I am O neg and use to give all the time. Now on blood thinner and I can’t give any longer unless I go off the thinner for week.
To boot, they tell me I have too much iron in blood and may have to be bled to reduce the iron! I live in mtns and apparently O2 is thin, thus I don’t get enough O2 and for some reason this makes me have too much iron.
I am so thankful that we can get people in Mexico to help with platelets. I pray that you get the blood/plasma you need.
Thank you ! I understand the extra iron. I have that issue from the build up from so many prior transfusions. I’m not at the point of needing to have blood removed - yet. When I learned that was the treatment, I was shocked tho. Who would have thought. I hope you’re doing ok. Are both your hemoglobin and hemocrit elevated or just ferritin ?
“ I have too much iron in blood and may have to be bled to reduce the iron”
I too have that issue! When the doc told me I asked about having my wife bleed me out a pint or two every two months or maybe order some leeches!