As someone with a chronic health condition, exercise feels like a gift:
half marathon
Quick biology lesson: A protein called hemoglobin allows red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs throughout the body, including to major organs like the heart, as theexplains. But thanks to malfunctioning bone marrow, my body doesn’t make enough red blood cells, and the ones I do make also don’t function as well as the average person’s. That means my body also doesn’t always have enough hemoglobin, which is pretty key for survival.
After I get a transfusion, it’s like someone has waved a magic wand over my entire life. My complexion, energy, and mood all transform into brighter, shinier versions. By the time the second bag of blood finishes and I can head home, I feel stronger, and by the evening, I’m as good as new. I get a week of feeling on top of the world, maybe 10 days if I’m lucky. Then I’m on a creeping, downhill slide from feeling just OK to counting down the days until I can get refueled.
Crossing that finish line taught me that Cooley’s anemia doesn’t need to stop me from running, or from anything really, but also how important it is to understand my own boundaries. In the six years since then, I’ve run four more half marathons, and I’ve carried that lesson with me as I keep chasing my runner’s high.
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