A good thing took place this last week; I did not have to go in for transfusions. This is two weeks in a row because the week before, I just did not go in for testing. Sometimes it helps to be a little aggressive and just do what you really want to do. This is not a good idea to do often but sometimes it feels pretty good. I did go in Wednesday and my hemoglobin was 10.5 and the platelets were 13. These numbers are very low for a normal person but for me…they seem to be pretty normal. They said I did not have to have transfusions and will test again on next Wednesday. The Exjade, the iron binder, continues to make me a little sick at my stomach but maybe it will just take awhile for my system to adjust to it.