iron woman
On the spur of the moment I went to give blood yesterday afternoon - something I've been meaning to do for ages, especially now that I walk past the donor centre nearly every day. But it didn't go terribly well. On the first test they suspected my iron was too low, then they checked with another test requiring a bigger sample from my arm, then the first arm didn't work so they went for my other arm instead. Yukky eh. So my iron was too low and my veins were too narrow, and then I fainted once I got my cuppy tea, so all in all, I spent the rest of the night feeling very groggy and contemplating starting a whole new broccoli diet to get those iron levels up. Hmm. We shall see.
posted by cath at
11:14 am
3 Comments:
waahh!! *anything* but the broccoli - surely there's some other way? anyway, you are such a hero and you deserve an enormous hug for you braveness! ((big hug))
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Anonymous, at 6:32 pm
Hmm, well one option would be more of the fine products from Charley Barley of course :) and if all else fails i've been suggested to take iron tablets, even tho they're meant to taste disgusting.
And the final horror of the evening which I forgot to mention was that it nearly made me miss buying the Grauniad that day 8-O
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cath, at 10:38 pm
now THAT would have been disastrous. i've heard that bananas are a good source of iron but i'm not sure if it's true or not. hope you've recovered from your ordeal :)
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