I bet your transfusion will help a great deal and I am sure your docs will put you to rights!! It is all pretty confusing when you are in the middle of all this.
Here's some info that might help you when you see your doc next:
Red Blood Cells: The blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which lets them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, is also a pigment and gives the cells their red color. A red blood cell count is the number of those kinds cells in a certain amount of blood. Normal values are around 4.2 to 5.9 million cells/cmm.
Hemoglobin: a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen to your body's organs and tissues and transports carbon dioxide from your organs and tissues back to your lungs. The normal range for hemoglobin is: For men, 13.5 to 17.5 grams per deciliter. For women, 12.0 to 15.5 grams per deciliter.
Hematocrit: the proportion, by volume, of the blood that is made up of red blood cells. It is reported as a percentage. For example, a hematocrit of 25% means that there are 25 milliliters of red blood cells in 100 milliliters of blood. Adult males: 42% to 54%. Adult women: 38% to 46%.
Ferritin: the major iron storage protein in the body. Normal ferritin levels range from 12 to 300 nanograms per milliliter of blood (ng/mL) for males and 12 to 150 ng/mL for females.
Serum iron levels: This is the amount of circulating iron bound to transferrin in the blood. The serum iron reference range is 55–160 µg/dL in men and 40–155 µg/dL in women.
Anyhow, I hope they get you all set and feeling better very soon. Yours, c
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