Iron Infusion FINALLY! Yahoo!

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Just wanted to say I FINALLY will be having an iron infusion, that is SO needed!

I went to a

" quack " hematologist (IMHO anyway), and he didn't believe in them and didn't

really know

much about bypass patients either, SO, my gal pal went to a Dr near me and I got

his name,

made the appt, seen him today and he is totally on board with GB peeps! I just

pray now that

I don't have a reaction to the iron in the first hour, as if it that is ok, they

will continue to

infuse me for the next 4-5 hours... he believes in giving them all in one shot,

then repeating

the labs at 6 weeks and see where you are from there. My gal pal just had her 6

weeks

check up yesterday and her iron is at 13 now! She's thrilled, feels better to,

now she can go

on with her PS next month. At this point, I'm just hoping to never again take

oral iron and

stop feeling so tired, especially around that time of the month! I could nap

all day long in

that week span!

Well, just wanted to share that I'm finally making some progress in the Iron

department!

Thanks so much to many of you who have sent me private emails on your stories

about your

infusions and how they work. I do have a question though, have many of you had

the total

infusion at one time? If so, how do you feel right after it? And, how do you

feel now? I have

another gal pal that had GB, and she is going through 14 infusions for her

treatment.

Thanks,

Sheila in Chgo

=:-)