Thursday, February 11, 2010

Anemia Part 2

Well I am still very anemic, in fact, more so than before. For those of you with a medical background, my hemoglobin is 8.8 and my hematocrit is 26.4. Hemoglobin is supposed to be at least 11.7 and hematocrit 34.1. I know the numbers don't look that low; but in laboratory results, those are both significantly low. All of this means I will be having a blood transfusion tomorrow. It should last about 3 hours. I am having 2 units transfused. The good news is, this means I should be on track for my treatment Monday. There are also really no side effects with blood transfusions so I should feel just fine. Anyway, just another bump in the road!

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