It would be tough where I am right now, too much hassle lol
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Haemoglobin does not make your blood thick, haematocrit does. Haematocrit is the percentage of your blood that comes from red blood cell versus white blood cells and plasma. That is why it can be expressed as 0.52 because it’s 52%.
Some Dt talk ftalk about thick blood and hemoglobin, because haemoglobin and haematocrit typically moved together but in TRT patients or sleep apnoea patients that’s not always true.
PS, 176 is at the top of the range on some charts, and still within range on other charts. What was your hematocrit?
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My trt doc says donating isn't needed just lots of organ support supplements and antioxidants. I font really trust this so I get my other doc to send me for phlebotomies but he must be getting this info from somewhere. He also might have mentioned blood thinners
Hematocrit was .476.
What type of organ support stuff does he recommend to you? I’ve never heard of this before but I would be interested in trying it and seeing if it changed any results for me
I also have severe OSA which doesn’t help the situation
That makes sense your hemoglobin is high normal likely due to the sleep apnea but your hematocrit is WELL within range. It won't hurt to donate (unless you do it too often) but you are not at a blood clot risk with hematocrit of 47%. I definitely would not take a blood thinner with those numbers unless you get that advice from a hematologist.
if you drop your TRT dosage a little or pin less frequently your hemoglobin will likely drop enough points so your Dr is happy.
Lol i think you need to research the meds you take a little more. The Cialis will reduce your PSA and protect your prostate from high estrogen. Plus it will lower BP and relax arteries. It will not impact your testosterone or hemoglobin.
If worried about high RBC reduce TRT dosage to 100mg. Or reduce pinning to every 5-7 days.
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Nac. Liver support coq10. I don't know his exact plan because as I said I don't really trust that idea lol I get phlebotomy. The main thing the nurse asks if I'm late for blood is how my pee is and oxygen in the liver. Red blood cells die every 120 days hence the 3 month blood work.
It's disconcerting, if not downright frustrating, how rigid some doctor are when it comes to considering issues on a patient by patient basis. When I received my emergency phlebotomy I had a phlebotomy scheduled for the following week, but I had been feeling so unwell that I opted to drive an hour and sit in emerg for 10 hours to receive a emergency phlebotomy. The on-call physician requested blood work, and proceeded to argue his position when my results came back with my HCT at 0.51%. My scheduled phlebotomy was at the very same hospital prescribed by a senior physician at that hospital, and in spite of that the on-call physician argued the point. My own physician had discussed this with me, but also recognized that polycythemia (increased concentration of hematocrit and or hemoglobin) is a common side effect of trt. Breathing issues can often exacerbate polycythemia (decreased lung function will trigger an overproduction of red blood cells to carry oxygen).
Like yourself my pre-trt HCT was about 5% lower.
I have a lot of respect for medical professionals, but there are all sorts.
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UPDATE:
I just want to update incase someone is on the fence about donating blood or have issues with hemoglobin, hematocrit and such.
I donated again after 3 months and so far so good. Everything is lower than my previous results, so it actually works for me. I think I messed up my injection frequency and dosages since my test came out way more than its supposed to be lol.
Attached is a copy of my recent blood work.
I just want to update incase someone is on the fence about donating blood or have issues with hemoglobin, hematocrit and such.
I donated again after 3 months and so far so good. Everything is lower than my previous results, so it actually works for me. I think I messed up my injection frequency and dosages since my test came out way more than its supposed to be lol.
Attached is a copy of my recent blood work.
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what's wrong with you...? Why would you be so careless, knowing you had bloodwork coming up. If you're taking tren, why are you even on TRT - you're clearly not concerned with health. Just yolo your brains out on tren and get huge, stop lying to yourself
Lmao what you mean? So I can't take tren since I'm on trt? Well, my goals are different than yours, if you only want to do trt go ahead do not try to tell me what to do ever again. If you think what we do here is healthy you are naive my friend.
I mitigate my risks in my own way and so are most of the guys here. I dropped everything and lowered my test dose 2 weeks ago, my mistake I think is my injection frequency is too close.
Anyway, I'm not worried about my doc at all.