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Has anyone ever heard of any hospital refusing supportive care to a patient if that patient is refusing active treatment?
I am refusing copper treatment and my HB is 70. I presented to the local hospital for a blood transfusion. They agreed to give me one unit of blood as a one off. They said that unless I agreed to active treatment I would not be offered any further blood transfusions.
I feel this undermines my right to determine my own treatment or refusal of treatment.
Also, I don't think I've ever had these tests before and I'm not sure why they were performed but the hospital gave me results for an INR, PT and ECHIS which were all high. I know they are clotting factors and I'm not on any Aspirin or blood thinners. Any thoughts?
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