have not posted in a while and hoped to post more than I have been. I think I mentioned in an earlier entry that this last year, I have been feeling sort of crappy... The last year, bad, but the last six months, really struggling with lack of energy and muscle weakness. And all sorts of other weird stuff... itchy (really itchy arms) with no real rash except the one I create from scratching! Ringing in my one ear. Low grade fever. And I have mentioned it to every doctor I see. ENT... neurologist... pulmonologist. Finally, a blood test. I guess a really crappy blood test because while it did reveal an elevated ANA, it did not check for my hemoglobin. But it got me to a rhumatologist and she did an extensive blood test. And today I learned that my hemoglobin is low. 6. Normal is 12-16 for women. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15737 So today, more blood work. Anyway, this coupled with the low IgG and IgA, I am not sure what it means. But I am hoping that I will find out in the next day or so. Still, it is a bit comforting to know why I feel like, well, you know what. And if we can figure out what the F is going on, maybe soon, I will feel better and get my energy back. I hate having no energy. That is the worst. Or asking the kids to get this or that for me, not because I am being lazy (which I am sure is what they think) but because I just cannot fathom doing it myself.