The Red Cross will allow you to donate if hemoglobin is 20 or less. I live in NJ and there was a place I was donating for a couple of years called Central Jersey Blood Center and they had to call a supervisor if hemoglobin was over 18.4My iron levels are high, so I went to donate blood. But they said I couldn’t donate because my hemoglobin was >18g/dL. Anyone ride get have this problem? Is there a way to get hemoglobin levels down?
ThisGet a script and donate. But you should not be turned away for hbg levels below 21. 21 and higher is still only a deferral for a day. But eat less grains, she'll fish, red meat and if they use the thumb sensor to test iron level cool your thumb 1st
Did your dog know why your iron levels were high? Mine sent me to a hematologist, who wants to do an MRI… I can’t talk to him about AAS so I’m looking for other solutions.This
But I also used to get turned away at levels over 19
So my doc wrote me a script for phlebotomies. I go every 60 days and if it’s normal they send me home for 30 days and I come back - process is repeated until levels go over 50
Best thing you can do
Weird. 18 is not the cut odd for red cross, believe it's 21. I know this from experience. I've been .2 points from being denied but more important issue, how you know you're iron is high? Read around this forum, you'll quickly learn the idea behind needing to donate blood because you use steroids is not true.Did your dog know why your iron levels were high? Mine sent me to a hematologist, who wants to do an MRI… I can’t talk to him about AAS so I’m looking for other solutions.
Also I was turned away and told the threshold is 18 at a hospital blood donation center and the Red Cross. Maybe it varies by state?
Yea he was prescribing me trt at the time - so he knew exactly why my levels were high so he sent me to a hemotologistDid your dog know why your iron levels were high? Mine sent me to a hematologist, who wants to do an MRI… I can’t talk to him about AAS so I’m looking for other solutions.
Also I was turned away and told the threshold is 18 at a hospital blood donation center and the Red Cross. Maybe it varies by state?
Strange. They turned me away at 19 and I have Red Cross donation cardWeird. 18 is not the cut odd for red cross, believe it's 21. I know this from experience. I've been .2 points from being denied but more important issue, how you know you're iron is high? Read around this forum, you'll quickly learn the idea behind needing to donate blood because you use steroids is not true.
The website says 20:Strange. They turned me away at 19 and I have Red Cross donation card
That’s why my doc gave me a phlebotomy referral
My iron levels are high, so I went to donate blood. But they said I couldn’t donate because my hemoglobin was >18g/dL. Anyone ride get have this problem? Is there a way to get hemoglobin levels down?
Doc has to write a RX to the blood donation center
Dr had me going every 4 weeks for a bit
I think an Rx is only required for people who are ineligible to donate ( e.g., because the blood of considered contaminated)With the consistent nation-wide shortage of blood products, the fact that some blood donation centers REQUIRE a doc's Rx is absolutely ridiculous.
I think an Rx is only required for people who are ineligible to donate ( e.g., because the blood of considered contaminated)
They should not have turned you away. You just have to be under 20 hemoglobin. At Red Cross I was 20.1 and could not donate. Went back next day and I was 19.5 and was able to donate.Strange. They turned me away at 19 and I have Red Cross donation card
That’s why my doc gave me a phlebotomy referral
I wish my hemoglobin was 18!!My iron levels are high, so I went to donate blood. But they said I couldn’t donate because my hemoglobin was >18g/dL. Anyone ride get have this problem? Is there a way to get hemoglobin levels down?
I wish my hemoglobin was 18!!
Tbh you don't have to be worried about that.... If hematocrit isn't too high i would stay there.
You can add IP6 and a lot of supplements that chelate iron, yes they work but still 16-18 of hemoglobin i would be worried at all.
I don't even know what it is..... Will give a read..Why not throw in a little deferoxamine just to make sure that iron is extra chelated?