Yup, my hemoglobin took a nose dive. It went from 124 (or 12.4) to 102 (or 10.2). It most certainly explains my extreme fatigue, especially for the past few weeks. Yesterday, while on the way ...
The very last day of school is August 14th. Then…3 glorious, well deserved and well needed weeks of rest. I have to force myself out of bed these past few days. I’m hoping my hemoglobin ...
So another 2 lonnnng schoolvdays are gone and I couldn’t be more glad! Once again, so far, so good. While at school today, my nurse called me about my blood work. It was all incomplete! ...
…but I don’t think I’m pulling off any 86% marks on this one. I completely blanked out on some of those questions. It’s the short answer questions…those are the ones that I’m most likely to ...
Today was clinic appointment day at the hospital. I headed downtown by bus and subway with my million pound backpack. I forgot how heavy textbooks are. I also admit that I’m pretty spoiled. For the ...
Today was orientation day for school. On any other day, considering the atmosphere of this orientation, I’d have met tons of new people. Unfortunately, a lack of voice is not the best thing when you’re ...
Today was my second night doing dialysis at home. Everything went pretty smoothly…no unsightly alarms today. I made sure I was well prepared with my prefilled saline syringes and my recirculator and such. I guess ...
As with many other people with Lupus, my hemoglobin has always been a problem. Lupus with chronic kidney failure doesn’t help either. While anemia has always been present in my earlier Lupus days, it has ...