I suffer from chronic anemia (low iron/red blood cell count), lasting around 19 years, which has had an impact on my heart. A normal hemoglobin for a woman my age is around 14-16. My last hemoglobin count was 8.3 or so, and this was after two blood transfusions. What was no doubt a result of some stupidity on my own part (about which I have beat myself up plenty and have no need for judgement of anyone else ) of combining a bit of a binge of medications that increase heart rate, followed by the leaf of a plant that is known to reduce heart rate within two days of stopping the former, several days later I wound up in the emergency room with near-congestive heart failure. The cause was unidentified (as I didn't go into detail about why it had happened, and my system had been clean from anything that would have shown up on a test for then two-weeks without) but definitely attributed to my anemia. My hemoglobin upon entering the ER was 6.2 (extremely low), my blood pressure, usually very much within the "normal" range for a person of my height/weight (5'3", 108), dropped to 50/30 (and this was by the time the EMTs got to me and got me hooked up- I'm sure it was lower when I had them called). That was when I received the blood transfusion- two bags (which brought my hemoglobin up into the 8s), and I refused a third due to severe needle phobia. I was told I was at near-congenital heart failure.

Fast forward a few months- even before this occurred I have been looking into shamanic medications/techniques for quite a long time (to help combat an addictive personality brought on by depression, anxiety, severe social anxiety, and some other potential Western medicinal labels applied to me- how I abhor some of Western medicine, combined with an urge to help others, recognizing I can't do crap to help others until I am healthy myself)- and I now find myself with the option of trying kambo. My body is free of harmful drugs, but my concern is my not-so-healthy heart. Even if my ER visit was strictly my own doings, the fact is that I have suffered from chronic anemia for 19 years, growing worse over time. Combine this with the fact that I get pretty much no exercise (something I'm working towards slowly) due to the fact that anything strenuous causes a severe shortage of breath and a burning in my legs (due to the anemia).

Being that experience reports show a definite impact on the heart and circulatory system, combined with the fact that the limited research done has shown a number of peptides in sapo/kambo that definitely have vasoactive properties, I am wondering- realizing the the majority of you, if not all, are not medical experts, nor will I take something a person says online with more than a grain of salt and ultimately come to my own decisions about this, how, in your opinions, would you proceed with this? I believe that due to the vasoactive properties, the medicine could actually benefit my conditions (and I'm thus considering using it on the Meridian point SP-6, related to gynecological disorders- the cause of my anemia, and other vascular/circulatory conditions).

I mentioned my height/weight: 5'3"/108lbs. I would ideally like to start with 3 spots for application, but am considering erring on the side of caution, though that is a low dose, and starting with one, then trying 3 dots.

Noting again that this is solely my decision, I am here to ask what YOU would do personally if you had the same medical history as I have presented. (Not what ~I~ should do, only what you would do if you had these issues.)

Thanks, and I plan to report back with my experience.