#because I'm sitting there looking totally calm and my resting heart rate is like...140s | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tj-crochets · 10 months

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Hey y'all, possibly one of those questions with a ridiculously obvious answer, but can iron-deficiency anemia make you super tired? And if so, how do you fix that? (I got blood test results back but haven't talked to my doctor yet. He'll probably put me on iron supplements or something but I am so tired right now)

#the person behind the yarn #medical mention #blood mention #my ferritin level is 3 #which I don't quite have context for but it always makes me laugh when my numbers are comically low #like. 3???? 3 feels like way too low a number to be used in a medical context #iron sat percentage is 8%. do I know what that means? not really!#is 8 also comically low to me? definitely!#it's like the opposite comedic effect of nurses doing the intake triage stuff at the doctor's office #my heart rate always gets an interesting reaction with new nurses #because I'm sitting there looking totally calm and my resting heart rate is like...140s #I always immediately tell them that this is not unusual to me #but it ALWAYS gets a double take with new nurses

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