athena53
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This happened to DH. In his case he had polycythemia- bone marrow was making too many red blood cells. He also ended up having therapeutic phlebotomies and then medication (Hydroxyurea) and eventually ended up with acute myeloid leukemia. A friend is going through something similar- blood bank loved his blood, till the hemoglobin got out of bounds. He's also got a form of blood cancer and just went through stem cell treatments.My iron runs high at the upper edge of the range. My Dr. said start donating blood, but with several bouts of melanoma the Red Cross won’t take it. The plan is if I go above the upper limit I go to a phlebotomist and they trash it.
Too bad that they can't do something with this iron-rich blood to make it available to people who need it but I guess it's too much of a risk.