Thanks for sharing your experience. I would like understand this better just in case  . I'm not sure I really understand what "contracted" HGB is. Were you dehydrated and therefore had a false reading? Were your HCT and RWD elevated?
I know that a rapid blood loss will impact you more than a slow blood loss. If your red cell decline slowly, your body has time adjust to it better until gets really low. But if it's rapid, then it's very noticable because your body responds to the threat.
Thanks,
Marlene
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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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