Red Blood Cells and Digestion

It has been two days after nearly fainting. My arms are so weak, I have to prop them up in order to type. Had I taken my injection as soon as the fainting spell occurred, I would be at the office as normal. Why is it taking so long to recover this time?

Red blood cells last about 120 days. Our bodies continually regenerate these cells so that oxygen can reach the different parts of our bodies, like arm muscles. But when vitamin B12 is absent, body cells do not grow.

It takes 4 days to create new red blood cells.

The dead blood cells are collected by the liver, spleen, and lymphocytes. When the liver collects a lot of dead cells, bile is released. This yellowish liquid – which has other functions including lipid digestion and removing cholesterol – may be released in excess and cause the yellowing of the whites of eyes.

I looked in the mirror. My eye whites are not very white.

In the meantime, I've been loading up on iron and vitamins by eating meats, vegetables, whole grain foods, legumes, and seeds – but not at the same time. Through years of experimenting with diet, I've found that eating meat with breads does very little except fill up the stomach for an extended time, and then leave the bowels mostly undigested. Eating meat with most kinds of vegetables, on the other hand, creates less waste by being digested more efficiently with stomach acids. Breads, eaten separately, are digested with a different process, starting with saliva in an alkaline process. The closest kind of diet to this way of eating that I could find is the Hay diet, named after Dr. William Howard Hay.

I've found that eating Hay-diet-like gives me plenty of energy. Going to the bathroom is not a problem, nor is it very stinky. The only downside is feeling constantly hungry, except when loading up on a high quantity of vegetables with some meat. Even that lasts only a couple hours before the hungry feeling sets in again. Today, however, no amount of eating is giving me enough energy. The red blood cells aren't there yet to carry oxygen to my fatigued muscles.

Reduced oxygen-carrying capability has taken quite a toll. Aside from typing fatigue, yesterday I joined co-workers for a birthday celebration and experienced brain function trouble. I went to the bathroom of the restaurant where there was a sliding door. I could see the sign on the door that said "Slide" with an arrow pointing to the left. The problem was, I couldn't see that the door was already open. I tried to push the door to the left. It wouldn't go. After a second or two, I looked to the "right" side of the door, which wasn't the door itself, but the opening to the bathroom. I still didn't see it was an opening. Scanning back to the left with outstretched hand, I finally realized that the door was already open. I had not had any alcohol.

If I have become so anemic that there are not enough red blood cells to function normally, it will take another two days to fully recover.

While I have been able to work from home, a few hours of sitting up requires some extra time lying down. I am dizzy. Everything spins albeit slowly. It's difficult to see peripherally. Motorcycle riding is completely out of the question.

I cannot wait until I have new blood.