joetown2001
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I got my first full lab work done in almost 6 months, and got the results back today. For almost 7 weeks before these labs, I lowered my weekly dose from 100mg, to 84. I inject three times a week. This blood draw was done at a 49 hour trough after my last injection. You can see my total T has dropped, but it’s still good, the same with my free T. Since you’re dropping the dosage, I feel better, my mood is much better and I haven’t lost any strength in the gym or muscle mass. Actually feel a little leaner over the past month and a half or so.
Some of you chimed in on another thread I have going about my blood pressure and my struggle with medication right now. My BP shot up in August after I had contracted Covid. However, I suspected that my hematocrit was getting high, and was the main factor behind my rising blood pressure in November. I had a CBC draw done, but I feel like it’s not accurate because it was done in the late afternoon and I’ve been drinking a lot of water that day. On Friday when I had my blood drawn, I drank 20 ounces of water in the morning before I had my 830 labs done.
I know some of you are against giving blood and less absolutely necessary due to iron depletion, but I’m going to go give blood tomorrow afternoon. I scheduled an appointment with one blood before a huge snowstorm hits here in North Carolina and shuts everything down this weekend.
I’ve loved this site for giving me feedback, and people in the same or similar situations to bounce thoughts off of. I am currently on 40 mg of Telmisartan, but my dosages have been going up and down as me and my doctor have been trying to find a dosage that will control my BP. After I donate, I want to see what my BP will be without any medication in me. Also, the BP medicine has affected my erection quality and libido, even while taking 5 mg of daily Cialis and 6 mg of citrulline a day. I have been on TRT since the beginning of May, and I gave blood on Father’s Day weekend due to rising BP, and a hematocrit that was at 48.7 before I started therapy.
Would love to hear some of your guys’s thoughts and feedback, as I want to keep my dosage where it’s at right now because I feel a lot better. I just wanna get my BP under control possibly without meds, and get my libido and erection issues stabilized.
Some of you chimed in on another thread I have going about my blood pressure and my struggle with medication right now. My BP shot up in August after I had contracted Covid. However, I suspected that my hematocrit was getting high, and was the main factor behind my rising blood pressure in November. I had a CBC draw done, but I feel like it’s not accurate because it was done in the late afternoon and I’ve been drinking a lot of water that day. On Friday when I had my blood drawn, I drank 20 ounces of water in the morning before I had my 830 labs done.
I know some of you are against giving blood and less absolutely necessary due to iron depletion, but I’m going to go give blood tomorrow afternoon. I scheduled an appointment with one blood before a huge snowstorm hits here in North Carolina and shuts everything down this weekend.
I’ve loved this site for giving me feedback, and people in the same or similar situations to bounce thoughts off of. I am currently on 40 mg of Telmisartan, but my dosages have been going up and down as me and my doctor have been trying to find a dosage that will control my BP. After I donate, I want to see what my BP will be without any medication in me. Also, the BP medicine has affected my erection quality and libido, even while taking 5 mg of daily Cialis and 6 mg of citrulline a day. I have been on TRT since the beginning of May, and I gave blood on Father’s Day weekend due to rising BP, and a hematocrit that was at 48.7 before I started therapy.
Would love to hear some of your guys’s thoughts and feedback, as I want to keep my dosage where it’s at right now because I feel a lot better. I just wanna get my BP under control possibly without meds, and get my libido and erection issues stabilized.
