect? I’m sure there’s no real answer to this, just figured I’d ask, that’s the last question I swear haha… For now anyway