Dumb Questions - Plasma Donation / HCT? Quantity? Level?

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@Dgordleis

What would you recommend as a course of action, for example, for Hct at 51% while Hb and RBCs in normal range?

Leave it and take the baby aspirin. That is as high as I will run after considering my health issues. Smart Doc I use agrees.

Used to have two separate very liberal TRT mill Docs who would prescribe most anything. Both were former cardiologists. They were fine will orals but neither one would endorse Hct above 52 or so. They were adamant.

I gave up the blood donation thing. Regular donation is 16 g. Double red is 18g needle but then you get a shitload of plasticizer back to thank you for your trouble. No thanks.

Daily Injections to Manage Hematocrit - Not Working

Thanks for the question and background. Currently injecting 70 mg TC once per week and just recently added back u-hCG at 400 IU twice per week (which has also helped with mood and well-being). I’ve tried to be meticulous over last year as I recovered from A-FIB episode. 70 mg TC every week puts me at 900-1000 ng/dL peak and 400-500 ng/dL trough. If a picture is worth at least a few words then here you go (some data points from another lab omitted): [image] On >=120 mg/week of TC I was rout…

Best wishes.