Where have I been for the last month? In bed or at the hospital. We're having a great time.

On August 1st, I worked a really long day. I came home from work and sat on my couch. I decided that I was too tired to cook, so I stood up and started walking to the door to go get takeout, and the next thing I knew, I was on the floor.

I've had at least one period of blacking out every day since then and several more, pretty scary falls (thankfully no big injuries so far, but I'm pretty bruised up).

So far, we know I'm very anemic but just above the cutoff for a blood transfusion, so I'm stuck in a weird limbo of waiting for my body to make more RBCs or for my hemoglobin to drop low enough that I meet transfusion criteria. And the doctors aren't even sure if the anemia is what's causing me to pass out or not. We're also not sure WHY I'm anemic. I have a follow-up appointment next week with my primary care doctor to try to figure everything out.

Please consider donating to my GoFundMe if you're able to. Unfortunately, I can't work or drive or really do anything until I'm no longer a fall risk. I debated whether or not I should make this, but I really don't know when I'll be able to work again and I need help, quite honestly. If you got this far in, thank you for reading and for your support!