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Low Haemoglobin.

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Calendargirl Fri 12-Jul-24 06:57:29

My DH, 73, went to donate blood the other day. He is a regular donor.

He was not able to donate as his hb was too low. Sent away with a leaflet telling him about improvements to his diet, which is good anyway. Cannot give for a year.

I was quite shocked, as he has always been fine before, he donates four times a year.

But what if he were not a blood donor? He would have no idea, as he seems fit and well.

I am going to serve more iron rich foods for a while, then send him to GP for a blood test.

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Urmstongran Sun 14-Jul-24 19:34:22

Mirren 👏👏👏
Thank you.
We had a bad experience, symptoms being treated instead of looking for the cause of them.
Cancer, Stage IV.
Christie’s said tumours only bleed when active/inflamed. Best to check, better safe than sorry, like us.

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Nannan2 Sun 14-Jul-24 19:56:32

I wanted to donate blood as i'm not squeamish about blood/tests etc- but was dissapointed to hear i cannot, due to having previously recieved
2 blood transfusions. It seemed such a shame, as i was eternally grateful 2 receive it to save my life, and felt i'd like to pay it back, so to speak- but its not to be. 🫤

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pen50 Mon 15-Jul-24 07:35:20

My Hb has been too low to donate a couple of times recently. I'm now in my late sixties and have decided to stop donating; as you get older it does become harder on your body.

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cc Mon 15-Jul-24 08:08:35

I've given up on blood donation now, the last three times the nurses bruised me so badly that they had to give up.

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