Re: Re: doctor's visit/iron ()

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Sheila.....if they are the ones I am taking I can tell you a " little " about

them. They come in a series of 10.....I get a 2cc shot every third day

(Monday and Thursday)....it doesn't hurt at all. It is VERY lethal to some

people so the first time they give it to you they only inject .05cc and sit

and stare at you for a half hour. It has to be given a certain way in a

small little quadrant of your butt......I had to search for a nurse who was

trained to give it.......oh yeah......I am fighting for my insurance to

cover it.......it was $260 for the box of 10. HTH P.

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

> =:-)

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> >

> > 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 !!

>

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