Tag: blood
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Pre-surgical screening, clearance, & workshop: Part II
Had my pre-surgical screening, clearance, & workshop yesterday at Hospital for Special Surgery. Things went very well. I arrived a little before my scheduled 9AM start time. After meeting with patient registration, they took some blood for labs, did a chest x-ray, and did a urine screen. Things went very smoothly and everyone was very…
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Banned for life
I’ve always wanted to be a bone marrow donor, but could never remember to research it. I was reading someone’s blog tonight and they had a link to the National Marrow Donor Program website. I got excited about signing up, until I read: If you have any of the following conditions, you will not be…
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Hope?
Had my physical at Newport on Monday; it was as bad as I expected. After leaving Boston at 5AM we arrived at Newport Naval Hospital at 6:20AM. I checked in and was given a blood test, urinalysis, a hearing test, eye test, a full physical, dental exam, and this was all before lunch. After lunch…