Enjoy Every Sandwich

Welcome to Lab Work Wednesday! My hemoglobin was 9.9 today so I got a shot of Aranesp. But it was just barely below the 10.0 cutoff so hopefully in two weeks it’ll still be high enough that I don’t need a shot. I haven’t gotten the “official” results of the 24-hour urine test yet but … Continue reading Enjoy Every Sandwich →

Seething Under the Surface

Today was stressful. I took my 10 pages of blood work orders from Dr. A to my local lab. That poor phlebotomist had to hand-enter all those orders! It took her a long time, and many of them weren't “standard” labs so she had to look them up and ask for help. The whole time … Continue reading Seething Under the Surface →