Why I'm always to tired

[kikotei]

Well, today was a fun day. Spent the whole day hanging out with my wharped and amusing relatives. Just ask cassiopeia13, she comes to my family picnics to be watch my family and laugh at me for being related to such weirdos. We ate large amounts of food and had fun mixing drinks.

Today was also a very informative. I've finally found out why so often I get tired when I really shouldn't be. There have been times when all of a sudden I'm exhausted when I know I got more than enough sleep or how sometimes I can't seem to wake up in the morning. I actually like getting up early, but there are times that I literally can't get up until 11am.

I'm anemic.

And apparently my mother has known for years and never bothered to tell me. And neither did *any* of my doctors!

Add another blood related problem to my list. >_

Comments

[cassiopeia13.livejournal.com]

HAI! I love your family picnics! They're beautifully great. *GRIN* If you're looking at this at work, I'm dropping off the ribbions. I got 6. Becuase 6 to a pin. So You have 6.

*HUGZ* Anemic isn't good. You should... wel... honestly I dunno. Just don't die at Otakon and we'll be alright ^__^ Cause I don't want to drive home a corpse. ewwwww....

[slientbreeze.livejournal.com]

I know Anemic has something to do with being weak but what is it exactly?

Random Winds

[kikotei.livejournal.com]

The anemia that I apparently have is basically an iron deficiency. Iron is used by your body to make hemoglobin, which is what red blood cells use to transport oxygen. Without the iron, and therefor hemoglobin the body is forced to use the iron reserves in your bone marrow. Once that depletes or is too low, red blood cells become smaller or the body doesn't make any, reducing the oxygen your body gets.

Weakness or fatigue is one of the symptoms of more severe anemia.

[slientbreeze.livejournal.com]

Oh.That's like the opposite of what my mother has she has to mcuh Iron and it has similar effects it seems. So you need Iron rich blood to increase the size of your blood cells right?

[cassiopeia13.livejournal.com]

easliy bruising is another sign. *nod nod* But there are things you can do. Like exercise and take iron suppliments. It's not too life threatening unless you're severly anemic just bloody annoying. And it's hard to give blood, get a tatoo(moot in Amy-chan's case) or drink lots of alcohol when you're anemic. Since it thins the blood, it's rather bad to drink, aslo you can loose too much blood in sever wounds... which is the real threat.