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TAH - My Story...Anemia...Don't Mess Around

TAH - My Story...Anemia...Don't Mess Around

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WHEN I WAS 16 I WAS TOLD I WAS ANEMIC... OK WELL I WILL TAKE IRON... I HAD HEAVY PERIODS THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL.. WENT TO DR ON A REGULAR BASIS, EVERYTHING NORMAL.. I GET MAARRIED AT 26 AND I HAVE 1ST CHILD AT 30... PERIODS EXTREMELY HEAVY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF BABY. HAD ANOTHER BABY AT 33.. PERIODS STILL HEAVY.. WASNT ON PILL NO BIRTH CONTROL GOT PREGNANT WITH TWINS AT AGE 36 I MISCARRIED THEM 2 WEEKS APART. SO I ACTUALLY HAD 2 SEPERATE MISCARRIAGES.I BLED FOR 38 DAYS HAD A DNC... STILL ANEMIC AND TOOK IRON ON A REGULAR BASIS.. DIDNT GO TO THE DR AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD.. I WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME.. THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I WORKED 40 HR WEEK AND TOOK CARE OF 2 KIDS..SO I QUIT WORK.. STILL TIRED, FAINTED A COUPLE OF TIMES NO BIGGIE ..JUST TIRED... WELL LAST OCTOBER I WAS WAY TOO TIRED I WAS 39 AND FELT 100 I WENT IN AND WAS TOLD MY HEMOGLOBIN WAS 6.. VERY LOW SHOULD HAVE BEEN 14-16 .. WAS GIVEN MORE IRON FOR 6 MONTHS. I TOOK IT OFF AND ON WHEN I WAS TIRED I WOULD TAKE IT.. WELL IT ALL CAUGHT UP WITH ME IN MARCH.. I WENT TO THE DR BECAUSE I COULDNT BREATH AND MY HEART WAS BEATING LIKE A DRUM I HAD TO REST JUST TO WALK UP THE STAIRS. MY HEMOGLOBIN WAS A 4. I WAS RUSHED TO THE ER AND GIVEN A BLOOD TRANSFUSION... 2 UNITS..... NEXT DAY WENT TO THE OB/GYN HE SAID YOU NEED A HYSTERECTOMY AND SOON..HE DIDNT WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PERIOD AND DEPLETE ALL THAT THEY HAD GIVEN ME.. I WAS BLEEDING 14-20 DAYS A MONTH.. VERY HEAVY. I WAS SCHEDULED 1 WEEK LATER.. MY BLOOD COUNT WAS UP TO 8 I FELT GREAT.. THE SURGERY WENT WELL BUT I HAD TO HAVE 3 MORE UNITS OF BLOOD.. THIS WAS JUST TO BRING IT UP HIGH ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RELEASE ME AND FOR ME TO FUNCTION... WELL I AM 3 WEEKS POST OP AND I HAVE MORE ENERGY THAN I HAD HAD IN YEARS..I HAVE TO WAIT 1 MONTH BEFORE THEY WILL DO ANOTHER BLOOD TEST CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT IS, LADIES IF YOU ARE ANEMIC BECAUSE OF YOUR PERIOD.. TAKE YOUR IRON.. AND SERIOUSLY TALK TO YOUR DR ABOUT A TAH.. IT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE DONE SINCE I MARRIED....LOVE TO YOU ALL AND MANY PRAYERS... KAT

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