Hematocrit - The Cause of My Problem?

[Gman86]

Jeez, well that's useless, isn't it… maybe they take more out for therapeutic phlebotomies.

Oh good point. Maybe they do. I only did a voluntary donation at the Red Cross. I think they took a pint.

 

[fifty]

Donation got me from 54.5 to 50.1

 

[jdthoosier]

Due to the ferritin issue, I donate once a year. I'd like to donate more as I have a rare blood type that is in big demand, but just cannot do it.

 

[Zooulie12]

So tomorrow I am going in to donate blood. The lady said they test my hemocrit first. Like is there a number that I shouldn’t donate at? Like say it’s 50, should I maybe tell them I don’t want to donate? Because someone was saying if your hemocrit is to low you can’t get erections.

 

[jdthoosier]

I've never had them test my hematocrit prior to a donation. They test hemoglobin.

 

[maxadvance]

So tomorrow I am going in to donate blood. The lady said they test my hemocrit first. Like is there a number that I shouldn’t donate at? Like say it’s 50, should I maybe tell them I don’t want to donate? Because someone was saying if your hemocrit is to low you can’t get erections.

hemoglobin needs to be under 20 on their test, that's about a 59 in hematocrit

 

[Zooulie12]

Thanks for all the responses, I’m glad people were able to have a good discussion with this. I guess my last question is, would it better to stick with EOD injections or go to ED injections to keep hemocrit on a decent level? Or like everything in the TRT community is it person to person? Thanks guys

 

[lenny]

Thanks for all the responses, I’m glad people were able to have a good discussion with this. I guess my last question is, would it better to stick with EOD injections or go to ED injections to keep hemocrit on a decent level? Or like everything in the TRT community is it person to person? Thanks guys

From what I've read here, it seems like an individual thing. Not everyone has luck with ED injections, and for me, lower hematocrit was an unexpected bonus. I've been doing ED for two years now and absolutely love it.

 

[Vince Carter]

Thanks for all the responses, I’m glad people were able to have a good discussion with this. I guess my last question is, would it better to stick with EOD injections or go to ED injections to keep hemocrit on a decent level? Or like everything in the TRT community is it person to person? Thanks guys

Dose reductions would be more inline with your goals, FT that does not exceed the max range in your trough would be a better pathway. EOD, or Daily, would be extremely rare if that worked. Horribly individual thing.