Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Hi, You already know this from the symptoms, but a T test now would probably come back lower than your pre-HRT level. Probably low out of reference range. What happened is the supplemental T shut down natural T production. The change in dosage has done two things: essentually cut your T 67%, and spread the frequency so far apart you'll have peaks and valleys. (My immediate thought is to go to 100mg every 10 days, That would keep levels a little more even, but the total dose is still too low. Some folks here have dealt with the high red blood cell issue, I'm sure someone will chime in. There are two groups of old posts back in July, search the archives with keyword " elevated " or " donate " . Hopefully there's a way to handle that so you can get back on a decent T dose. Bruce > All my original Blood test results were in the low normal range.My > doctor decided to start HRT and it helped quite a bit.Everyone is > diffrent.However,some problems have came up with my red blood cell > count and he has been restricting my dosage from 200mg/7 days to > 200mg/21days and I'm worse now than when I started 2yr.s ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 00:10:20 -0000, you wrote: >All my original Blood test results were in the low normal range.My >doctor decided to start HRT and it helped quite a bit.Everyone is >diffrent.However,some problems have came up with my red blood cell >count and he has been restricting my dosage from 200mg/7 days to >200mg/21days and I'm worse now than when I started 2yr.s ago. some here have suggested giving blood helps with the high hematocrit from T therapy. - - - - Just another albino black sheep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Bruce, Thanks for the concern please read the repy to Phil.I may try a new doc.It's been three 21 day cycles and I do feel a little better but still castrated(joke).Would like to try 200mg every 10 days.An asprin every day seems to be helping the red blood cell count.Doc hasn't mentioned donating blood but I will.He did say he wants me to feel good but not too good???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Good on yer, gpatr, I hope you got to check out some high red blood cell postings & suggestions by our recently departed mentor Or Eon. Search archives with keyword " elevated " back into early July. Bruce > Bruce, > Thanks for the concern please read the repy to Phil.I may try a new > doc.It's been three 21 day cycles and I do feel a little better but > still castrated(joke).Would like to try 200mg every 10 days.An asprin > every day seems to be helping the red blood cell count.Doc hasn't > mentioned donating blood but I will.He did say he wants me to feel > good but not too good???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.