Guest guest Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 My hematologist won't do shots. He does it thru an IV. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 imvalpal wrote: " I would try to get your doctor to go with pills before the shots - evidently the shots are hard on the veins and we don't absorb it as well.... " ---->>>>Speaking from personal experience with iron replacement therapy....The shots (IV) aren't at all hard on my veins as I just finished my 13th one a few minutes ago. Many people get irritated veins from phenergan or certain antibiotics and even morphine, but the iron dextran hasn't bothered my veins in the least little bit. The injection (ONE!!!) in my hip was horribly sore to touch (still is) and that was the first and only one I got about 2.5 months ago. The iron that isn't absorbed well by our stomachs is the oral iron b/c we are lacking the intrinsic factor necessary to absorb it. You don't need gastric intrinsic factor to absorb it from your bloodstream. As a matter of fact, my hemoglobin was 6.2 when I started these infusions and after 10, it was up to 10.2 (2 weeks ago). JME, Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I'm simply going off of what my doctors are telling me - I'd much rather take pills 2 times a day then have to have shots every week! Sorry if I offended anyone by my comments but last I checked this was an informational group with several different opinions/experiences. Since having the infusions(last one was in December) and taking the added iron pills everyday my iron has managed to stay above 11 for 6 months - I have to say that accounts for something and it's a whole lot more than the shots ever did for me. Best of luck to you with the shots! I'll stick to my pills! Rene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Rene, I think you may have read my reply wrong as you seem to have taken offense to it. I think if you'll re-read it, you'll see that I didn't say " Infusions are the best and the only way anyone should get their iron. " I, myself, didn't like the intramuscular injections because the site where I've only one weeks ago, still hurts like it was given yesterday. I have no problem with people taking pills 2 times a day, but pills didn't work for ME. I wanted to advocate that the iron hasn't bothered *my* veins at all so others in here wouldn't be scared of the harmfulness to their veins if that is the way they are choosing to go. I was taking a medication that SUPPRESSED MY BONE MARROW, hence what little of the pills the stomach did absorb, the other pill was suppressing my marrow not to produce any RBC's. I could not take the easy way with just taking my vitamins. The Feso4 325mg I was taking 3 times a day did nothing but stop my intestines and bowels from moving. It's much simpler and easier to pop a pill than to go through the IV process, but with the suppression, it did not work for ME. It's time consuming etc etc etc, but I have no other option at this point, since I felt near death (from one complication or another), the little pills did not work for me (yes, my own personal experience). You say you are going off what your Dr's told you. I don't doubt they say a pill is better than the IV, but from my experience, it's " not hard on my veins " and medically speaking, it IS abosrbed well through the bloodstream not the stomach, therefore if they say it isn't absorbed as well as by mouth, I'd like to see their study on that. I was replying to your part about your Doctors saying " I would try to get your doctor to go with pills before the shots - evidently the shots are hard on the veins and we don't absorb it as well.... " because this wasn't true in my case. You cannot take the iron infusions AND take oral iron, it's one or the other; one must be stopped first before starting the other. I fully intend to use iron pills again when I get back to a 15 hemoglobin level and stop the infusions. This is " an informational group with several different opinions/experiences " . That's why I began my message with " speaking from personal experience " and why I ended my message with " JME " meaning, " just my experience " Sheila =================================================================== imvalpal@a... wrote: I'm simply going off of what my doctors are telling me - I'd much rather take pills 2 times a day then have to have shots every week! Sorry if I offended anyone by my comments but last I checked this was an informational group with several different opinions/experiences. Since having the infusions(last one was in December) and taking the added iron pills everyday my iron has managed to stay above 11 for 6 months - I have to say that accounts for something and it's a whole lot more than the shots ever did for me. Best of luck to you with the shots! I'll stick to my pills! Rene ================================================================== imvalpal wrote: " I would try to get your doctor to go with pills before the shots - evidently the shots are hard on the veins and we don't absorb it as well.... " --->>>angel_of_mercy_911: ---->>>>Speaking from personal experience with iron replacement therapy....The shots (IV) aren't at all hard on my veins as I just finished my 13th one a few minutes ago. The iron that isn't absorbed well by our stomachs is the oral iron, b/c we are lacking the intrinsic factor necessary to absorb it. You don't need gastric intrinsic factor to absorb it from your bloodstream. As a matter of fact, my hemoglobin was 6.2 when I started these infusions and after 10, it was up to 10.2 (2 weeks ago). JME, Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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