{"id":1461,"date":"2011-09-09T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2011-09-09T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T03:45:05","slug":"bloodword-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/bloodword-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodwork Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright so I just got back from the primary doctor. Today was my follow-up for the physical two weeks ago and to get the bloodwork results as well.<\/p>\n

First, blood pressure: 110\/60<\/b>! Holy crap that’s awesome. Hasn’t been this low in a long time. My bp meds are clearly working!!<\/p>\n

Second, everything basically was pretty good. My cholesterol is fine, my thyroid panel was good, my kidneys and liver are fine. For a girl full of tumors, I’m pretty healthy.<\/p>\n

The only bad news: I’m anemic again. My hemoglobin was 10.5<\/b> and should be about 12. I also had them do a ferritin level (this is the stored iron in your body) and it was 7<\/b> and should be a minimum of 13.<\/p>\n

Very long time readers might remember my battles with anemia. I don’t absorb iron properly. And I can’t take iron supplements as they make me violently<\/i> ill. This led to years of chronic anemia. (Exasperated by my very heavy periods.) I got on the Pill and found a hematologist who gave iron via IV. (I had it 5 times a week for 3 weeks.) That basically “cured” the problem. It was a like a car without gas and now I had a full tank. He warned me though, that because of my absorption issues, I would probably eventually run through the stores. Could be a year, could be ten. Well, looks like I’m starting to use up my supply again. So they gave me a referral for a hematologist to follow-up with and see if we can’t do the same thing again as last time.<\/p>\n

I’ve called the hematologist office and they will call me back to schedule an appointment when they get the records. Hopefully, I can get that going quickly. But it depends on when my surgery winds up being. (Which NO, I still haven’t heard back.)<\/p>\n

I also got a flu shot today. My first actually. It made sense because I have upcoming surgery and I’m in-and-out of a lot of doctor’s offices right now and the LAST thing I need is the flu with surgery. Right now, my damned arm aches. Holy crap. Hopefully that’s the extent of the side effects.<\/p>\n

Here’s the lab results for anyone interested. Click for larger.
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So, all-in-all not bad.<\/p>\n

Waiting to hear back on surgery. And waiting to hear back for anemia. But as of right now, that’s all my current and outstanding doctor’s appointments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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