Dr cut me off while on blast-Refuses to prescribe to me from now on-What to do?

[suprarob]

Kind of sad. My 1st blast ever and my hematocrit shot up from 40 to 52. He asked me have I been doubling up on my dose. Yes I have but I sure wasn't going to tell him that but when the nurse weighed me I was almost 15lbs heavier. Guess he put 2 and 2 together.

I admit I am surprised my RBC was that high that fast been on 8 weeks and donated blood before starting. Looking back I see my mistake. I should have put the visit off till later. Err. What do I do now?

[hawk14dl]

Plan your blasts around your appointments better.

Other then that, either find a different Dr or tell this one you made an honest mistake in your dosing. Or tell him you know you screwed up but you still need treatment.

Don't know what to tell you bud

[suprarob]

Plan your blasts around your appointments better.

Other then that, either find a different Dr or tell this one you made an honest mistake in your dosing. Or tell him you know you screwed up but you still need treatment.

Don't know what to tell you bud

Hindsight is so 20-20. The hazard of being a newbie I suppose. I know for a certainty he will not budge but feel confident that I can find another dr just a pain to go through the whole acclimation process again. I really didn't realize that RBC could go up so fast on such a short period of time. Perhaps a warning in a created blast sticky would be helpful.

[Metalject]

The blood cells and all that can be a little tricky. In five years, my hematocrit has not once gone over 50 and normally hovers around 47-48. Blood test taken just this week it was at 53, nothing has changed in any area of my life but hematocrit still went up. Just one of those things sometimes.

[lovbyts]

Hindsight is so 20-20. The hazard of being a newbie I suppose. I know for a certainty he will not budge but feel confident that I can find another dr just a pain to go through the whole acclimation process again. I really didn't realize that RBC could go up so fast on such a short period of time. Perhaps a warning in a created blast sticky would be helpful.

There are actually a quite a few post about how the RBC goes up even on HRT and it's advisable to donate blood every 90 days.

I know it's beating a dead horse but you really should not have gotten blood work by your doctor in the middle of a blast. I would have either planned better or made an excuse not to get the blood work done.

I went to the doctor once and he wanted me to go to the lab to get blood work done after leaving his office to check my T levels. I took the lab orders and went home. I got the lab work done a couple months later. Nothing was ever said.

[Beethoven]

Learning experience . We say this time and time again, wait at least a year on TRT after getting dialed in. Your gains will be better and you won't be doing BW as often. Many people get on trt and the first thing they always ask is when can they do a blast. It is tempting. I wanted to also but I have found that with proper training and nutrition, good gains can be made. Now that doesn't mean I'm not going to blast, just going to do it at the right time. Good luck finding another Dr.

[Baxter35]

Did you actually get test levels pulled? Or just a cbc panel? Unfortunately your best bet here is going to involve lying and sticking with your story that you have not intentional increased you dose. If you already had T levels checked, play the stupid patient card and say you may have injected too much by accident and also that you had just injected a day before your blood work. You're Dr./Patient relationship with this dr. is probably beyond repair, but if you stick to your story and tell him you respect his wishes and request a referral to continue your trt care hopefully you can get a solid referral instead of having to search out doctors on your own. From here on out, you need to stick with trt protocol until you are free and clear from regular trt check ups. From personal experience, you need at least 4-5 weeks off blast before T levels should be checked for trt. Plan accordingly. Best of luck getting this sorted out.

[suprarob]

Thanks. By the way this is my 1st blast in 2 years being on TRT. I have worked on my nutrition and diet too. Just a dumb mistake. Life moves so fast at times.

[lovbyts]

Did you actually get test levels pulled? Or just a cbc panel? Unfortunately your best bet here is going to involve lying and sticking with your story that you have not intentional increased you dose. If you already had T levels checked, play the stupid patient card and say you may have injected too much by accident and also that you had just injected a day before your blood work. You're Dr./Patient relationship with this dr. is probably beyond repair, but if you stick to your story and tell him you respect his wishes and request a referral to continue your trt care hopefully you can get a solid referral instead of having to search out doctors on your own. From here on out, you need to stick with trt protocol until you are free and clear from regular trt check ups. From personal experience, you need at least 4-5 weeks off blast before T levels should be checked for trt. Plan accordingly. Best of luck getting this sorted out.

That has worked for me more than once when I first started HRT. Once my levels were around 1200 so I told him I had just injected and he said Yeah it could be that so to retest in another month.

[suprarob]

What are "critical" levels of Hematocrit? Is there a number of a range? Doc said I am at point of heart attack and or blood clots. Admit he did alarm me.

[APIs]

OP got caught, just move on IMO. You're not a newbie, so you know how to go about finding new treatment. Doc is not going to reverse his decision now that you've become a potential liability to his practice.

[APIs]

What are "critical" levels of Hematocrit? Is there a number of a range? Doc said I am at point of heart attack and or blood clots. Admit he did alarm me.

Upper limit with many TRT Docs is 55. So he was being a little silly IMO...

[suprarob]

OP got caught, just move on IMO. You're not a newbie, so you know how to go about finding new treatment. Doc is not going to reverse his decision now that you've become a potential liability to his practice.

When I see your avatar I see I am a newbie. Your a frickin' beast.

[suprarob]

Upper limit with many TRT Docs is 55. So he was being a little silly IMO...

Thanks. I did stop my blast because of it. I mean I made great gains and will do it again in the Spring right before Summer. I must say I really enjoyed it. People noticed I had put on muscle weight. I will be better prepared next time. (back to 100mg's a week starting today)

[suprarob]

The blood cells and all that can be a little tricky. In five years, my hematocrit has not once gone over 50 and normally hovers around 47-48. Blood test taken just this week it was at 53, nothing has changed in any area of my life but hematocrit still went up. Just one of those things sometimes.

Could it be diet related? Lack of hydration? @Metalject

[Metalject]

Could it be diet related? Lack of hydration? @Metalject

Yes, dehydration can easily make hematocrit go up. It's not at all uncommon. In fact, if you were wanting to increase your hematocrit, this is almost a sure fire way.

Now that I think about it, I was probably a bit dehydrated when I took my blood test last wk. Over Christmas I didn't lift, water intake was way down and drank a lot more wine than normal.