Re: Got my iron up! Woohoo!

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I never found a doctor that would give me iron IV's (because my ferritin was

falsely elevated), so I don't have any experience with those unfortunately. But

I certainly don't see how lactoferrin could hurt in your situation! Good luck

~Rainbow~

30 year old Female 5'6 " 136lbs

Dx: Hashi's, AF, Wheat Sensitivity

Rx/OTC: Cynomel 68.75mcg, HC 27.5mg, Florinef 1tab,

Potassium 90mEq, Sea Salt 1/2tsp

My Log and Labs: http://tinyurl.com/pvgjmb

My Blog: http://hyporainbow.wordpress.com

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> Rainbow, I was reading about your iron reg.......I started Venofer IV Iron BUT

the nurse that handles it was surprised I did not feel a whole lot better after

the first 2 IVs as many people often do.

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> SO, I got to thinking about taking the Lactoferrin you were talking about.

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> Have you heard if anyone else has tried that with the IV's....It kind of make

sense to me, I also understand from the Candida cure zone people that it works

because it help in that area too which inhibits iron absorption and that is a

problem for me (Candida and Iron absorption and very high RT3)

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> I was taking Iron for 5 years in high doses and trying many forms - I whish 5

years ago I would have had your information!

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> Any thought would be great.

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> Thank you -

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> Re: Got my iron up! Woohoo!

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> > Thanks for the update, not heard from you for a while. I hope you are

> > feeling OK.

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> I'm definitely getting there! It just always takes longer than we wish I

had the flu a couple weeks ago, so that set me back a bit. But overall I'm doing

pretty well. I have a lot of hope for things improving over the next few months

and finally getting optimized.

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> ~Rainbow~

> 30 year old Female 5'6 " 136lbs

> Dx: Hashi's, AF, Wheat Sensitivity

> Rx/OTC: Cynomel 68.75mcg, HC 27.5mg, Florinef 1tab,

> Potassium 90mEq, Sea Salt 1/2tsp

> My Log and Labs: http://tinyurl.com/pvgjmb

> My Blog: http://hyporainbow.wordpress.com

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Don't want to get too far into treating Candida on this since Candida and

thyroid/adrenal go hand in hand and discussed often. Until my immune is strong

I will be in constant battle with it. I came across lactoferrin because it

kills yeast and it will help the good bacteria flourish in my gut. Since iron

is loved by the bad guys for food, I came across lactoferrin which keeps the

iron from them, and gives it to my body.

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> > I wanted to give ya'll an update. Here were my horrible iron labs from a

couple months ago:

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> > 02.22.10 Iron - 28 L (range 35 - 155)

> > 02.22.10 Iron Saturation (SAT) - 16 (range 15 - 55)

> > 02.22.10 Iron TIBC - 175 L (range 250 - 450)

> > 02.22.10 Iron UIBC - 147 L (range 150 - 375)

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> > And here are my results from yesterday!

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> > 04.27.10 Iron - 144 (range 35 - 155)

> > 04.27.10 Iron Saturation (SAT) - 49 (range 15 - 55)

> > 04.27.10 Iron TIBC - 293 (range 250 - 450)

> > 04.27.10 Iron UIBC - 149 L (range 150 - 375)

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> > If any of you are curious as to how I did it, this has been my iron regimen

for the past 2 months:

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> > Breakfast - Devil's Claw 500mg, Vitamin C 2,000mg

> > 1 hr later - Lactoferrin 100mg, Energizing Iron Liver Extract 1,100mg (25mg

elemental heme iron I think)

> > Lunch - L-Histidine 500mg, Vitamin C 2,000mg

> > 1 hr later - Lactoferrin 100mg, Chelated Iron Bisglycinate 25mg, Ferrous

Gluconate 27mg

> > Dinner - Vitamin C 2,000mg

> > Bedtime - L-Lysine 500mg, Ferrous Fumarate (from blackstrap molasses) 29mg,

Ferrous Sulfate 65mg, Vitamin C 2,000mg

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> > I didn't bother testing ferritin, as I still have back issues that my chiro

is working on so I knew the inflammation would throw off the results.

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> > Any idea how much iron I should continue taking to maintain these levels?

Since it shouldn't interfere with me raising Cynomel anymore, I'm going to try

going up on it again. My temps still aren't where they should be. Wish me luck

with that!

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> > I also tested electrolytes and they're not great:

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> > 04.27.10 Sodium - 138 (range 135 - 145)

> > 04.27.10 Potassium - 3.7 (range 3.5 - 5.2)

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> > I'm not worried about the sodium - it never gets much higher than that. But

the potassium has gone down from a previous level of 4.0 on the same dose, so

I'll go ahead and add back in that second dose of magnesium that I cut out a

couple months back. Obviously it was helping me hold onto the potassium.

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> > ~Rainbow~

> > 30 year old Female 5'6 " 136lbs

> > Dx: Hashi's, AF, Wheat Sensitivity

> > Rx/OTC: Cynomel 68.75mcg, HC 27.5mg, Florinef 1tab,

> > Potassium 90mEq, Sea Salt 1/2tsp

> > My Log and Labs: http://tinyurl.com/pvgjmb

> > My Blog: http://hyporainbow.wordpress.com

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