http://myelomablog.com/2006/10/31/iron-poor-blood/ Ramblings and rants about my life, including my myeloma experiences. (Since 2003) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1-10015 hourly 1 http://myelomablog.com/2006/10/31/iron-poor-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 Scottw Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:57:47 +0000 http://www.myelomablog.com/?p=561#comment-2258 My bone marrow aspirate showed "absent" iron stores even though my serum iron level was ok. I was both iron and B12 deficient. My doctor recommended Floradix Iron + Herbs as an alternative to iron sulfate: http://www.florahealth.com/flora/home/usa/_main.asp Some people have trouble with ferous sulfate. I also took bi-weekly B12 injections. It took me 4 months to climb up from the valley of anemia. I pray your climb will be quick and rewarding. Scott My bone marrow aspirate showed “absent” iron stores even though my serum iron level was ok. I was both iron and B12 deficient. My doctor recommended Floradix Iron + Herbs as an alternative to iron sulfate: http://www.florahealth.com/flora/home/usa/_main.asp Some people have trouble with ferous sulfate. I also took bi-weekly B12 injections. It took me 4 months to climb up from the valley of anemia. I pray your climb will be quick and rewarding. Scott

]]> http://myelomablog.com/2006/10/31/iron-poor-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 WIM Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:35:04 +0000 http://www.myelomablog.com/?p=561#comment-2176 Hi Beth, When I transferred to a new oncologist he ordered an iron test. God knows why. Already for a year I felt tired and had no energy at all. To make a long story short. I had iron deficiency and got the sulfate pills. I did not know what happened . After the first pill (25 mg)I felt strange, the second gave me energy, the third created a miracle I had as much energy as was possible for an 83 year old. I did not believe that a little pill like that could have such an enormous influence on your body. I take the pill daily now.It is like a new life. What I do not understand that during that year my Hgb and Hematocrit was borderline low and my RDW high a high 17-20 that the 2 oncologists I had before this one never bothered to check despite my complaint of tiredness and now I know that a high RDW indicates Iron deficiency. I reported this to the list in case somebody could profit from my experience. You sure take a lot of iron, I just cannot believe that you have to wait 4 weeks for results since it worked for me instanly with such a small dose. So again we see that people react different to chemicals due to their phisical make-up, metabolism and what condition they are in. WIM Hi Beth, When I transferred to a new oncologist he ordered an iron test. God knows why. Already for a year I felt tired and had no energy at all. To make a long story short. I had iron deficiency and got the sulfate pills. I did not know what happened . After the first pill (25 mg)I felt strange, the second gave me energy, the third created a miracle I had as much energy as was possible for an 83 year old. I did not believe that a little pill like that could have such an enormous influence on your body. I take the pill daily now.It is like a new life. What I do not understand that during that year my Hgb and Hematocrit was borderline low and my RDW high a high 17-20 that the 2 oncologists I had before this one never bothered to check despite my complaint of tiredness and now I know that a high RDW indicates Iron deficiency. I reported this to the list in case somebody could profit from my experience. You sure take a lot of iron, I just cannot believe that you have to wait 4 weeks for results since it worked for me instanly with such a small dose. So again we see that people react different to chemicals due to their phisical make-up, metabolism and what condition they are in. WIM

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