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For those of you that are experienced how do you feel the next day?...is your training affected?...
Thanks....my recent blood work showed my hemoglobin at 18.9...i have been that high for years and it is time to get that number down into the normal range...my doctor prescribed phlebotomies at 500 cc every 2 weeks...that is a pint...sounds a bit radical...plus it costs $50 for every phlebotomy...
For those of you that are experienced how do you feel the next day?...is your training affected?...
Take it from me, it is a huge waste of time and you risk iron deficiency if you keep donating blood. Once a year is good but if the purpose is to decrease hemoglobin, it's a huge waste since it comes right back up as long as you are still on TRT or whatever you used that made it that high.
I agree. Same with me.Take it from me, it is a huge waste of time and you risk iron deficiency if you keep donating blood. Once a year is good but if the purpose is to decrease hemoglobin, it's a huge waste since it comes right back up as long as you are still on TRT or whatever you used that made it that high.
Thanks....my recent blood work showed my hemoglobin at 18.9...i have been that high for years and it is time to get that number down into the normal range...my doctor prescribed phlebotomies at 500 cc every 2 weeks...that is a pint...sounds a bit radical...plus it costs $50 for every phlebotomy...
Can you please explain or point me in the right direction? I'm having trouble finding what you're talking about.Bi-weekly donations can lead to its own issues. I was doing bi-weekly donations to lower my values, but got educated by a member here (Stewie) of the issues it can create. He uses language that I spend an extra 20 min looking up to figure out what he means in layman’s terms. I’ll see if I can find his response and post it here for your reference.
Cage
Here’s a copy and paste from a member here at PM named Stewie.Ca
Can you please explain or point me in the right direction? I'm having trouble finding what you're talking about.
Thanks Cage! I will try to dig a little more on this topic but this is interesting very to me. Looks like Kal touched on this above as well.The longer you're iron deficient, the more this will stimulate erythropoietin, further producing erythropoiesis (red blood cells) by-way of hypoxia inducible factors, therefore continue to see erythrocytosis (elevated red blood cells) in the presence of iron deficiency. This becomes a vicious cycle.
Holy hypertension krman!...my BP for years has been about 100/70 even when on...I just donated today. My Hemo was 17.9. I usually don't train after I donate. I just like to play it safe. My blood pressure was 176/93. They were pretty concerned about that. I'm hoping giving blood will help it go down also. I think I need to donate more. They like my blood anyways. I'm O-
You have to sort that blood pressure, lifestyle changes will probably be needed.I just donated today. My Hemo was 17.9. I usually don't train after I donate. I just like to play it safe. My blood pressure was 176/93. They were pretty concerned about that. I'm hoping giving blood will help it go down also. I think I need to donate more. They like my blood anyways. I'm O-