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I get that too, and then my heart pounds for awhile.
Counts Today Dec 24:
HGB: 75 (transfusion booked for Sat, office closed until Jan 4 - yikes)
WBC: 1.3
Neut: 0.7
Retic: 10.2
Comments:
- I've just had the first 28 day menstrual cycle almost in living memory. Mine have been 16 - 23 days apart for at least 15 years. Olmesartan is supposed to straighten out the VDR which is kind of a hormone super-controller. Almost zero night sweats or pms. I used to wake up drenched, and had almost continual pms at times. I had been to a gynecologist years ago but of course everything was "normal", so I quit going because I knew it was a physical thing, not a mental thing.
- I am finding the retic count very interesting - up another 4 points this week. It is likely that other people with anemia on the MP haven't had retic counts or EPO done. Next time I see the specialist I will ask for an EPO and vitamin D test as well. (My only other EPO test from last year was at 800 - 40x normal, but it wasn't doing much good).
- has anyone here had their EPO level checked?
- At this point I could cope with the anemia, if it would just stabilize I will be happy. Feeling good, sleeping well, just not much energy, but I am used to that.
- My BP seems to be going up. What used to be around 75/45 now is more like 80/50. I have a lot less dizziness, only had 2 or 3 bad dizzy spells this week. Olmesartan is an antihypertensive. I had low BP before I started taking it, around 90/60, and I had often been dizzy before taking it. I am taking 4x the anti-hypertensive dose. At higher doses it is an immune stimulant and an anti-inflammatory.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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