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Old Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:16 AM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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John's HGB threshold was 8.0 and would get two units. He went to one unit when his time between transfusions lengthened. But most get two units.

1 - How do you feel at 7.0 ?
2 - Does one unit make you feel better?
3 - How often do you get transfused?

You really need to go by how you feel and what, if any, symptoms you are experiencing. And if one unit only gets you one week, you may do better with two units.

And as it's been mentioned before on this site, the fresher the blood the longer it lasts in you.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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