It comes down to if you can tolerate a little discomfort for a month or deal with escalating health issues from blood that continues to thicken into the 60s. The month off is good all the way around to let things clear. You won't even crash until mid week 3 and you can use hCG the whole time, 3x a week 500-750iu, which softens the blow.
So here is my question. I never had High hematocrit until TRT. If I have untreated sleep apnea, wouldn't I have seen high HCT on all my previous bloodwork? I snore and comfortably sleep with my mouth taped close.
Hemoglobin *** not hematocrit
Cant donate more than every 120 days at ARC in my state and I did a power red in July. I went elsewhere and they all test your hemoglobin first. Mine was 20.3 so just out of range. They cnat use the blood if there is too much iron. I only take 140mg/week. Clearly too much for me though.
Are you well hydrated? I usually try to get a gallon in prior to bloods.
I have a script for phlebotomy and can't get it filled. Everything is difficult in my state. I will look into a cpap but I don't think I have apnea. I am very well hydrated. Drank over a gallon before my last bloods.
Normal. I had bloodwork 3 times in the year prior to starting TRT and it went from 46 to 57 in 3 months of 140mg/week test.
I gave you the fix. See above. You might have to take a month off here and there. Stop donating blood while your on your TRT because you will rebound. If you take a month off like I said it should go down to ~50 plus or minus. Then donate after 3 weeks off to bring it down another 3 points. Then the last week off will prevent the rebounding red cells. Then you can start back on your TRT at ~47-48. Then after a few months test again and when it hits 56% do the whole process over. you know at this point tat you are 57% at 5 months. So you can probably TRT for 5 months, take a month off like the protocol says and then start again.
I am following your advice. But I am pretty symptomatic so it's time for blood letting. The issue is I can't donate or find a source for a therapeutic phlebotomy for the reasons I explained. My new question was about sleep apnea. Let's assume I have it. Why did it never result in high HCT until I started TRT?
WE don't know that is the case. You would need a sleep study. If your neck girth increased substantially that could point toward it as a problem.
Also, try supplementing w Naringin… 500 mg twice daily
How do you know your HCT wasnt high before TRT ?
3 full panels in the previous 12 months and every panel in the prior 30 years.
I finally had time to read through this. Seems to offer a means to raise ferritin post blood donation so donation can be used as a consistent, benign means of addressing high HCT. Thank you.
I followed the protocol and it worked fairly well. My ferritin was 15 when I tested in August. As of yesterday it was 50. I was hoping it would be a bit higher but I felt like shit at 15. Definitely feeling much better now and will keep this in the toolbox moving forward.
15 is very low. Did donations cause that?
I'm very well hydrated and started taking Naringin a couple weeks back. My blood work has otherwise never been better and I still kind of feel great. We will see, but I'm thinking I can only tolerate low dose trt. No fun but once you loose your health you have almost nothing.
Wouldn't surprise me given how effective it's been for me and how individually everyone reacts to everything. I love the GH. I started at the beginning of month 3. Got my first TRT bloods three weeks later and HCT was 57.4, total T 1450. I started at 1, then 2 and eventually 3. I will dial it back. I feel like it's sustaining me right now though, with no TC and collapsing test. Got to do it to.
is a full mask better to wear? I like the pillows they are so much more comfortable.
Yes the masks are much better for the higher pressure settings I have to use. BUT!!!!!!
