Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Jenny -I have a condition called Hereditary Angio Edema, which involves a shortage of an enzyme called C1esterase inhibitor. Symptoms of the condition involve severe painful (intracellular) swelling throughout my body, but most dangerously in my throat. When my throat swells I have to receive an infusion of fresh frozen blood plasma, which provides the enzyme I am missing, and brings the swelling down within half an hour, preventing the closure of my throat, or the need for a tracheotomy. Over the years I have had fifty some such infusions, 2 units each time, so potentially blood products from up to a hundred different donors. Each time, I go through a journey with emotional " essence " is the only way i can describe it, that is not mine. It sometimes triggers old or unrecognized stuff of mine that needs to be addressed, and gets addressed in that way - I've tried to make use of this invasive but necessary experience in whatever ways I can. However, it is extremely unsettling to find yourself feeling and thinking and even seeming to " remember " things that are not within your own experience or being. Other people with my condition have had similar experiences. When I actively process, emotively, the content that arises, feeling through what seems true to my being and what does not, intently " releasing " what does not, eventually I begin to come back to a sense of familiarity, to come home to a deeper sense of myself through the journey. You are definately not alone in your experience with receiving blood products. There have also been a few books written about people having similar experiences with organ transplants. Joy Anyone else experienced this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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