Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi all Had a checkup with my GI doc yesterday and my blood results showed that my iron was " very " low. He wanted to put me on iron supplements of course and I refused (very politely) because I'm finally better than I have been in the 4 years since I've been diagnosed with UC, weaning off my meds successfully, and have read about the harm that iron can cause. I asked him about injections and he wouldn't give them to me because " they really hurt " and even though I told him I gave myself fertility shots years ago and don't mind a bit of pain, he wouldn't prescribe them for me. He said to take a prenatal vitamin because they have some iron in them (10 mg) and shouldn't cause as much problems for me. What do I do? I've made great progress on this diet and don't want to do anything to jeopardize that. I'm in Canada and trying to get referred to another GI specialist is very hard. I already drive over an hour to see the one I have and it was like pulling teeth to get my family physician to refer me to him. Do I take the prenatal (legal) for now or do I just forget about them and cook more in my cast iron skillet? Deanna Roswell UC 2004 SCD Feb 2008 Asacol Finished finally with Prednisone and weaning off Imuran now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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