Recent content by infuriatedrain

Yeah that confuses me too.... I've been struggling with something similar, myself (very very low Ferritin but normal Iron, have never donated). I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on anatomy and physiology since I'm a nurse, but this concept still throws me for a loop.

Yeah I have a follow up appointment to check them again in a few weeks so... we shall see. I'll certainly post my updates and continue the Ferrous Sulfate in the meantime

Nelson, I GREATLY appreciate you looking into this matter for me. This has shed more insight on the matter far more than the last 3 doctors I have been to have. Were it not for me having persistent fatigue and headaches, I wouldn't even worry about it. However, I just don't feel nearly as well...

I will be decreasing to 20 per day in light of these new labs. I never had issues before.

Nelson-

I was trying to edit my last post and it got deleted for some reason.... So just following up on this as I just got another set of labs done last week. Ferritin - 19 (20-345) Total Iron - 64 (50-180) Iron Binding Capacity - 352 (250-425) Iron Saturation % - 18% (15-60) Rbc - 5.89 (4.2-5.8)...

Sorry I forgot to mention that I am now doing daily injections at 26mg per day. Apparently I require quite a bit less when doing daily injections. When I was doing the MWF schedule, my HCT never went over 48%

Since late August of this year. My HCT has always hung out between 46-48% and with my Ferritin already so low I'm afraid to donate =/

I've actually never donated blood beforr.

Well here are my labs after being on this protocol for a month. Looks like I may need to back off a little on my daily amount. I also checked a few other things which I will include below - abnormal results will be in bold: RBC 5.89 (4.2-5.8) Hgb 16.9 (13.2-17.1) Hct 50.4 (38-50) Total...

That's great to hear man. I just started on this protocol, as well. I also noticed that around the 2nd week I felt like dog crap - worse than before I started TRT.

Hey brother - just checking in to see how things are going with the daily injections. I just did this recently, myself, so I'm curious to see how others are doing with it.

Vince and CoastWatcher - you guys are the reason why I am giving this a try!

I wouldn't say that I feel great, per se.... just better than I did before treatment. And if it doesn't work out for me, I'll just switch back. I'm willing to experiment around to see what works best for me.

These are my most recent labs with the aforementioned protocol. Pretty happy with the results, minus the Estradiol creeping up.