High hemoglobin

[ctenosaura]

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

[Cylon357]

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

Whole blood should do it.

What is your current protocol? I normally only need to donate when I'm over my trt dose.

[ctenosaura]

I’m doing

60mg 2x a week

Free T 207
Total 900
Estradiol 51

[Cylon357]

I’m doing

60mg 2x a week

Free T 207
Total 900
Estradiol 51

Those numbers look pretty good.

Anyhow, whole blood should do the trick.

[ctenosaura]

Thanks man!

[ctenosaura]

Does hemoglobin fluctuate? They took it at the blood center and it was 14.8 ����*♂️

[Cylon357]

Does hemoglobin fluctuate? They took it at the blood center and it was 14.8 ����*♂️

How did they measure at the donation center? With a sensor or did they actually take blood and test that?

[almostgone]

How did they measure at the donation center? With a sensor or did they actually take blood and test that?

Finger stick and a meter. Kind of like using a glucometer but checking Hgb levels

[Cylon357]

Finger stick and a meter. Kind of like using a glucometer but checking Hgb levels

That seems less accurate than sending to the lab? That would explain the different readings.

[almostgone]

That seems less accurate than sending to the lab? That would explain the different readings.

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.

[956Vette]

Does hemoglobin fluctuate? They took it at the blood center and it was 14.8 ����*♂️

Wildly, sometimes pricking your other finger yields a different outcome.