My blood bank refuses to take my blood donations

[BizMarkie1000]

I am on TRT (Testosterone Replacement).

However, for too long my Red Cross Blood Bank has randomly stopped letting me donate. WTF?

Was I too honest on their screening questionnaire? Should I have lied and said NO when they asked if I use injectable hormones? Was my honesty such a brutal sin?

Has anyone found a way around this (besides going to a hematologist?)

 

[Serotonin101]

Yep you got yourself on the deferral list with red cross. Find another organization to donate to if able. If not, have your PCP/GP complete a script for therapeutic phlebotomy for you. I have standing orders for therapeutics for a year at a time with up to monthly donations as long as my hgb is over 11 (that's what my order is for). I keep myself around the 18-19 range by doing so.