Re: Re: Iron deficiency anemia

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Iron deficiency can often be cured by switching to prenatal vitamins.

Prenatal vitamins use iron in an amino acid chelate form An iron amino

acid chelate is a dipetide molecule, meaning it has two parts, iron and

amino acid. This is a very small molecule and can easily slip through

receptors in the intestine. Once absorbed, the body easily strips away

the amino acid and frees up the iron. It is used prenatal because it is

easily passed on to the fetus.

Ray Hooks

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http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

superfran100@... wrote:

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> Now that we are on the topic of iron again-I desperately need some help. I am

> severely iron deficient. I have no stored iron-ferritin is 1- and I have very

> little circulating iron. My iron issues began before bypass surgery, although

> they were not severe until I was a post-op. Don't seem to absorb any iron

> from food, and maybe not even from supplements. After a couple of

> transfusions, my hematologist switched me over to IV iron. I used to get

> intravenous iron once a week-this really helped my anemia a lot-I no longer

> needed to get transfusions. The hematologist, after some trial and error,

> figured out last winter that I would probably need these infusions for life.

> Once a week for maybe a year and then at least once a month for maintenance.

>

> Well, as luck would have it, my insurance became Medicare as of this past

> January 1st. I got medicare because I was approved for total disability by

> Social Security, due to the anemia and other issues. Well, medicare refuses

> to cover the IV iron, so I am back to transfusions!!!! I am so unhappy about

> this. The transfusion help, but basically for the first 4 to 6 weeks after a

> transfusion I feel pretty good, and then over the next 6 weeks my energy and

> health decline until they are in the pits again and I need another

> transfusion. There are other drawbacks-transfusions always carry some risks,

> and also they do NOTHING to build up ferritin/stored iron. They only give a

> temporary boost to circulating iron. The only thing that can build up your

> strored iron is iron!!--either oral, injections (don't work for me) or IV. My

> hematologist has appealed-because she has many cancer patients that she also

> treats with the IV iron-but medicare says no-they approve it for kidney

> dialysis patients, but not for cancer patients or anemia patients.

> I feel like I am between a rock and a hard place. And to make matters works,

> when my iron dips low enough, I get restless leg syndrome every night so bad,

> that I want to jump out of my skin! And I chew ice like crazy--another anemia

> side-effect-- which cracks your tooth enamel. I know, I know, I should just

> not chew it, but believe me, it is a compulsion!!!! It is a condition called

> pica, and it is crazy--like heroin addiction or something-impossible to

> resist that ice!--not that I have personal experience with heroin addiction

> LOL.

>

> Anyway, sorry for the long desperate post, but I am at the end of my rope.

> All of you who have been successful in gettin IV iron covered by

> insurance--do any of you have medicare as your primary insurance. If so, did

> your doc have to fight to get it covered? How did you get approval. HELP!!!

>

> Fran

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