Yes Angie transfusions are scheduled when hemoglobin is 8 or below. When I was having those transfusions the last time around I would have my CBC done on Thursday and if it was below 8.5 T would go by the hospital on my way home to be typed and matched. The next morning I would get the transfusions. This saved about 2 hours waiting for blood work and delivery of blood from the bank. OTC iron pills and iron infusions did not work that time around. While the nuts and seeds are great additions to the overall diet; I have read we cannot eat enough of them to overcome the deficiency without assistance. I can also attest to the fact that if we get too much iron we will receive very unpleasant negative effects also. Great to hear your Hemg was a wonderful 14.1. As I stated. I would just like to see multiple tests above 12. My family has a history of Iron deficient anemia and my sister has been stable with a hemg of 5 for years now. Since I am my father's son, I probably had anemia years before I knew about CML. I remember doctors advising me to eat more red meat and liver as a source protein. On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 3:06:36 PM UTC-5, Icandoallttc wrote: > > Hi Richard and good to hear from you. My first onc made me have > transfusions if my hemg was 8 or below. I take some iron once in a while > but my hemg went up to 14.1 on my last test. I had added some nuts and > seeds to my diet as snacks. I added pumpkin seed sunflower seeds walnuts > and peanuts. I wonder if this upped my hemg? Keep us updated. I go to > Moffitt next week. > > Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s > Dx 1/2004 > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib January 2015 > > On May 15, 2015, at 11:45 PM, DAWN RODEGHIER <drode...@sbcglobal.net > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Congratulations Richard that's wonderful news I will continue praying for > your and all the warriors fighting for freedom from our disease. > I know it need not be said but we can never give up the fight there are > advancements made every day. > > Always Jim Rodeghier > > > > On Friday, May 15, 2015 5:47 PM, Richard H <rbhuf...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > today's HEM was 10.4 up from 8.7 last week. Yeah!!! It was in the > acceptable range. Drs. disagree when to take my last shot, one prefers not > to have a shot when the HBM is above 10. However both agree that if the > HEM is above 11 a shot can do more harm than good. I took the shot today, > but if all continues as the last 2 weeks, this will be my last one for > sometime. Yeah!! It is entirely possible that I will achieve the normal > range for the first time since 2002 for sure. > I had my blood drawn for my ABL-BCR test. I will get the results on > Monday the 26th. > > Richard H. > > > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >
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