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<blockquote data-quote="Avidtrainer" data-source="post: 19450" data-attributes="member: 6584"><p>This is very disturbing to me. I went back to the blood bank Saturday to see if my hemoglobin level had changed and it had plummeted to 14.3. Why it suddenly plummeted after four weeks of giving blood with no change in the level is beyond me. Here is what I find very disturbing. I kept my doctor aware of what was going on concerning going each week for the phlebotomy and the hemoglobin level not changing. He told me to keep going and giving blood. Common sense told me I had given too much blood so I started doing some research and discovered an adult male has about 10 pints of blood. I gave four pints in 30 days meaning I gave 40% of my total blood volume in 30 days! I read where giving that much blood can be dangerous. Why wouldn't my doctor have stopped me after the second phlebotomy? The American Red Cross guidelines permit only giving blood once every 56 days and says it takes four to six weeks to replace red blood cells. Why didn't the blood bank have precautions in place that prevented me from giving that much blood in such a short time? I'm very upset over this and have felt very fatigued since the last draw the weekend before last. Does anyone have any suggestions how I should handle this negligence? I'm not the expert here and was putting my faith in the doctor and blood bank who are supposed to know what they are doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avidtrainer, post: 19450, member: 6584"] This is very disturbing to me. I went back to the blood bank Saturday to see if my hemoglobin level had changed and it had plummeted to 14.3. Why it suddenly plummeted after four weeks of giving blood with no change in the level is beyond me. Here is what I find very disturbing. I kept my doctor aware of what was going on concerning going each week for the phlebotomy and the hemoglobin level not changing. He told me to keep going and giving blood. Common sense told me I had given too much blood so I started doing some research and discovered an adult male has about 10 pints of blood. I gave four pints in 30 days meaning I gave 40% of my total blood volume in 30 days! I read where giving that much blood can be dangerous. Why wouldn't my doctor have stopped me after the second phlebotomy? The American Red Cross guidelines permit only giving blood once every 56 days and says it takes four to six weeks to replace red blood cells. Why didn't the blood bank have precautions in place that prevented me from giving that much blood in such a short time? I'm very upset over this and have felt very fatigued since the last draw the weekend before last. Does anyone have any suggestions how I should handle this negligence? I'm not the expert here and was putting my faith in the doctor and blood bank who are supposed to know what they are doing. [/QUOTE]
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