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lnrQuick refresher: tried to give blood 16th Feb Hb 112, told to talk to GP. Normal range is 120-150, blood donor cutoff is 125.
Notified GP on 20th Feb via their web triage form. Text back same day from Dr Clark: she said my results have generally been low 120s for some time, normal in menstruating women, but book a blood test and we'll review.
Blood test booked for 6th March (earliest available date). Text next day from Dr O'Leary - he's reviewed my results and asks me to book a routine telephone appointment. I checked them online and noted my Hb itself was back to borderline normal (120) but Ferritin and one other related number were still low.
Routine telephone appointment was today (18th March), with Dr Manek. We noted the results being borderline normal. She didn't seem to have a record of the 112 from the Blood service, but since I'm not menstruating seems worth investigating other reasons I might be a bit low. Could just be from giving blood regularly, but we're going to do a urine and stool sample to look for anything suspicious there, take a high dose iron supplement for 6 weeks, and then come back for more blood tests: to include coeliac test.
So tomorrow (as well as going to the dentist in town) I need to get to the GP in Shelford to pick up sample kits, and to the chemist to pick up meds.
Note to self: check blood donor records so I have a list of dates when I'm above/below 125.
Notified GP on 20th Feb via their web triage form. Text back same day from Dr Clark: she said my results have generally been low 120s for some time, normal in menstruating women, but book a blood test and we'll review.
Blood test booked for 6th March (earliest available date). Text next day from Dr O'Leary - he's reviewed my results and asks me to book a routine telephone appointment. I checked them online and noted my Hb itself was back to borderline normal (120) but Ferritin and one other related number were still low.
Routine telephone appointment was today (18th March), with Dr Manek. We noted the results being borderline normal. She didn't seem to have a record of the 112 from the Blood service, but since I'm not menstruating seems worth investigating other reasons I might be a bit low. Could just be from giving blood regularly, but we're going to do a urine and stool sample to look for anything suspicious there, take a high dose iron supplement for 6 weeks, and then come back for more blood tests: to include coeliac test.
So tomorrow (as well as going to the dentist in town) I need to get to the GP in Shelford to pick up sample kits, and to the chemist to pick up meds.
Note to self: check blood donor records so I have a list of dates when I'm above/below 125.
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Date: 2024-03-18 08:37 pm (UTC)16 February 2024 - Hb 112
16 June 2023 - too low
4 November 2022 - success
10 June 2022 ?
28 January 2022 ?
3 September 2021 ?
23 April 2021 - success
3 July 2020 - Hb 123
13 March 2020 - success
15 November 2019 - success
5 August 2019 ?
8 March 2019 - Hb 116 "happened to me once years ago"
Earlier successful dates: 18 January 2010, 28 April 2010, 16 December 2014, 28 April 2015, 25 August 2015, 16 December 2015, 17 November 2017.
Given I've never had 3 fails in a row I think 3 September 2021 must have been a success too.
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Date: 2024-03-19 10:32 pm (UTC)- picked up stool and urine sample kits
- returned urine sample kit to GP
- bought orange juice
- collected iron prescription and taken first dose an hour before tea with a glass of orange juice
- had a call from the GP while I was in the shower, followed by a text to say the urine sample shows an infection
so I've got *another* prescription being sent to the chemist to pick up tomorrow!