Ferrous Battle

Three straight days without sleeping a wink and I've had it! I headed for the doctor today and had my self checked. I had been quite surprised that she wanted me to have a CBC. This isn't my first insomniac episode and I was quite surprised with the test and to be honest, I couldn't think of any connection. Wise doctor, wanted to rule out Anemia for the cause. And Anemia it was. Anemia is a decrease in normal number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. I have been anemic for most of my grade school life and that have caused my breathing problem. As you see it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin deficiency. Because hemoglobin (found inside RBCs) normally carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, anemia leads to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in organs. Because all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences.(source: Wikipedia.org). And I just found those out during my little research after the doctor’s appointment. This is rather alarming and not to mention the fact that the doctor effectively scared me enough to agree to the 325mg-daily iron supplement. She said if I wouldn't do it then I might need blood transfusion or Iron intravenous (IV). It was pretty scary. As far as I know I don’t want both. But what to do if my body is intolerant to iron? Well, I really can’t do much for now but drink that little tablet that has 325mg of my choice of drug( a little sarcasm here). Until further nausea, follow up, doctor’s appointment and research, I swear to abide to the doctor’s instructions.