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Originally Posted by leftyf
What is your iron level? Last week mine was 15.9, just wondering how high it can get. I forgot. I have cut out all beef and green vegetables until it comes back down.
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Mine was also 15.9. My older brother's runs around 17 but he has hemochromatosis and needs to donate blood every month to get it down. He stops with the donations when it gets to 14.5.
My iron level when I was doing more blood donations was once in a while too low to even donate at One Blood with a 12.4 level. One Blood requires a 12.5 iron level.
My highest was 16.4 and Blanca had recommended that I donate blood the next time to get it down. Doing platelets as you know makes the iron count rise.
Hemachromatosis is a hereditary disease where iron pools in the vital organs. Can be deadly.