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It's time to go chew on a cow
Sep. 25th, 2007 11:09 amSo I found out why I've been so increasingly tired the past few months. It turns out that it isn't that my meds aren't working any more but rather that I'm, get this, anemic.
How this was discovered was that yesterday I started feeling really crappy really quickly (throat-stabbing coughs in under 30 minutes), so one of the nurses ran a CBC, strep test and mono test on me. I came back negative for strep and mono (thankfully) and my white blood count was normal, but my hemoglobin count was WAY low.
Now, I've been reducing or entirely cutting out red meat for the last 6 months or so, but hadn't increased my intake of leafy, dark green veggies. It just flat didn't occur to me that this could/would result in a nutrient deficiency, mainly because I've never had any of any kind before.
So now I get to go buy a good multivitamin to boost me temporarily and start eating more red meat and/or spinach. Hopefully I'll be back up to my normal self in a short time.
How this was discovered was that yesterday I started feeling really crappy really quickly (throat-stabbing coughs in under 30 minutes), so one of the nurses ran a CBC, strep test and mono test on me. I came back negative for strep and mono (thankfully) and my white blood count was normal, but my hemoglobin count was WAY low.
Now, I've been reducing or entirely cutting out red meat for the last 6 months or so, but hadn't increased my intake of leafy, dark green veggies. It just flat didn't occur to me that this could/would result in a nutrient deficiency, mainly because I've never had any of any kind before.
So now I get to go buy a good multivitamin to boost me temporarily and start eating more red meat and/or spinach. Hopefully I'll be back up to my normal self in a short time.
