Bloodwork during cruise, can anyone help?

[nullandvoid]

You are well on your way to anemia. Start supplementing Iron now. Ferrex-150 works great for me and keeps me out of the hole. It's also cheap. If you haven't been donating (and you said you haven't), you might want to get this addressed by a doctor. My problems were strictly from donating.

 

[KOArtist]

You are well on your way to anemia. Start supplementing Iron now. Ferrex-150 works great for me and keeps me out of the hole. It's also cheap. If you haven't been donating (and you said you haven't), you might want to get this addressed by a doctor. My problems were strictly from donating.

No donating here, and been chomping down iron supps for months. I’ll probably triple it up now.

 

[nullandvoid]

I had the same problem with iron supplements. I took heme-iron (ProFerrin ES at max dose) for years and only kept my head above water. I also tried every other form I could find, but there was something different about the Ferrex it just works for me. I was getting to the point where I was looking into doing my own infusions.

 

[Jin23]

Well, got some new labs, and this time CRP was included, and apparently I’m good on that? Further fucking stumped now, gawdamnit! Ha

Are you still on cycle? And have you upped the dose/started taking an iron supp, if so, what kind?

Did you ever test for EPO by any chance? It's interesting, because on cycle, even if iron is somewhat low, people still have normal-high hemoglobin - hematocrit ...

You are clearly heading towards iron deficient anemia and it would be smart to get off cycle and on trt until this is resolved as besides iron deficiency, you also have a slight immune response to the gear you are taking which is probably the cause of your low iron status. CRP isn't the end all be all marker for inflammation. As you can see, you have an immune response but your crp is still low and seeing how neutrophils are high, it's suggesting something bacterial. Either way, stop the gear.

Other considerations: low stomach acid, gut issues like inflammation due to something like celiac, etc. And it could be multifactorial, immune response coupled with bad iron absorption and some other genetic variables pertaining to iron utilization, erythropoiesis, etc. Either way, your goal should be to get your wbc's down to a normal level, ie. 5 - 7 and ofc, normal neutrophils. When you reach that, stay there for some time and reassess.

 

[KOArtist]

Yep, was still running roughly the same lineup. It’s odd how my ferritin and serum iron always seem to flip, with one low and the other total trash. Gut is all good these days, I don’t suspect anything there, no ppi’s for years. Are there any things that would make me not absorb iron? Would Reta or gh interfere with anything? Thank you brother, I appreciate your insights

Currently taking a Proferrin heme iron and a 36mg Nutricost iron chelate both morning and night. Can’t believe my levels even after chomping all this shit down lately!

 

[KOArtist]

You are well on your way to anemia. Start supplementing Iron now. Ferrex-150 works great for me and keeps me out of the hole. It's also cheap. If you haven't been donating (and you said you haven't), you might want to get this addressed by a doctor. My problems were strictly from donating.

Buying now, thanks. Do you only eat one per day?

 

[nullandvoid]

Buying now, thanks. Do you only eat one per day?

I take one with every meal. Package actually says only two a day, but I live dangerously. Have used it for over a year now and finally just a few months ago, all of my blood markers are good. Ferritin still a tad low but coming up over this very long term. Obviously keep up on your labs. This is going to take you a while to dig out of the hole.

 

[Jesintn]

Do steroids that cause a lot of inflammation (say on the scale of 1-10, its a five ) cause infections, and have caused those lab results?

 

[Jin23]

Yep, was still running roughly the same lineup. It’s odd how my ferritin and serum iron always seem to flip, with one low and the other total trash. Gut is all good these days, I don’t suspect anything there, no ppi’s for years. Are there any things that would make me not absorb iron? Would Reta or gh interfere with anything? Thank you brother, I appreciate your insights

Currently taking a Proferrin heme iron and a 36mg Nutricost iron chelate both morning and night. Can’t believe my levels even after chomping all this shit down lately!

I've seen some reports from glp's and low iron but that is most likely due to insane low calories these civilians are eating and not via some mechanism inherent to glp's. And gh, if anything, lowers hepcidin, so that would increase serum iron levels.

As I said, you need to find out which gear is causing that immune response and throw it in the can. I see you're resisting the idea of getting off, but it's really what you need to do - or buy new gear and switch it out ...

 

[Jesintn]

If it is the gear youre Iming causing infections , you could try sub q ing it and see how it pans out, expirementing.

