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Raising ferritin FAST (a how-to, not a question)
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<blockquote data-quote="realdeal1977" data-source="post: 243068" data-attributes="member: 44888"><p>[USER=43104]@FDV70[/USER] </p><p></p><p>A Reddit poster turned me on to your page and this post after I asked some questions due to recent bloodwork. I read through everything. I am ready to take the plunge. I wanted to make a post to see if you had any additional insights on my situation, and verify some key points. Thanks for taking the time to write up your thoughts. Really great work. </p><p></p><p>Started T Cyp injections about 2 1/2 months ago. Taking 140 mg T weekly plus 1,400 units HCG. No AI as of yet. I am doing daily injections because of low SHBG.</p><p></p><p>T 500</p><p>Free T 170</p><p>SHBG 10</p><p>Hematocrit 46</p><p>Hemoglobin 15</p><p>E2 22</p><p>Iron Total 67 (almost in the red)</p><p>Iron Binding 396</p><p>% Saturation 17</p><p>Ferritin 11 (historically before TRT, 225)</p><p>I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP for the last 5 years</p><p>20 mg T Cyp per day</p><p>200 units of HCG per day</p><p>Losartan daily for HBP</p><p>Famotidine daily due to a Hiatal Hernia</p><p>Had my first kidney stone last month, and have been drinking 1 gallon a day since passing</p><p></p><p>A few items I wanted to clarify based off of your article:</p><p></p><p>- You mentioned not to do IV iron infusion. Before I found your site, I was looking into it. I believe you are saying not to do so because our Hemoglobin isn't crashed also, and doing so would cause liver issues. Correct?</p><p></p><p>- With my ferritin being very low, how many time should I run the protocol to get back closer to the 100 level you stated is hard to get above? How often can I run it? For example, if 4 days it the ideal, can I run that every week for one month? Of is that too much?</p><p></p><p>- I am doing daily pinning because of the lower SHBG, to try to smooth things out and avoiding E2. Would you recommend a different frequency, or does it not matter because of the half life of T Cyp and the level stays relatively consistent if you are doing every day or every other day? Or do you think something like once per week might assist here? I am guessing not because your natural graph shows intraday T level in a young man, and it varied significantly within the day of which none of what I mentioned will help.</p><p></p><p>- Once things are back to "normal", you recommend getting iron through food, mainly meats. I am assuming though that no matter what, bloodwork is essential to monitoring Hematocrit and Ferritin. Seems like it is just one of those things that requires this because there really is no way around it. If Hematocrit is up, you donate. This reduces your Ferritin. After donating, do the protocol to replace the Ferritin. How often would you monitor bloodwork? Monthly?</p><p></p><p>- Would a non T injection / cream protocol reduce all of this? Meaning, if someone was on HCG monotherapy or Enclomiphene only, because the body is producing natural T would this not be an issue? Or does that not matter because either way you will have a different EPO set point, it's just happening in a different way?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="realdeal1977, post: 243068, member: 44888"] [USER=43104]@FDV70[/USER] A Reddit poster turned me on to your page and this post after I asked some questions due to recent bloodwork. I read through everything. I am ready to take the plunge. I wanted to make a post to see if you had any additional insights on my situation, and verify some key points. Thanks for taking the time to write up your thoughts. Really great work. Started T Cyp injections about 2 1/2 months ago. Taking 140 mg T weekly plus 1,400 units HCG. No AI as of yet. I am doing daily injections because of low SHBG. T 500 Free T 170 SHBG 10 Hematocrit 46 Hemoglobin 15 E2 22 Iron Total 67 (almost in the red) Iron Binding 396 % Saturation 17 Ferritin 11 (historically before TRT, 225) I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP for the last 5 years 20 mg T Cyp per day 200 units of HCG per day Losartan daily for HBP Famotidine daily due to a Hiatal Hernia Had my first kidney stone last month, and have been drinking 1 gallon a day since passing A few items I wanted to clarify based off of your article: - You mentioned not to do IV iron infusion. Before I found your site, I was looking into it. I believe you are saying not to do so because our Hemoglobin isn't crashed also, and doing so would cause liver issues. Correct? - With my ferritin being very low, how many time should I run the protocol to get back closer to the 100 level you stated is hard to get above? How often can I run it? For example, if 4 days it the ideal, can I run that every week for one month? Of is that too much? - I am doing daily pinning because of the lower SHBG, to try to smooth things out and avoiding E2. Would you recommend a different frequency, or does it not matter because of the half life of T Cyp and the level stays relatively consistent if you are doing every day or every other day? Or do you think something like once per week might assist here? I am guessing not because your natural graph shows intraday T level in a young man, and it varied significantly within the day of which none of what I mentioned will help. - Once things are back to "normal", you recommend getting iron through food, mainly meats. I am assuming though that no matter what, bloodwork is essential to monitoring Hematocrit and Ferritin. Seems like it is just one of those things that requires this because there really is no way around it. If Hematocrit is up, you donate. This reduces your Ferritin. After donating, do the protocol to replace the Ferritin. How often would you monitor bloodwork? Monthly? - Would a non T injection / cream protocol reduce all of this? Meaning, if someone was on HCG monotherapy or Enclomiphene only, because the body is producing natural T would this not be an issue? Or does that not matter because either way you will have a different EPO set point, it's just happening in a different way? [/QUOTE]
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