high red blood cell count....what is protocol for donating blood?

[sfgiantsfan55]

hi all

last check up MD called and said my red blood cell count was high. how high im not sure (havent gotten test in hand yet) but i read here that you should donate blood? If not , whats advised? Sorry if i missed a post about this , didnt see one.

[bowhuntr09]

I went to Red Cross to donate, was honest about my T injections. They wouldn't take me, put me on their indefinitely deferred list. Don't know what I'm going to do short of getting my doc to write me for therapeutic phlebotomy. I'm not sure how he will feel about that because I recently moved my TRT treatment from him to a place that specializes in TRT.

[kelkel]

So just go and donate. Drink more water, take a baby aspirin at night. They will ask you if inject anything not prescribed. Say no. Don't admit to the aspirin either. If this is a constant problem then you may need to lower your dosage to find balance.

[kelkel]

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