Posted by Jaynee on December 22, 2003, at 13:38:31
In reply to Re: Wilson's disease » Jaynee, posted by tealady on December 21, 2003, at 22:54:44
Oh I have already done the phlebotomies. I went every week for about 3 months, where they took out a pint of blood a week. Then every 2 to 3 weeks for another 4 months. The objective was to bring down my saturation and ferritin levels and make me anemic. I can tell you being anemic isn't as bad as being overloaded with iron.
But even though I don't have as much iron in my system, I still suffer from depression/anxiety. I think the iron already did its damage to my brain, but at least I got diagnosed at an early enough age that the iron should do any more damage.
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