10-02-2004, 09:21 PM
Sorry everyone for that outburst..... the silly thing about the blood results was that they didn't find anything to explain why my daughter is as she is now.
The receptionist at the doctors phoned me very tactlessly this afternoon - a week after they had confirmed that all her tests were negative - to tell me that my daughter is a 'Beta Thalassemia Carrier' meaning that any future offspring that she has with another possible carrier may have a serious genetic anemia-related blood disorder........
The thing that made me so angry was that this woman assumed that it was something that I knew........ and told me that she has to come in to the surgery and see a doctor so that she can get a 'card' to carry for life. Well, I am off to the doctor tomorrow afternoon and may just cause a couple of waves........
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The receptionist at the doctors phoned me very tactlessly this afternoon - a week after they had confirmed that all her tests were negative - to tell me that my daughter is a 'Beta Thalassemia Carrier' meaning that any future offspring that she has with another possible carrier may have a serious genetic anemia-related blood disorder........
The thing that made me so angry was that this woman assumed that it was something that I knew........ and told me that she has to come in to the surgery and see a doctor so that she can get a 'card' to carry for life. Well, I am off to the doctor tomorrow afternoon and may just cause a couple of waves........
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