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Some background: 50 year old male, 6'1, 230 lbs. Back in Feb 2020, I had internal intestinal bleeding. Ended up losing 8 pints of blood. Hemaglobin dropped to 8.0 and did not require a transfusion. By 2/26 and taking iron pills, got my Hemaglobin up to 9.8. Ive been on TRT for over 10 years...

my hematocrit is slightly high at 50.5%. my red blood cell count is high at 6.59 million/uL but my ferritin is low at 11ng/ml and my iron is low at 45 mcg/dL. I'm really concerned about my high RBC and wondering if i should donate with my iron and ferretin so low.

I've been on TRT for 7 weeks now, 50MG twice a week. Just had labs done, should be back next week. Wondering if I should be worried about my hematocrit levels already. Noticed my BP is up a bit at night as well seems OK in the morning though. I just don't want to have a stroke out of nowhere.