you know, i'm looking at the clinical ranges around mcv (which is the size of your red blood cells) and  total rbc count and i'm not convinced i'm outside of a reasonable range. i said this about the other blood count metrics, which were an epsilon out of the range last time and an epsilon inside the range this time. but, this lab is using restrictive ranges.

so, my mcv is 95.1. this lab has an upper limit of 94 for a normal range, but others suggest anything under 100 is normal. so, should i really worry about this? i mean, it's so close, regardless...

further, my rbc count  is 4.25 and the lab suggests the normal range starts at 4.3. other labs suggest a normal range for women starts at 4.2 and a normal range for men starts at 4.7.

but, i actually think this metric is consistent across several blood tests, iirc. i'm always just an epsilon off, or an epsilon in. 

my ferritin is low - i'm accepting that and reacting to it, even if i'm not convinced it's the most terrible thing ever, so long as i'm consuming sufficient iron regularly.

but, i'm not convinced my blood count is, actually, low at all - maybe it just consistently runs at the very bottom of the range, along with my blood pressure and my cholesterol.