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You tested at ttue trough so your peak TT and more importantly FT will be higher.


Need to be hydrated (fluids/electrolytes) days before going for blood work otherwise when testing hematocrit your resuts can be skewed.


Yes drinking fluids and taking in some sodium pre donation is common but if you are already dehydrated due to not taking in enough fluid/electrolytes well in advance than your results will be skewed!


I stated that you were injecting <100 mg/week just to point out that you are still achieving a very healthy FT injecting less than the common starting dose.


When first starting TTh or tweaking a protocol (increasing dose of T) hematocrit will start rising within the 1st month and can take anywhere from 6-9 months or in some cases up to a year to reach peak levels.


Levels tend to stabilize over time but there are many who still struggle with high levels especially the men caught up on riunning too high a trough/steady-state FT level let alone those who had high-end hematocrit pre-TTh or underlying issues contributing to such.


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