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<blockquote data-quote="dnfuss" data-source="post: 170063" data-attributes="member: 15487"><p>Of course, you should consult with your doctor regarding this, but ...</p><p></p><p>You might consider having more current iron labs nearer to your scheduled donation: serum iron, iron saturation, TIBC and ferritin (and of course hemoglobin and hematocrit as part of a CBC).</p><p></p><p>But just looking at your most recent labs, your ferritin is already quite low. My lab's (LabCorp) low end of range is 30. If I had those numbers for hematocrit and ferritin, I would definitely postpone donating for now.</p><p></p><p>P.S. FWIW, donation centers generally do not test hematocrit pre-draw. They test hemoglobin and multiply by three, which is a pretty good approximation <u>most</u> of the time but in certain cases may differ from measured hematocrit. (Hematocrit is also a calculated value, determined by multiplying red cell count by mean cell volume, but this method is considered slightly more accurate.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dnfuss, post: 170063, member: 15487"] Of course, you should consult with your doctor regarding this, but ... You might consider having more current iron labs nearer to your scheduled donation: serum iron, iron saturation, TIBC and ferritin (and of course hemoglobin and hematocrit as part of a CBC). But just looking at your most recent labs, your ferritin is already quite low. My lab's (LabCorp) low end of range is 30. If I had those numbers for hematocrit and ferritin, I would definitely postpone donating for now. P.S. FWIW, donation centers generally do not test hematocrit pre-draw. They test hemoglobin and multiply by three, which is a pretty good approximation [U]most[/U] of the time but in certain cases may differ from measured hematocrit. (Hematocrit is also a calculated value, determined by multiplying red cell count by mean cell volume, but this method is considered slightly more accurate.) [/QUOTE]
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