Hi all,
61 year old
Got BW back and…….
Hemoglobin is 18.1 (13.2-17.1)
Hematocrit is 51.4 (38.5-50)
MCH is 33.1 (27-33)
Should I donate whole blood or power reds?
Thanks
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Hi all,
61 year old
Got BW back and…….
Hemoglobin is 18.1 (13.2-17.1)
Hematocrit is 51.4 (38.5-50)
MCH is 33.1 (27-33)
Should I donate whole blood or power reds?
Thanks
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Whole blood should do it.Originally Posted by ctenosaura
What is your current protocol? I normally only need to donate when I'm over my trt dose.
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I’m doing
60mg 2x a week
Free T 207
Total 900
Estradiol 51
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Those numbers look pretty good.
Anyhow, whole blood should do the trick.
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Thanks man!
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Does hemoglobin fluctuate? They took it at the blood center and it was 14.8 ����*♂️
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How did they measure at the donation center? With a sensor or did they actually take blood and test that?
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Finger stick and a meter. Kind of like using a glucometer but checking Hgb levels
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That seems less accurate than sending to the lab? That would explain the different readings.
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Yes sir, it's a quick and dirty. Probably accurate enough for their purposes, but not quite as good as what you get with a CBC. I guess they're mainly screening for anemia because I've never been turned away for high Hgb.
My wife had a similar experience with her newest glucometer. She checked it with glucometer just before they pulled for serum glucose. She had almost a 20 mg/dL difference between her new glucometer and test strips vs. the glucose from her labs.
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Wildly, sometimes pricking your other finger yields a different outcome.
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