Finally donated blood .... but interesting

[darkwing86]

SO i have been cycling now for a good couple of years . Most prefered cycle is usually test 800-1G per week and tren 400-600mg . Im running this now .
I have never donated blood before and just recently this past week have been super lethargic , tired , nauseas at times etc . I never donated before so ive been suspecting my hemoglobin may have been high ... however today they test my hemoglobin... and its all normal , bit odd no ?

Blood pressure is high . ive been taking pharma arimidex eod sometimes e3d . Im imagining now part of my symptoms are due to the high blood pressure and part a virus i may have because of a soar throat .... damn ...

so damn hard knowing whats going on without being able to get blood work in canada frequently

is it not odd my hemoglobin is normal after never donating blood and cycling this long ? or are some people affected differently ?

 

[Mprtz]

People are certainly affected differently, with us older guys usually struggling more to keep our HCT in check. I'm guessing you're on the younger side.

The tabletop devices used at blood banks to check HCT are not all that accurate, and this can be compounded by how the technician gets blood out of your finger.

My blood center uses the ultracrit machines and I usually score about 2 or 3 percentage points lower on HCT on those than what I see in lab testing.

Do you recall what your HCT or Hb value was?

 

[darkwing86]

to be honest i dont know . stupidly i didnt ask her the exact number , all she said what it was in normal range , i did express to her my concern it may be high ... she seemed curious but didnt get into it too much