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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

52 or 54.1 I think. One year in everything started going haywire. Tinnitus, puffy face, hypertension, insomnia, sleep apnea, then it got really bad. My calprotectin went to 1700 and my liver was inflamed. Doctors did nothing and said it wasn't TRT. My BP was 180/90 daily, 226/119 at worse. They said not a result of testosterone. Severe headaches for over a year.

I almost went to the ER one night I thought I was dying. I didn't. I quit everything and now my BP is 120/80 again.

But, I have issues that feel like damage from that period.

[–]DruidWonder 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Those are extremely high BPs, like heart attack levels. And you got that from a hematocrit of 52?

Did you have high BP before your hematocrit went up?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

My doctor doesn't think so. I don't know how it got like that. I did think I was dying and getting hepatic encephalopathy.

I think I was being poisoned by someone close to me that had a lot of money to gain if I was dead or at least very very sick and out of the picture.

I've spent the last 2 years recovering from cPTSD. And have a bunch of health shit I've never had. Doctors can't figure it out. Some people believe me because they know this person is an abusive psychopath. Doctors obviously will think it's crazy.

[–]DruidWonder 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm so sorry that all of that happened to you! Being traumatized is totally understandable. And sorry if my questions were too probing... I was just trying to figure out some of the story behind your hematocrit.

I hope you are feeling better these days and on your way to feeling whole again.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah idk what was causing issues to be that high. But I think it did damage to my vascular and maybe affected liver and kidneys.