they wouldn't let me save a life....

Yesterday there was a blood drive at work...and initially, I wasn't going to give blood since I didn't sleep well the night before, etc...but after lunch, I decided to pop over and give blood before they close.

Well...they wouldn't let me. My iron levels were too low. THis is the second time that they wouldn't let me give blood because of my iron. So, I definitely need to look at ways to get more iron into my diet, especially since I am a vegetarian. The nurse said I wasn't even close to being anemic, but still...I want my iron levels to be where I could give blood, etc.

So, I am going to start taking an iron supplement and also eating some iron dense foods like Total, spinach, chick peas, etc.