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Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions can be life saving in medical conditions, such as massive blood loss due to trauma or can be used to top-up blood loss that can occur during surgery. Blood transfusio... more at Wikipedia

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Overall, 80% (41 Members) find Blood Transfusion helpful
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The first transfusion was given because my hemoglobin had dropped to 7.3 The transfusion did help and made me feel much better. The benedryl didn't sit so well... I got an excessive iching while getting the transfusion. The transfusion kept my counts up for about a month. I have gotten a second transfusion because my hemoglobin dropped to 7.0. The second transfusion went well and I will see how long it lasts.
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I had 2 units of blood which brought my HGB from 7.4 to 9.6. Made me feel much better.
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hate them having them about 1 every week 1-2 units haven't worked for 5 weeks now, sooo depressed , gaining weight ugh!!!
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So far, my treatments of pneupogen & procrit are not working well and I have become TX dependent since Nov 08. I am hoping to begin Revlimid soon so that I may have some hope of a "more normal" life--whatever that may be.
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Blood transfusion at 7.8 hemoglobin but has been a month now. Last hemoglobin check was back down to 9.0 one month after transfusion.
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Helped for a while
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monthly
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She has had a number of platelet transfusions in the past several months. Her platelets go up to 75,000 with a transfusion, then within a week are down again.
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I had 2 blood transfusions. They worked temporarily. The first was whole blood, the second was irradiated packed red blood cells. The reason they irradiate the blood is to help prevent development of allergic reactions to different antigens, I believe.
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had blood transfusions after 2 of my surgeries, felt much better afterward, stronger.
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two days after two transfusions I could sit up and move around a little
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She had 22 treatments in the last year and a half. She has to stop; her iron levels are high
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It helps bring the hemoglobin up when it gets too low.
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I get them every month and they make me feel better all the time
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Each time I feel better. Sometimes it works for a few weeks, but I've had them as close together as 8 days. I'm used to them now, as I've had several of them.
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