So, I found out I have this genetic disorder called hemochromatosis. It basically means I have too much iron in my blood. Normal level is from 20-200, I had 720.
So, what they are going to do is take a pint of blood from my body every week for possibly the next year. Yeah, year.
They started right away, so yesterday, I gave my first pint.
It wasn't fun. I almost passed out twice. I don't give out my blood well, apparently. I was very nauseated afterwards. What should have taken 10 minutes took over an hour. The nurse told me to expect this every time. Great.
Then, today, I had to get an MRI. Now, my wife and daughter have both had these before, and it wasn't the worst experience of my life, but it wasn't the greatest either. I had to lay totally still for almost an hour and my arm was killing me at the end.
Anyway, enough whining. Guess its just a fact of my life now.
So, what they are going to do is take a pint of blood from my body every week for possibly the next year. Yeah, year.
They started right away, so yesterday, I gave my first pint.
It wasn't fun. I almost passed out twice. I don't give out my blood well, apparently. I was very nauseated afterwards. What should have taken 10 minutes took over an hour. The nurse told me to expect this every time. Great.
Then, today, I had to get an MRI. Now, my wife and daughter have both had these before, and it wasn't the worst experience of my life, but it wasn't the greatest either. I had to lay totally still for almost an hour and my arm was killing me at the end.
Anyway, enough whining. Guess its just a fact of my life now.
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