Hematocrit

[River Rat]

So I have been taking daily injections (14mg) of testosterone cypionate for 3 months and recently had blood work done. My hematocrit is 57 and I donated blood the week before my blood was drawn. Really high, right. At the time of the labs, I was on t only.

Actually, my new dr ran all the tests as I have switched doctors as my previous dr was not running all the tests I deemed nesessary. My new doctors protocol to start is 1 injection of 100 mg of t cypionate per week with an injection of 350 iu of hcg each of the 2 days following the t injection. He also prescribed .5 mg anastrosole per week. To make matters more complex, my estradiol was 42 in mid August but only 9 with the latest tests while I was only on daily cypionate injections. Not sure why it would drop so dramatically while not changing my protocol. I am concerned that adding anastrozole will further decrease my estradiol levels. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[MarkM]

I feel like the hematocrit of 57 is high for 14 mg per day of testosterone cypionate injections. What was your hematocrit when you were doing the once weekly injections. Your total weekly dosage is basically the same under both protocols.

 

[River Rat]

I feel like the hematocrit of 57 is high for 14 mg per day of testosterone cypionate injections. What was your hematocrit when you were doing the once weekly injections. Your total weekly dosage is basically the same under both protocols.

My hematocrit was around 52 while injecting 100 mg 1 time per week. I was on this protocal for a short time as I have low SHBG and thought that more frequent injections would keep estrodial in check.

 

[MarkM]

My hematocrit was around 52 while injecting 100 mg 1 time per week. I was on this protocal for a short time as I have low SHBG and thought that more frequent injections would keep estrodial in check.

So your E2 dropped from 42 to 9 after going to daily injections and taking the 0.5 mg of anastrozole a week?

 

[River Rat]

No. It dropped prior to changing my protocal. It dropped on the daily injections with no change in protocal. Well there was a small change, about a month ago, I reduced my daily injection from 14 mg to 10 mg. Hard to believe that such a small change would decrease estrodial from 42 to 9 and increase hematocrit to 57. I need to follow up with new Dr to see if my current protocal needs revision based on latest test results.

 

[MarkM]

.5 mg per week of anastrozole could drop your estradiol that much.

 

[River Rat]

.5 mg per week of anastrozole could drop your estradiol that much.

Agreed, but I had not started the anastrozole at that time.