Elevated Hematocrit and Hemoglobin with Testosterone Injection Therapy

[harley121]

I did the double red blood cell donation. They just take the rbc's and put everything else back in so you feel way better after, recover quicker and they get 2x the rbc's. Not every place does it though.

[forrie]

This is something I wondered about, whether this was possible. I would also wonder if certain insurance plans would pay for it. I have a generous/good health plan PPO. When separating out the RBC's, I wonder that they put back the good CD4s (T and helper cells). How on earth they separate all that out is a mystery to me.

I did the double red blood cell donation. They just take the rbc's and put everything else back in so you feel way better after, recover quicker and they get 2x the rbc's. Not every place does it though.

[harley121]

This is something I wondered about, whether this was possible. I would also wonder if certain insurance plans would pay for it. I have a generous/good health plan PPO. When separating out the RBC's, I wonder that they put back the good CD4s (T and helper cells). How on earth they separate all that out is a mystery to me.

They do it in 2 stages- they drain out a pint into a machine which is just a sterile centrifuge- (spins around very fast inside), they process or spin that pint- the RBC's apparently are flung out or stay inside the centrifuge, they take them and then pump back everything else into you. They do that whole thing 2x. I felt fine when I left. 1st time ever donating blood.