I dont know if Im allowed to disclose the companies that gave me the worst infections, (gh that was cloudy and gave welts as well) but high dosed 500/600 mgd per ml hurt the most and literaly was just about handicapped over christmas. This is no jke , serious , and your body is fighting these infections, wearing you down, so if you do get another infection , it wont fight it as good.

I dislike wasting $ too so Ive tried sub q ing the stuff thats given me some issues (one shot its been fine, next shot three, four days later, infected, have to fricton massage the knot out) so its or or miss. Other gear its every effing time , even at 0.10 mls intra muscular. Then , an idea is to try sub qing this, if $ is concern.

Been on trt (and cycles) for twelve years now, and even pfizer pharm test cyp gave me welps sub qed. Been sub qing since 2017, in between cycles (dont anymore really , prefer to do im) and the welts eventually would go away . Do I think think gear was bad at the time? No , never had a reason too. If youre currently feeling run down and ill, and of course labs show possible infection, then for sure trash it, even if the money spent on it, vanishes.

 

[KOArtist]

Yeah, I’ve been all subq for years now too

 

[KOArtist]

Some updated and more comprehensive numbers, if anyone can help further? Thanks, you guys rule! My doc, on the other hand, haha…didn’t even check my ferritin this time, good lawd

 

[HUGE McBIGLARGE]

Some updated and more comprehensive numbers, if anyone can help further? Thanks, you guys rule! My doc, on the other hand, haha…didn’t even check my ferritin this time, good lawd

Could try psyllium husk to get the triglycerides down. Could also help with any gut issues you may have.

My mum usually reacts poorly to every drug or supplement I make her take, but she’s been very happy with psyllium husk. She actually takes more of it than she should because she likes how it stops her being hungry lol. I suggested it to her as her triglycerides were high, also.

It probably won’t make a massive difference for you, but it’s good for you anyway, it’s cheap, and it’s palatable if you put it in a smoothie.

 

[Grey Spartan]

Other considerations: low stomach acid, gut issues like inflammation due to something like celiac, etc.

This is the first thing that popped into my tiny brain. I would take this advice moving forward.

Always do bloods when adding in a new compound. You must go one by one, unless you're already experienced with the batch you want to use. It's tedious, but really, it's the only way in which you wont chase your own tail.

The first thing I would do, would be to quit cold turkey for a minimum 2 weeks. Then do only enough Test to keep you around 800 ng/dl. After 6 weeks like that, do blood work. If no improvement, fast for 36 hours and then only eat meat for 4 weeks, retest.

Also, quit the subQ. Twice a week Shallow IM in delts or deep IM glute.

 

[Eddie.]

It seems you're anemic, insulin resistant with impaired kidney function. Have you done a cystatin c? If no, now it's the time. If i was you, triglycerides would be the least of my concerns.

Also, quit the subQ. Twice a week Shallow IM in delts or deep IM glute.

Why?

 

[Jin23]

Some updated and more comprehensive numbers, if anyone can help further? Thanks, you guys rule! My doc, on the other hand, haha…didn’t even check my ferritin this time, good lawd

Get off the gear.

 

[KOArtist]

It seems you're anemic, insulin resistant with impaired kidney function. Have you done a cystatin c? If no, now it's the time. If i was you, triglycerides would be the least of my concerns.



Why?

Definitely anemic, and megadosing iron supps isn’t doing jack, that’s my main concern.

Fasting glucose wasn’t helped by my night before bolus though, I was off everything for a week in Europe, so had to hit it when I got home the night before. Should’ve rescheduled but whatever, got plenty more to figure out I guess with more testing soon.

 

[Jesintn]

Some updated and more comprehensive numbers, if anyone can help further? Thanks, you guys rule! My doc, on the other hand, haha…didn’t even check my ferritin this time, good lawd

Kidney function isnt too high, The numbers, on the cases, Ive heard of being way, way higher for people that have had real bad kidney issues. Mike Morris recent interview comes to mind, on Ron Harris's youtube channell.

 

[KOArtist]

Should’ve seen my gfr numbers when I was still getting sauced every weekend. Probably can thank astragalus and Dante Trudel for that not being way worse

 

[DECLAN]

Should’ve seen my gfr numbers when I was still getting sauced every weekend. Probably can thank astragalus and Dante Trudel for that not being way worse

Did you get a urinalysis, checked uacr? I also have same numbers as you but a micro amount of albumin that doc asked for retest and evaluate.

What’s your previous numbers?