Went back to the hematologist for a check up. He told me the results of the lab I'd had six weeks ago-- basically, I was walking around with no and I mean NO iron in my blood. Of one of the counts, he said the upper end of normal was 200; I was at 4. I thought I heard him wrong, so I made him repeat it and he said, "Yes, FOUR."

And then on another one of the counts he said, "On this one, you were only marginally better, registering at 4% of normal."

On the upside it would make me really unattractive to vampires?

But I told him I was feeling MUCH better since I'd begun taking the iron which he definitely took as a positive. I had more blood drawn today and we'll see what that shows. Another blood draw and appt. in six weeks and hopefully, we'll be done, provided today's blood draw doesn't show anything funky.

Sheesh-- who knew?

The only thing that could have been better would have been Depp dressing up in an on-purpose-crappy Captain Jack Sparrow costume. "Oh yeah, right. Sure, HE thinks he's Johnny Depp. Poser."

Lots of iron~ma!

Barb, my mom went through misery with low CBC, and of all the treatments she got this year, she said that the shots she got to raise her hematocrits was the most effective.

4!?! Wow. Hope there is no further funkiness and the iron continues to make you feel fine.

The only thing that could have been better would have been Depp dressing up in an on-purpose-crappy Captain Jack Sparrow costume. "Oh yeah, right. Sure, HE thinks he's Johnny Depp. Poser."

Hah!

Barbara Streisand has claimed (probably jokingly) to do this during Pride.

Heh.

Lucy Lawless once showed up at a lesbian bar that has having a Xena lookalike contest.

Lucy Lawless once showed up at a lesbian bar that has having a Xena lookalike contest.

Eee! I would have loved to have been there.

Was cute yesterday and am blah today.

But did you take pictures yesterday?

Laurie Anderson had the experience of passing two people on the street in the East Village and hearing one mutter, "I hate all these Laurie Anderson clones now."

Laurie Anderson had the experience of passing two people on the street in the East Village and hearing one mutter, "I hate all these Laurie Anderson clones now."

Heh.

Didja' know that Phillip Glass used to drive cab, even after he had some success as a composer? He once had a passenger tell him, "You know, you have the same name as a famous composer." He didn't have the heart to tell her that he was the composer....