Donating Blood to Lower High Hematocrit Levels

[Sean Mosher]

Is there a need to schedule your blood donations around when you normally inject testosterone each week?
Would it make sense to donate the day before, or even a few hours before you inject?
Just curious whether or not the timing of your donation impacts or has any effect on when you inject testosterone each week.
Thanks!

 

[Vince Carter]

I shoot everyother day, if I donate on injection day, I inject after donation otherwise its kid of moot for me. If I was shooting 2x a week I probably wouldn't donate the day or two after injection, I'd schedule it for my trough day.

 

[Vince]

When donating blood, I don't think timing is a problem. You inject in the muscle or fat, not blood. But when I donate, I do donate on my injection day before I inject, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Sean Mosher]

That was going to be my plan as well.
Thanks!

 

[Vince Carter]

When donating blood, I don't think timing is a problem. You inject in the muscle or fat, not blood. But when I donate, I do donate on my injection day before I inject, just to be on the safe side.

It's not an IV injection but it's in your blood, that cannot be disputed. Thus injecting and having high blood levels(!) and then donating might seem to be contradictory. I think we agree that donating before you inject is likely the best policy.

 

[Vince]

It's not an IV injection but it's in your blood, that cannot be disputed. Thus injecting and having high blood levels(!) and then donating might seem to be contradictory. I think we agree that donating before you inject is likely the best policy.

Yeah...there is a small amount of testosterone circulated by your blood that will be lost in your donation, but I doubt it is significant over the 8 weeks minimum between donations. I schedule a blood donation the day I inject but before I inject.

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Just keep in mind the important info in these two posts:

balancing low ferritin levels and frequent donation.

Warning about frequent blood donations used to decrease hematocrit.