Hi everyone! I’m 26 my hobbies consisted of going to the gym and walking my dog! But I was actually diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in September of last year called polycythemia vera. The treatment is having my blood drawn because my body produces blood very quickly which can lead to heart attack stroke or blood clot if not maintained(thankfully for me, my condition is a chronic one, not a terminal one!) but as a result, I’ve had so much blood drawn my iron (ferritin )essentially went down from 300 to 6ng. I’m extremely deficient. And now I have consistent dizziness, off-balance and occasional blurred vision lol. The bright side is once my iron situation is corrected. I should start feeling better! (it, unfortunately isn’t that simple of a fix though)
I can’t supplement iron it would make my body produce blood even quicker, which should be a problem for me. So I just have to wait until I find the right dosage of medication. I initially was working at a hotel and also working towards a program for radiology. But for now I’m thinking of maybe working towards a masters program in psychology since I don’t really want to be around radiation. Since I’m pretty much home all day now due to my current condition, I started gaming again. I enjoy playing overwatch, valorant, and r6. Very fun games !