I'm not sure where to start with this post. There are a lot of weird things about my health. Some I haven't even posted here but don't worry. In due time young blog readers. Soon.
What I am going to focus on today is not my main chronic illness (Crohn's) but two other conditions that I have just stumbled upon recently. One very recently enough that I don't know absolutely everything about it yet but I think I have enough of a grasp to get my weirdness across.
Low platelets and Hemachromatosis.
When you have low platelets it means that your blood does not clot as it should. Should you get into an accident or get hit with something and get a bruise it could cause your body to bleed longer or in extreme circumstances hemorrhage to death. DEATH! *GASP*
When you have Hemachromatosis it means that your body absorbs too much iron. The normal human body has 3-4 mg. of iron floating around in it at any given time whereas in someone with this condition it can be upwards of 30-40 mg. (I'm currently at about 33 mg.). Your body starts storing it in different organs like your pancreas (causing diabetes), heart (causing palpitations and damage) and liver (causing extensive damage and death.) MORE DEATH! *DOUBLE GASP*
The reason I find these two ailments coexisting simultaneously is because the "cure" for low platelets is to not bleed or get hit or kicked or basically do anything to cause yourself to hemorrhage while the "cure" for Hemachromatosis is to expel as much blood from the body as possible without exsanguinating the patient in order to draw the extra iron from the organs by making new blood.
Get it?
One doctor tells me to do everything not to bleed and I turn around and another tells me to give it away to any medical professional with a tourniquet.
And they wonder why I'm skeptical and reserved....
The one ray of sunshine in all of this bloody mess is that the low platelets seem to only show up right after Remicade infusions so if I time it right I have a good two week window in which to kill my blood supply before my platelets run hiding in the corner from the big bad Infliximab.
Oh I need a lot of mental help.
Then again maybe not.
:)
