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Very interesting, appreciate the insight I'll give it a try and get labs pre/post. Thanks!

I thought platelet donation returns all your rbc's so how does that help?

Actually one center measures hemoglobin the other measures crit. I'm just trying to understand if it's dangerous. They said less blood volume was taken in double red cell donations so I didn't think one extra pint of whole blood 3 times a year was going to kill me, just would help keep my crit...

I'm around 48 crit at 8 weeks after a double red. Besides if the iron is too low they won't take my blood anyway. Just trying to level things off. Maybe just a pint every 8 weeks but they beg me for double red when my iron is so high. I can always pop into the one center and they will check it...

A double red donation done every 16 weeks historically has taken my crit from a high of 51-52 down to 44-45 as measured with labs. Is there any danger in throwing in a single whole blood donation midway between the 16 week double red donation? Basically I would wait 8 weeks after a double red...

6 weeks until my next bloodwork. I was doing the HCG on the 4th and 5th day afer the Cyp to help with crash......... I'm going to pin the Cyp .5cc on Tues and .5cc on Fri. Not sure what days to do the HCG now was thinking of Mon and Thurs the day before each Cyp pin. Not sure if it matters so...

Started at 224 Total and 7 Free. After 6 weeks of 100mg/week Test Cyp and 250iu x 2/week I am at 392 Total and 10 free. Doctor was not thrilled wants me to be in the 700-800 range if not 800-900. He is doubling my dosage to 200mg/week. Should I pin this once a week or divide it up? He said...