Re: red blood cells

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Hah, world-class sport is a farce these days with this whole

acres-of-gray-area bio-sophistry aspect. All the better; should get a

couple percent more of the citizenry out riding bikes and playing

pick-up soccer themselves rather than watching the various

uebermenschen duke it out on TV.

Personally when I was a competitor, I felt like an ass in the end the

one season I used creatine, which is just a performance-enhancing

amino acid. Avoiding things for the sake of sport, or eating well, is

one thing; when it comes to *actively* doing/taking things, dont take

anything you wouldnt already take just for your own general

well-being, or that isnt a rock-bottom-basic nutrient like a protein

shake after you hit the weight room. And if necessary, compete only

with people who feel the same way. Just my personal feeling.

If you wanna see a 100% gritty bike race, scope the Race Across

America - its a *nonstop* race from ocean to ocean; it takes *under a

week* and most riders sleep about 2h a night. Obviously theyre all

completely freaking insane, so no matter how much creatine they may

suck down you know its still a terrifyingly pure spectacle, ie pure

madness. I must say that kind of stuff, and ultramarathons, etc, is

likely not very good for your health, but as Nietzsche said great

spirits use themselves up. Well its one thing to say it and another to

do it.

Yall will be first to hear when me and Scha finish arranging the Lyme

Olympics. Unfortunately I myself am too depressed to enter in anything

but the Escapist Hypersomnia event, I bet nobody can match the number

of times I can go back to sleep in one morning.

<rhbailey@d...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> From a review by Shapin in The New Yorker, April 18, 2005:

>

> " Nothing but shifting cultural preference lies behind our view that

Lance

> Armstrong is not cheating if he sleeps in a pressure chamber to

boost his

> red-blood-cell count but would be cheating if he used EPO... "

>

> Sue ,

> Upstate New York

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Thank you Chris. All my sed rate, RF factor, ANA, CPP have always been normal.

Only my platelets, wbcs and crp are elevated. My platelets and crp have been

elevated before steroids, my wbc only became elevated after steroids. Thank

you again, a

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Hi again a,

Glad that helped.

Yes your blood picture is very common pattern.

 So in your case your platelets and C reactive protein are markers for your

inflammation, as you are Rh factor negative.

An elevated white blood count can also sometimes be seen before treatment, but

is certainly  a feature when someone is on steroids. It is usually the

neutrophils being raised that pushes the total wbc up and in this scenario is

nothing at all to worry about.

Chris

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Gosh, that sure relieves my mind, Chris. You are exactly right, it is my

neutrophils that are higher!!! so smart!! thanks again a

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