Some Hemacrit Help? Please
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Than you're not dangerously high but acute blood clotting could still happen with elevated numbers and it's not going to go down on its own, only up. I'd donate blood to the Red Cross, get a requisition for a therapeutic draw (these are paid though), or perform your own draw.
I just checked its actually 51. so I cant just go into red cross say I wanna give blood and that be that?
SolomonGrundy
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nope it wont go down until you lower the single shot level to less that 150 mg , sorry but you're causing the bone marrow to produce red blood cells so go with 100 mg twice a week and you will see great improvement in 4 to 6 weeks
If it's 51% I'd be making appointments to donate TOMORROW bc if you're over range they can turn you down from donating. You can either go on the Red Cross website or call them and schedule an appointment to donate. They'll have local listings of donation centers/drives, times, and services offered (whole blood, platelets, double RBC, etc). Yes it's as simple as calling or making an appointment online, showing up, answering questions and then getting it done. Answer no to all questions about hypodermic needle use and steroids etc.
100mg twice a week is more than 150mg a week so that will not lower it, only slow it's rise. To actually go down you'll need to be taking less than 150mg/wk as SolomonGrundy stated.
Yes. Don't lift the same day but lifting the following day is perfectly fine.
SolomonGrundy
Grrr...tren Good
the single shot level must be lower than 150 .. not weekly level, so less any dose under 150 twice a week
Megatron28
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Lift before you donate blood. And you should be fine the next day to lift again.
halfwit
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Actually I'd hit up the apheresis. They're less picky as they make more from it and it reduces HCT by several percent. I agree with Megatron; work out first (vasodilation aids with blood/cell donation) and you'll be fine to hit it again the next day.
You can donate whole blood a week after apheresis too, then get on a 56 day rotation. As a testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) patient, it's pretty much a must - if you want to avoid having to pay to have them take your blood.
I had to make an appointment but call and find out for your area. Just tell them you want to do ftw blood and when you get there ask about the apheresis machine like Halfwit said or if not available do whole blood or double reds donation.
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