RE: Need your help with Iron

[Guest guest]

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I was taking oral iron, Carbonyl and Niferex since mys surgery and my

iron counts progressively went down in the toilet until I hit just under

9. I started iron infusions a little over a month ago. I am scheduled

for 23 infusions and have just finished # 13. My iron is currenlty up to

11.4 and I feel like a million bucks. Hematologist said that once I get

to where I am supposed to be I can start taking the Niferex and come to

see him once a month for an infusion so I will hopefully never get that

low again. Apparently I am not absorbing the iron in pill form at all,

so he will check my counts and see if the oral iron is doing any good or

I should go in once or twice a month for an infusion. Also took my docs

well over a year to finally throw in the towel with the blood count

dropping and send me to a hematologist. Was recenlty diagnosed with

acute sensory neural hearing loss and the ENT thinks, just thinks, the

anemia may have contributed to this problem. After two weeks on

Prednisone I did not get any of my hearing back.

Don't let the anemia go on for too long before doing something about it.

I felt like crap for over a year, dragging my butt and just too damn

tired to do anything. Felt like I was 378 lbs. all over again. Just keep

on top of it. Hope you feel better soon.

Regina

[Guest guest]

The most absorbable form of iron is iron amino acid chelate because the

molecules

are small enough to be absorbed without being broken down by digestive action. 

You

can buy the iron by itself at

http://www.vitacost.com/store/products/productdescription.cfm?SKUNumber=03398401\

2509 

Both VistaVitamins, http://www.vistavitamins.com and Bariatric Supplement

Systems,     http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com use iron amino acid

chelates

as their supplement form.

Ray Hooks

For WLS nutrition info, visit

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

NewBodyNewMe@... wrote:

>  OK guys I need your imput. I have been feeling real tired and seem to have

> lost my zip....at first I thought  well you are just 8 weeks out from

> your plastic surgery and need more time to recover....but I was getting more

> tired each day....and then I thought well it has been 10 months since your

last

> labs.

>  So I took my new but tired body to the Dr. and had labs done. The nurse

> called with good news and bad news....my b12 was good but my iron was 35.( I

am

> going in to see the Dr. in person Monday morning and get a copy of the lab

> report) and for questions.

>  OK.....here is the part where I need your help. The nurse said the Dr. was

> going to give me iron but I must of gone too far and told her I had to be

> careful in what form I could take....such as no time released, no gelcaps,

> someplace along the way I think " we had a failure to communicate "

>   I picked up the iron from the pharmacy and it is not a RX but Walgreens

> Ferrous Gluconate 240mg..elemental iron 27mg. For almost a year now I have

been

> taking Carbonyl Iron 50 mg...2 a day with 2 Vit C 500 mg...by

themselves...also

> being careful to take them at least 2 hours after taking Calcium and waiting

> 2 hours before taking any more Calcium.

>  So if I am already taking the right iron in what I think is the right amount

> why would he prescribe more over the counter iron. The only thing I can think

> of is that he doesn't know I am taking iron already.

>  I guess reading all the posts about other people having to take iron

> infusions are in the back of my brain, what were your iron levels? and does

this

> sound right to take more over the counter stuff?

>  I .R .puzzled. If you do take a RX for iron what do you take?  

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