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Not much to report
Thu Feb 05 2009

Saw the surgeon today. We're still looking to reverse the colonoscopy. Toward the end of April, probably; after Passover. He didn't think I wanted to be in the hospital during that time, and I agreed. However, I'm not looking forward to Pesach-cleaning the kitchen especially, and the rest of the house.

I'm still anemic. Been a problem ever since puberty, but I must get the hemoglobin count up before surgery, because there'll be blood loss and the CBC will take a tumble. Again.

CT scan says there's no hernia. Nothing wrong inside.  Doctor can't figure why I hurt/ache. All I can say is: I hurt.

Will see him again the middle of March. Have another CBC done, and if I'm still anemic, I guess we'll have to find another way to get the hemoglobin up.  Eat liver?  Not in this lifetime!!!!


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6 Comments
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2009
    Ewwwwwwwwww. Liver! Yuck!
    I'm taking iron pills for mine. Can you?
    You probably are. Maybe?
    Sometimes not much to report is a good thing.
    Big Hugs, Tiggs
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2009
    How about spinach?

    :-)

  • From:
    Camomille (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2009
    I take an iron supplement as I am slightly anemic also. They are a little expensive . . . the good ones don't wreak as much havoc with your digestive system.
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2009
    Sunny is in the first picture on the other side of the creek. Sunny plays in the creek. Ben plays on the shore.

    The soup turned out great.

    I'm having a sudden craving for barley. We just had it with beef the other night...

    Winter food.
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 06 2009
    It bothers me that the doc can't give you a reason for all that pain...

    You aren't planning to cook the holiday meal are you.. i mean Chaya... with all that pain.
    Let others help you.. please!!!

    Also....hemoglobin low - can you take iron with daily vitamin??
    There are two different types of digestible iron in foods. Heme iron (in addition to vitamin B12) is found in seafood, poultry and red meat and non heme iron is found in breakfast cereals, legumes, nuts, and eggs. Heme iron is the easiest iron for the body to absorb. Eating foods that are high in heme iron can help with absorption of non heme iron. In addition, eating foods high in vitamin C can help improve absorption of non heme iron. An example of this would be to drink a glass of orange juice with your whole grain breakfast cereal.


  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Feb 08 2009
    I don't suppose you could go on a temporary vacation from vegitarianism, and have a steak every night for dinner for a while?

    Lots of spinach, oatmeal with iron rich fruits added to it.

    There are all kinds of yummy options for beefing up your hemoglobin and red cell count between now and then.
    Alli