My First NSV
kge0891
Posts: 276 Member
Having a pretty rough diet day, so I thought I'd post about my first NSV to cheer myself up!
Within the past 4 years I've tried to donate blood four times. Twice I was allowed to, and twice I was rejected. I told all my friends I couldn't donate blood because my iron was too low but that was a lie. I actually couldn't donate because my pulse was over 100bpm which is too high to donate. I was embarrassed that as a girl around 19-20 years old, I couldn't keep my pulse under 100. These were times when my eating was at its worst and my lack of exercise made me very out of shape (and I was consequently at my highest weight).
Today I went to donate blood, and I passed with flying colors! After losing roughly 30 pounds since my highest weight, and keeping very active, I had a pulse of 74 bpm and blood pressure of 112/68! Yay for being healthy and for being able to save up to three lives!
Within the past 4 years I've tried to donate blood four times. Twice I was allowed to, and twice I was rejected. I told all my friends I couldn't donate blood because my iron was too low but that was a lie. I actually couldn't donate because my pulse was over 100bpm which is too high to donate. I was embarrassed that as a girl around 19-20 years old, I couldn't keep my pulse under 100. These were times when my eating was at its worst and my lack of exercise made me very out of shape (and I was consequently at my highest weight).
Today I went to donate blood, and I passed with flying colors! After losing roughly 30 pounds since my highest weight, and keeping very active, I had a pulse of 74 bpm and blood pressure of 112/68! Yay for being healthy and for being able to save up to three lives!
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Woohooo! That is fantastic! Congrats on that major health victory!0
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That is so great! Congrats!0
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That's awesome!! As someone in the medical field, it is sooo nice to read about improved health like that. That's so good and exciting:)0
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That's a fantastic NSV! Great job!0
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Excellent. Great feeling of accomplishement and heading in the right direction.0
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Wow!! That's fantastic!! I know how you feel I got the flu and for some relief I took sudafed and it made my blood pressure go sky high I thought my heart was going to pop out of my chest, I'm only 25 so that's when I decided to start my weight loss journey. Keep up the good work there will be plenty more NSV, health is what matters not the number on a scale.0
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Great to hear your health is improving, and our blood supply is being replenished Thank you! 0
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