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What's your B-12 like? Pernicious anemia is really common in our folks.

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Good luck... Bringing ferritin up out of the basement like that is so

important, and so difficult! I've been working on it for 6 months now

and haven't had much improvement myself. :-( Have you been tracking your

numbers on a spreadsheet over time? Have they crashed suddenly, or has

their been a slow winding down?

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I just passed my 5 year mark without noticing it, April

28......woohoo!!!!!

Anyway, labs came back and I'm out of range on some IRON stuff the first

time. Parentheses are the " should be " numbers.

What do you all think? Could being this little bit out explain why I

get tired working out three times a week, rowing 3 times a week,

partying 3 nights a week and running a tax business?

Total Protein 7.1 (6.0-8.4)

Iron, Serum 43 (35-158)

**Ferritin 5 (12-282)

CBC

WBC 5.6 (4.0-11)

RBC 4.56 (4.1-5.7)

**Hemoglobin 12.7 (13-17)

**Hematocrit 36.7 (37-49)

Folic Acid 15.6 (>5)

GGT 16 (7-70)

SGOT (AST) 28 (5-35)

SGPT (ALT) 28 (7-56)

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

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Just my personal, non medical opinion (but been there, done that, bought the tee

shirt, refrigerator magnet and bumper sticker)....I'm thinking it's time for a

celebratory iron infusion buckeroo!! No iron reserves, H & H low...is your

blood pink??

Congrats...and get ye to a hematologist!!

Sue in Las Vegas

lab work

I just passed my 5 year mark without noticing it, April 28......woohoo!!!!!

Anyway, labs came back and I'm out of range on some IRON stuff the first

time. Parentheses are the " should be " numbers.

What do you all think? Could being this little bit out explain why I get

tired working out three times a week, rowing 3 times a week, partying 3

nights a week and running a tax business?

Total Protein 7.1 (6.0-8.4)

Iron, Serum 43 (35-158)

**Ferritin 5 (12-282)

CBC

WBC 5.6 (4.0-11)

RBC 4.56 (4.1-5.7)

**Hemoglobin 12.7 (13-17)

**Hematocrit 36.7 (37-49)

Folic Acid 15.6 (>5)

GGT 16 (7-70)

SGOT (AST) 28 (5-35)

SGPT (ALT) 28 (7-56)

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

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My B-12 IS 590, range is 250-1100. My doctor said last year, when my labs

were good, that iron deficiency could crop up in the first 5 years for guys.

My 5 years are up. What a trip!

Wow, my ferritin *is* in the " basement. "

Actually, I don't know what any of this stuff means.....just hopeful that

iron will make me feel more rested....kinda' stay tired.

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

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>

> I just passed my 5 year mark without noticing it, April

> 28......woohoo!!!!!

>

> Anyway, labs came back and I'm out of range on some IRON stuff the first

> time. Parentheses are the " should be " numbers.

>

> What do you all think? Could being this little bit out explain why I

> get tired working out three times a week, rowing 3 times a week,

> partying 3 nights a week and running a tax business?

>

> Total Protein 7.1 (6.0-8.4)

> Iron, Serum 43 (35-158)

> **Ferritin 5 (12-282)

> CBC

> WBC 5.6 (4.0-11)

> RBC 4.56 (4.1-5.7)

> **Hemoglobin 12.7 (13-17)

> **Hematocrit 36.7 (37-49)

> Folic Acid 15.6 (>5)

>

> GGT 16 (7-70)

> SGOT (AST) 28 (5-35)

> SGPT (ALT) 28 (7-56)

>

> Thanks,

> in Austin

> RNY April 1998

>

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

>

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Your hematocrit and hemoglobin are your current iron levels, what's

circulating around in your blood. Your ferritin is your long-term iron

storage, your " savings account " , if you will. You've probably been

taking out of your savings account for a while to keep up good blood

levels, but no there's no more money at the bank, so you feel crummy.

Hmmm, sounds like my real life! LOL

Hope you find an iron supplement that brings you back to normal and

helps rebuild those stores quickly.

Ziobro

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,

My B-12 IS 590, range is 250-1100. My doctor said last year, when my

labs were good, that iron deficiency could crop up in the first 5 years

for guys.

My 5 years are up. What a trip!

Wow, my ferritin *is* in the " basement. "

Actually, I don't know what any of this stuff means.....just hopeful

that iron will make me feel more rested....kinda' stay tired.

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

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> ,

>

> What's your B-12 like? Pernicious anemia is really common in our

folks.

> http://tinyurl.com/b7ck

>

> Good luck... Bringing ferritin up out of the basement like that is so

> important, and so difficult! I've been working on it for 6 months now

> and haven't had much improvement myself. :-( Have you been tracking

your

> numbers on a spreadsheet over time? Have they crashed suddenly, or has

> their been a slow winding down?

>

> Ziobro

> Open RNY 09/17/01

> 310/130

> Http://tinyurl.com/4e3h my profile with photos

>

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Thanks for the info, I didn't have a clue what in the heck any of them

means, but that makes sense.

This is one of those conversations that I've always ignored since it didn't

affect me, but now I guess I'll get on the bandwagon.

What iron works the best? All I can remember hearing is " black and tarry

stool. "

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

RE: lab work

Your hematocrit and hemoglobin are your current iron levels, what's

circulating around in your blood. Your ferritin is your long-term iron

storage, your " savings account " , if you will. You've probably been

taking out of your savings account for a while to keep up good blood

levels, but no there's no more money at the bank, so you feel crummy.

Hmmm, sounds like my real life! LOL

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In a message dated 5/7/2003 6:08:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,

suebarr@... writes:

> is your blood pink??

>

My blood was pink all of my life, but I never really tested anemic. They

said I was normal. I spent my life being tired. Since surgery and with my

supplements and red meat eating, I now have red blood. I have more energy

than before, but still not normal. But then I am 60 so I don't know what's

normal for a 60 year old that acts like a 12 year old.

:0)

Fay

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None of the oral iron supplements worked for me. Some of us just can't get

iron from pills no matter how many we take or how hard we try. I finally

gave in and went to a hematologist for iron infusions after trying to play

around with it for 2 years. I got my iron levels to go up, but not the

ferritin so I'm just not storing it, which is why it kept crashing according

to the hematologist. Well, his explanation was quite a bit longer, but that

was the basic idea behind it. After 2 round of iron (1 per week for 2

weeks, I go tomorrow for the 3rd & final treatment in this series) I feel

great. That tiredness is pretty much gone and I feel a lot more like myself

now. He's going to test me again in a month and then 3 months to see where

my iron and ferritin, etc. levels end up and then I'll probably need

infusions every so often to replenish. No big deal, to me it's an easy fix.

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Re: lab work

Thanks for the info, I didn't have a clue what in the heck any of them

means, but that makes sense.

This is one of those conversations that I've always ignored since it didn't

affect me, but now I guess I'll get on the bandwagon.

What iron works the best? All I can remember hearing is " black and tarry

stool. "

Thanks,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

RE: lab work

Your hematocrit and hemoglobin are your current iron levels, what's

circulating around in your blood. Your ferritin is your long-term iron

storage, your " savings account " , if you will. You've probably been

taking out of your savings account for a while to keep up good blood

levels, but no there's no more money at the bank, so you feel crummy.

Hmmm, sounds like my real life! LOL

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