TRT causes me to make way too much blood. My hematocrit is 56.5% and my hemaglobin is high. My hematologist wants to bleed me every 2 weeks. I am considering that it is simply too much of a pain in the ass (or in this case, in the arm).
I don’t mind every couple of months but every two weeks?
So, I’m considering reducing the dose continually until my numbers (Hema below 50%). If it takes going off entirely, I guess I’ll have to do that. Advice anyone?
Mine was 54 and as I understand it after the first few weeks of blood dontations if it lowers you can go to every month or every other month and I also cut back slightly on my test dose. On my last donation it was down to 51% and should drop a little more with the reduction in my test dose.
[quote]rfish1966 wrote:
Mine was 54 and as I understand it after the first few weeks of blood dontations if it lowers you can go to every month or every other month and I also cut back slightly on my test dose. On my last donation it was down to 51% and should drop a little more with the reduction in my test dose.[/quote]
They won’t take blood at my Red Cross if Hema/Hem is too high. But anyway…yeah, I’m going to have to lower the dose.
I also noticed that I feel really good for a couple of weeks when I change something, then that feeling goes away. I might also do 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off.
Consider this:
Phlebotomy to a level of borderline iron deficiency. Then the red count will stay stable, you do not need phlebotomy (except at long intervals), but you have no blood or iron in reserve.
Then consider this:
If your hematocrit is abnormally high, your T is abnormally high, regardless of what the laboratory measures. Or you have a real disease.