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To: yawningotter
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...

763 posted on 09/26/2021 1:30:34 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

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.


873 posted on 09/26/2021 6:45:05 PM PDT by yawningotter
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