BUMP TO VAL iron and ferritin lab results, can someone translate??

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Hi Val!

Margery suggested I re-post this question for you with " bump to val " so here it

is! Thank you!!

AND ANYONE ELSE THAT CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THESE LABS MEAN IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER

/ LOW FERRITIN OF 15

Here are my labs again:

Iron Binding Capacity (TBIC) 280 ug/ dL range: 250 - 450

UIBC 187 ug/ dL range: 150 - 375

Iron, Serum 93 ug/ dL range: 35 - 155

Iron Saturation 33 % range: 15 - 55

Ferritin 15 range: 10 - 291

Magnesium 2.4 range 1.3 - 2.7

Below is the discussion between Margery and myself, so you don't have to repost

any info. she's already given me.

Thank you so much!

> > >> the most recent info I have from Moderator Val is that the % saturation

should be 35-45 for best thyroid utilization.

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> > so at 33 % i'm not that bad off ...

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> > what does this mean in relation to the low ferritin of 15 is what I am

really wanting to know about?? and also the rest of these things (UBIC, serum,

and TBIC) what do they mean in relation to the ferritin???

>>PS. on raising iron: TAPER UP to the recommended dose of 150-200 mg/day.

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> > thanks, yes this is my plan

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> > >>> I had better results tapering up to that dose, over about two weeks.

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> > this is great info.!! thanks 2 weeks is awesome to know, as a marker.

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> > >>> I think that suddenly starting on a lot of iron may sometimes cause

digestive upset.

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> > so far after 3 days at 90 mg, it's just been constipation.. but i also just

quit smoking less than two weeks ago and that happens then too... and i take

flax seed and psyllium husk

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> > > > We have also had good reports on Solgar Gentle Iron.

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> > thanks that's good to know!~~ i actually looked at them first about a month

ago, and i could not tell if it was elemental iron or not, so i got the slow fe

instead... and i know about the bluebonnet as well from these groups and sttm

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> > > > Here's a link to the bluebonnet iron:

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http://www.iherb.com/Bluebonnet-Nutrition-Chelated-Iron-90-Vcaps/11571?at=0

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> > > > Taking iron in two separate doses helps absorption (I understand the

body can only absorb so much iron at one time).

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> > thanks, this is good to know WHY i need to take it in two separate doses,

otherwise i would have taken it all at once.

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> > Also taking iron at the same time vitamin C helps absorption.

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> > yes, i'm doing this!!!

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