The Red of my Blood: A Death and Life Story

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If you see blood in your urine after exercise, don't assume it's from exercising. See your health care provider. Certain medicines. Some pain relievers, blood thinners and antibiotics can raise the risk of blood in urine. Vitamin deficiency anemia. Besides iron, the body needs folate and vitamin B-12 to make enough healthy red blood cells. A diet that doesn't have enough of these and other key nutrients can result in the body not making enough red blood cells. That's something they both knew all about because when Clover was 16 and Nell was 18, their mother, Charlotte, fell from her horse and was in a coma for two months. In her first book, The Wild Other, Stroud describes how, when Charlotte regained consciousness, she was epileptic, doubly incontinent, unable to walk, feed herself or communicate in any way. She continued in this state for 22 years, until her death in December 2013.

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Urinary tract infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/uti.html. Accessed Nov. 17, 2022. Anemia and pregnancy. Hematology.org. https://www.hematology.org/education/patients/anemia/pregnancy. Accessed March 6, 2023. A diet that doesn't have enough of certain vitamins and minerals. Not getting enough iron, vitamin B-12 and folate increases the risk of anemia.Four summers ago, after a gentle application of family pressure, I found myself in a big top in Gloucestershire, where Nell Gifford, the glamorous ringmistress of Giffords Circus, was commanding a troupe of miniature ponies. I’m not really a circus person. I have never liked performing animals. So I was surprised to be shrieking with laughter. When she took her bow in sequins and feathers, I cried — she had brought out a child in me I didn’t know existed. Hematocrit blood test. Testing.com. https://www.testing.com/tests/hematocrit/. Accessed March 3, 2023. Tarlan B, Kiratli H. Subconjunctival hemorrhage: risk factors and potential indicators. Clin Ophthalmol. 2013;7:1163-70. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S35062 Having recently read Joan Didion's clinical, almost objective account of her first year of widowhood, it was interesting to read Clover's experience during the year following her sister's death. It is a raw, visceral and fearless rendering of someone whose soul is scorched by grief and loss. Clover imagines herself on a quest through a forest in the company of Gawain and Lancelot as she learns to walk through life with death beside her. Clover searches for her sister everywhere, she neglects her home and frightens her children and turns away from the platitudes of people who cannot comprehend her grief.

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While they say 'misery loves company', in this incidence it does not find much solace. In fact, the best comfort comes from the words spoken to Stroud by her sister's oncologist some weeks after her death (p.174). While the reader will doubtless find numerous 'ah ha - that's it!' moments when coming across one of Stroud's perceptive descriptions of the pain, there will also be large tracts that do not resonate and - for this reader - seem too drawn out and somewhat overly self-indulgent.Boyer O. Evaluation of gross hematuria in children. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed Nov. 8, 2022. Iron. Iron-rich foods include beef and other meats, beans, lentils, iron-fortified cereals, dark green leafy vegetables, and dried fruit. Slow, chronic blood loss from an ulcer or other source within the body can use up the body's store of iron, leading to iron deficiency anemia. Wein AJ, et al., eds. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and natural history. In: Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Elsevier; 2021. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Nov. 29, 2022.