Wanted to ask here as my doctor says everything is alright but i do not feel well. i had pnemonia 3 months ago however my aerobic capacity is worse now then when i started training 4 weeks post exiting hospital. It seems like it is slowly deteriorating despite me maintaining my strength in the gym.
i feel like dying after heavy sets and my blood pressure is lowish even after training (110/60 1 hour post workout).
i feel like dying and sick after heavier sets and it seems like it is slowly getting worse, heart rate doesnt drop under 120 throughout the workout and overally my heart rate is up even if i do light activity like walking.
resting heart rate is normal as usual.
however spo2 seems normal even during exercise (96-98%).
my heart rate is unusually high during exercise. I have been training for 6 years and never felt like this. I feel like i am exercising at 10000 feet. i simply cant catch my breath.
i came off self prescribed TRT 3 months ago (100mg testosterone per week, 500 iu hcg 2x per week)
Also want to add that on trt my hematocrit hovered around 49%, naturally without exogenpus test it is 47%. Why is it staying this high now i dont know but i am pissed.
Had bloodwork done today
hematocrit 51.5% (41.5- 53)
hemoglobin 172 g/l (135-175)
mcv 90,3 (83-97)
mchc 336 (320-345)
platelets 180 (150-400)
iron 21 (11-32)
tibc 59 (49-72)
uibc 38 (25-54)
ferritin 45 (20-250)
i am confused. Iron is normal but ferritin seems lowish, perhaps explaining my fatigue and shortness of breath and extreme fatigue during exercise.
my doctor is useless, she writes everything off as normal. When i had pneumonia, she said i have a minor throat infection. 48 hours later i was hospitalized with resting spo2 of 89% and almost put on oxygen, iv'ed with 2 different antibiotics for progressive, potentially daedly pneumonia (doctor in the hospital was genuinely scared i was going to die).
So what do you think? Should i start supplementing with iron to get my ferritin up, to at least 80-100? Maybe that will relieve some of my fatigue and shortness of breath.
Ferritin was 60 (20-250) 3 months ago just as i was coming off trt.
Is the unusually high hemoglobin production depleting ferritin stores?
I dont remember having hematocrit this high consistently,
Appreciate your input.
i feel like dying after heavy sets and my blood pressure is lowish even after training (110/60 1 hour post workout).
i feel like dying and sick after heavier sets and it seems like it is slowly getting worse, heart rate doesnt drop under 120 throughout the workout and overally my heart rate is up even if i do light activity like walking.
resting heart rate is normal as usual.
however spo2 seems normal even during exercise (96-98%).
my heart rate is unusually high during exercise. I have been training for 6 years and never felt like this. I feel like i am exercising at 10000 feet. i simply cant catch my breath.
i came off self prescribed TRT 3 months ago (100mg testosterone per week, 500 iu hcg 2x per week)
Also want to add that on trt my hematocrit hovered around 49%, naturally without exogenpus test it is 47%. Why is it staying this high now i dont know but i am pissed.
Had bloodwork done today
hematocrit 51.5% (41.5- 53)
hemoglobin 172 g/l (135-175)
mcv 90,3 (83-97)
mchc 336 (320-345)
platelets 180 (150-400)
iron 21 (11-32)
tibc 59 (49-72)
uibc 38 (25-54)
ferritin 45 (20-250)
i am confused. Iron is normal but ferritin seems lowish, perhaps explaining my fatigue and shortness of breath and extreme fatigue during exercise.
my doctor is useless, she writes everything off as normal. When i had pneumonia, she said i have a minor throat infection. 48 hours later i was hospitalized with resting spo2 of 89% and almost put on oxygen, iv'ed with 2 different antibiotics for progressive, potentially daedly pneumonia (doctor in the hospital was genuinely scared i was going to die).
So what do you think? Should i start supplementing with iron to get my ferritin up, to at least 80-100? Maybe that will relieve some of my fatigue and shortness of breath.
Ferritin was 60 (20-250) 3 months ago just as i was coming off trt.
Is the unusually high hemoglobin production depleting ferritin stores?
I dont remember having hematocrit this high consistently,
Appreciate your input.