a whole bag of dicks, every day.
but honestly, no. Just regular blood donations
You may be interested in this thread. Jol's response on page 3 is worth highlighting - the main goal is to reduce blood viscosity in general. Targeting RBCs just tends to be the main way of doing it - hence the focus on HCT.I was thinking about this the other day as I too donate regularly to combat a high-normal crit.
If hematocrit is just a ratio of red cells to the rest of your blood, wouldn't you have to do a "double red cell" donation in order to lower crit? Wouldn't a regular "whole blood" donation just lower your overall blood volume but do nothing to change the ratio itself?
Like a pitcher of sweet tea that's too sweet, just pouring some out won't change how sweet the rest of it is.
Has anyone done before and after bloods, testing specifically for changes in crit?
Targeting RBCs just tends to be the main way of doing it - hence the focus on HCT.
I'll have to take a look when I'm not in the middle of class.
Question though, if the target is RBC's specifically, wouldn't the double red cell donation make the most sense?
What Doc said.I'll have to take a look when I'm not in the middle of class.
Question though, if the target is RBC's specifically, wouldn't the double red cell donation make the most sense?
Just my experiences but here they are. My crits get check every time I donate blood I'm always at the 49 mark: ± 1. I once gave blood and then got blood work done 2-3 days later, my crits came back 2-3 points lower. I don't know how much that matters but it was lower than before and lower then any other recent blood work.
As for lowering my TRT, I can say this for a fact. I'm popping a 49 on 200 mg of test or 500 mg of test. I know what they say about the increase but for some reason, I don't see that either way.
Same for me except I'm 48 +/-
For guys who have high crit and RBC - do you have sleep apnea?
Same for me except I'm 48 +/-
For guys who have high crit and RBC - do you have sleep apnea?
48+/- here and yes, sleep apnea.
Why do you think 48 is high? It's perfectly normal...
sleep apnea can raise your RBC and crit
Well I’m headed to a Hemotologist today to see what I’ve got to do to Lower my hemoctit levels,mine are a tad high to donate,min is running 53.5....and I’m not even doing a cycle atm....mine is just on trt !!