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Trans Talk 17w
Y’all my hemoglobin is 17.9 and I can’t donate blood to lower it bc I’m hiv+ I’m scared they’ll make me lower my T dose 😭
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Anonymous 17w

they can’t like just take the blood then throw it away?

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Anonymous 17w

Do they run your tests as male or female?

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Anonymous 17w

Do your T levels look good?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

My dumbass doctor keeps running mine as female, and stuff always comes back as too high or too low :/

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

the male reference interval on my bloodwork is 14 - 17, so OP is def above that (or at least in the top end of the range).

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

They didn’t check but my dose isn’t even that high it’s like .3 and I’ve been on it like 6 years but I’m down to .25 now

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

0.3 of what? Do you have 100 mg/ml or 200?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

200

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

Right? Like come on

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

I looked it up and apparently it could be possible for you to get a prescription for “therapeutic phlebotomy” which is where they just take the blood out for medical reasons, not for donation.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

medieval barbers had something right

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