Poll: Blood Transfusions

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I go every 2 weeks. 

Every 3 weeks...

You should of make a section for the people that don't have Thal.  So we could vote... i am also interested to see who gets what.. 

You should of make a section for the people that don't have Thal.  So we could vote... i am also interested to see who gets what.. 

People without Thal don't usually get blood transfusions.   

 

People without Thal don't usually get blood transfusions.   

 

Ugh.

I meant make a poll option for the people that don't have thal.  So we can vote up there and see the results.  I can't see the results unless i vote.  Understand?? 

Ohhh!  I'll turn that on then (where you can see the results if you don't vote).  Sorry.   

Ok, now you should be able to see it.   

I still don't see it... can we get an admin that knows what she is doing please...  :D jk

I see it now.. 

I see it now.. 

Nice, blame me for your own stupidity!  I told you I fixed it!   

 

I go every month, but at the way things are going, I might have to go more often. My pre-transfusion Hb, at it's best is about 9. I know it's probably way lower than any of you would accept. I feel find at 9 so I let it be.

Actually, I would love to have a 9 for my pretransfusion HgB.  Except for recently, I had been going in with a 7 or 8 HbG after only 2 weeks, and I was getting two units each time.  I don't know what's going on with my body recently, but my HbG has been higher, but I was in the 7's and 8's for years.  I don't think a 9 is bad at all, especially after a whole month.  That's awesome! 

Are you a Major, Eponine?

My pre-transfusion Hb, at it's best is about 9. I know it's probably way lower than any of you would accept. I feel find at 9 so I let it be.

Not necessarily,  mine usually hovers between 8 and 9.5, too .... but, it is trade-off between the extra iron and some tiredness.
It's also got to do with body weight and I have put on some weight in the last few years, which has increased my "consumption" of blood. But, so far, I have resisted my doctor's advice of increasing the transfusion regime ... I go abt once in 15 days.

I don't know what's going on with my body recently, but my HbG has been higher, but I was in the 7's and 8's for years.

Do you have your spleen? If yes, is it enlarged? If yes, then you have probable cause right out there. The spleen is eating up your RBCs.

Yes, I still have my spleen, and its enlarged.  However, the past few months, my HgB has been higher than normal, which is odd to me.  I haven't had a pre-transfusion HgB of 10.5 since I was in my teens, and that is what I went in with last week.   

I have been seeing doctors about my spleen, and we've been talking about removing it, but I want to make sure it's really necessary before its done.