[cherry]

my older brother has hemochromatosis and had to "bleed" a lot more than every two months....

people talk about anemia but actually too much iron is a far more common ailment and can lead to liver disease, minimally...

[yawningotter]

I had to get drained weekly to get my ferritin levels down to the normal range. Now I donate and don’t mention hemachromatosis, which dates back to the days when many blood banks didn’t take it for no good reason.