Hi everyone,
I've had 2 blood donations and I have 1 more to go (they're all a week apart). My hemoglobin was 15.3 g/mL the first week, and 12.3 g/mL the second week which I thought was kind of scary. The second donation did not go well. I had bruising from the first week and it took many tries for about 4 people to finally get the vein and I even have good veins! I could barely move my arm the rest of the day because it hurt so badly and was swollen. It's better now but I have a really nasty bruise. I've been feeling light headed and low energy. I've been trying to drink more and eat more iron rich foods but it doesn't seem to be helping. If I feel this lousy now, how am I going to feel after the third donation on Monday? I can't take iron supplements so that could be why this isn't going so well. If I give another pint of blood and am therefore more weak, how will I recover well from the surgery? Thanks for any input.
Shell
I've had 2 blood donations and I have 1 more to go (they're all a week apart). My hemoglobin was 15.3 g/mL the first week, and 12.3 g/mL the second week which I thought was kind of scary. The second donation did not go well. I had bruising from the first week and it took many tries for about 4 people to finally get the vein and I even have good veins! I could barely move my arm the rest of the day because it hurt so badly and was swollen. It's better now but I have a really nasty bruise. I've been feeling light headed and low energy. I've been trying to drink more and eat more iron rich foods but it doesn't seem to be helping. If I feel this lousy now, how am I going to feel after the third donation on Monday? I can't take iron supplements so that could be why this isn't going so well. If I give another pint of blood and am therefore more weak, how will I recover well from the surgery? Thanks for any input.
Shell
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