Re: doctor's visit/iron ()

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,

My Ferritin was 6 and I had to repeat more blood work just for the Anemia that

he

thinks I'm having... so now I'm on Foltrin 2 capsules a day, just started

yesterday. I

give myself B-12 shots too and they did help, my count went up but don't have it

right

here in front of me, but he seemed to think it was much better, its still on the

lower

end IMHO... I was just about depleted a year ago. I still give myself shots and

just

got another refill on the B-12 and syringes too, it's not as bad as you think,

you get

used to it. I bruise extremely easy, you can barely touch me and I'm bruised.

I'm

also on synthroid, now I hear that maybe taking Iron will affect the synthroid,

so I'm

going to repeat my iron blood test in 3 months and see if it helps, if not he

wants to

do a colonoscopy and see if there is anything internally bleeding that we aren't

catching. Or I may have to go on Iron shots, which I know nothing about.

I hope this Foltrin works, anyone else taking these horse pills? OY! I hate um!

Sheila in Chgo

RNY 6-27-01

=:-)

>

> TIBC 584 (221-371)

> cell morph 3+ (normal)

>

> HGB 11.1 (11.5-15.4)

> HCT 34.1 (34.3-45.0)

>

> Platelet Count 658 (140-440)

>

> B-12 145 (211-911)

> Cloride 109 (98-108)

>

> Ferritin 5 (11-307)

>

> Zinc 152 (70-150)

>

>

> Opinions ? How bad is this....I feel like crap and they just put me

> on Iron pills, how much by experience would you take and what about

> B-12 shots ?

>

> Thanks everyone !!