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blacktoppete
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Whole blood. I go every 56 days in NY and keeps me in check and gtg.
carverelli
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Xmas eve I donated 2 cups to my toilet. Our local Red Cross frowns on self administered hormones so I handle it myself. Got a big vein inside right elbow takes a 16ga x1" no prob.
Sit on the blow job seat in my shower and let her drain into quart jar. About half full in yard it out and put z cotton swab on it.
Didn't really know how high my hemocrit got but I've been on 600mg/wk EQ for a month plus the test so if rather be safe than have problems
Sit on the blow job seat in my shower and let her drain into quart jar. About half full in yard it out and put z cotton swab on it.
Didn't really know how high my hemocrit got but I've been on 600mg/wk EQ for a month plus the test so if rather be safe than have problems
Whole blood, RBC, double RBC, platelets. You have options which one could depend on your blood work.
PrinceDianabol
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Is a 16gauge needle really necessary? Whats the smallest gauge you could use on yourself? And how many mls would you remove..?
You could use any gauge really but the smaller the longer it will take. I think 16g is what the Red Cross uses. You'd remove around the same amount as with a normal donation around 1 pint or ~473ml
Austinite
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18 gauge is fine. I've used a 21 gauge before but they get clogged up quickly and it takes forever. Especially if HCT is high. 1 pint max per draw.
haha
When I didnt get accepted as a blood-doner few weeks back (because I received a blood-donation myself for like 2decades ago), I was thinking about doing it myself at home. Played a while with 18g up to 27gauge on a bigass vein on my left foot (the smaller needle, the less pain). Easier to pick that spot since I already had a half-healed wound that could easily be opened up (rather than sticking it in my vein in the arm and feeling like a "drug-junkie").
But I guess I was to chicken-shit, I didnt get a pint of blood. I think I at most got.... 2 or 3 cc. WOHOOOOO!!!!!
When I didnt get accepted as a blood-doner few weeks back (because I received a blood-donation myself for like 2decades ago), I was thinking about doing it myself at home. Played a while with 18g up to 27gauge on a bigass vein on my left foot (the smaller needle, the less pain). Easier to pick that spot since I already had a half-healed wound that could easily be opened up (rather than sticking it in my vein in the arm and feeling like a "drug-junkie").
But I guess I was to chicken-shit, I didnt get a pint of blood. I think I at most got.... 2 or 3 cc. WOHOOOOO!!!!!
PrinceDianabol
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Interesting. Im quite curious to try this at home... I dont think id manage to get 400+mls out though, and it'd obviously be much better to donate that rather than flush it. Out of curiousity, would say a couple mls make any difference? And anything that i'd need to watch out for in terms on injection technique? Sounds like somethin new and interesting to learn... Uh i have the weirdest hobbies
For me to do such a desperate blood-leaching at home, was mainly to ease my mind.
I had cut myself during cooking a couple of times the last weeks and noticed my blood was DARK DARK RED (more than usual) and very coagulated/thick. And at the time I had high BP and a history of blood-clots. So all in all I was worried about too high hematocrite-levels and possibility of getting blood-clots again (although some people may question the link between hematocrite-levels and blood-clots).
So, I did it a couple of times, getting no more than 2-5ml/session.
Later I got my appointment with the GP. And again, the UK-doctors are cheap ass idiots. He refused to sign me up for a regular blood-panel testing. But at least he measured my BP and it was normal. So at least that easned me a bit. Now, if it was due to the blood-leaching I dunno for sure.
Just make sure u work aseptic. If you got a wound or something, rather play with that under controlled circumstances (i.e. how big u wanna cut it open), rather than playing with ur veins directly (unless u actually dont got medical training to be palying around with syringes and veins).
I had cut myself during cooking a couple of times the last weeks and noticed my blood was DARK DARK RED (more than usual) and very coagulated/thick. And at the time I had high BP and a history of blood-clots. So all in all I was worried about too high hematocrite-levels and possibility of getting blood-clots again (although some people may question the link between hematocrite-levels and blood-clots).
So, I did it a couple of times, getting no more than 2-5ml/session.
Later I got my appointment with the GP. And again, the UK-doctors are cheap ass idiots. He refused to sign me up for a regular blood-panel testing. But at least he measured my BP and it was normal. So at least that easned me a bit. Now, if it was due to the blood-leaching I dunno for sure.
Just make sure u work aseptic. If you got a wound or something, rather play with that under controlled circumstances (i.e. how big u wanna cut it open), rather than playing with ur veins directly (unless u actually dont got medical training to be palying around with syringes and veins).
carverelli
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I don't have formal training but I've bee stuck with a needle enough for blood draw to know how to do it. It was damn near painless, but you get closer to your hand where they put in iv's and the pain is lot higher
PrinceDianabol
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Yeah ive had a heap of blood tests and IV drips over the years. Real keen to try this out... Although i only have 3ml barrells atm. Is it really that much harder to do safely than IM injections?
carverelli
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I take the plunger out of a 3ml syringe and slide the needle in about 3/4 " until blood starts running through the syringe. I put a quart jar underneath the syringe to catch the blood. It takes about 7-10 minutes to drain out 16oz. Pull the needle with the syringe attached out of your arm and replace with a cotton swab. Hold pressure there did several minutes until the hole clots up.
Discard blood before it coagulates.
PrinceDianabol
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Thank you brother! Great info and easy instructions. Ill try this out soon
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