Control, Defiance, and Joy
I meant to blog on Friday.
But then I got a phone call – from my oncologist’s office.
Yeah, those usually aren’t too fun. Oncologists are – unfortunately – busy people. No news is good news, they say. And its true. If they’re calling you, then, well, something’s up.
Or down, as the case may be.
This time, there was something down. I blogged on Wednesday about having microcytic anemia (low hemoglobin due to small red blood cells). I’d had a Ferritin level blood test (iron levels) done on Tuesday, to see if the low hemoglobin was due to low iron. If it wasn’t, then we had to consider that I might be sicker than we had thought.
But, it was low. 6, to be precise. Normal is 20-100, so yes, I’m a bit iron-deficient.
Good news, right? Because then I can just take iron supplements to correct the problem.
Or, maybe not. Read more
Lana Meredith 