low iron and hemoglobin

Thanks for the name! Just checked, and they do ship to the UK. Do you take the 1000mcg or 2000mcg dose? I will do some reading first before deciding how much to take. The risk of overdose is incredibly low for water soluble vitamins, but I still don't want to take more than the recommended dose.

I don't absorb iron from food, so I wouldn't be surprised if I also don't absorb B12. My hospital don't routinely test for B12 (which seems odd for a Crohn's patient), so I have no idea what my current B12 level is. In the past it's usually been around the 300 mark, which the NHS considers "normal". That was pre-surgery and while I didn't lose all my terminal ileum during surgery, I lost a few inches of it. I reckon it's time to ask for a B12 test...

Hi Tom:

So sorry to hear about your daughter's issues. Children shouldn't have to deal with diseases/conditions. My daughter has been complaining of tiredness for months now and has trouble sleeping like me. Hopefully, it's just because she gets up earlier for work, goes out with friends frequently now, since Covid is creeping away, helps
here quite often. Hopefully, no diseases. A few of my aunts do take B12 shots for Anemia. Thankfully, my daughter is an adult, not a child.

Constipation...seems I was born with it(Ugh! Hate it). I use Restoralax or Clearlax by Equate occasionally, from Walmart.

While I was in the hospital a few years ago, for I forget what, they did the usual CBC tests, etc and found that I was Anemic. My level was 6.7. The Doctors asked how it was possible that I was functioning. Then I was given different scans to see if I was bleeding inside. Nope!

"A hemoglobin level of 4.7 is dangerously low and if not properly treated could become fatal. Normally, women should have a hemoglobin level of 12 or more, men 13 or more. Generally, hospitals will begin emergency blood transfusions when the hemoglobin level drops below 7 or 8."

They also did the peripheral blood smear and discovered that I had Microcytic Anemia(like I need any more conditions). Did your daughter's Doctor say what type of Anemia she has? There are many reasons for Anemia and different types, as you know. One being, chronic diseases and inflammation.

Anyways, after I had the blood transfusion, I was feeling great. My Doctors do tests often but they haven't noticed
anywhere that low of a number again. I'm in Ontario also. Once a person is in a hospital, they try to get to the bottom of the problem.

The darn Covid cases have taken a lot of our health care resources plus the too many new arrivals to Canada. If our government allows so many people in, then they should be putting way more funding into our health care system. Surgeries are back logged as you probably know. I'm on the list for another surgery too.

The Best to you and your daughter.

I am in the UK and after a resection the surgeon told me to keep an eye on my b12 level as he had chopped out the bit of intestine that absorbs it and so I would eventually run out and need injections. I had to ask doctor to test it, they don’t follow up automatically and they will only do it every six months. They also refused to give me injections as I was just at the bottom of the acceptable range, they wanted to wait until I was too low. In the end I tried a spray (garden of life) and at the next test was back squarely in middle range and have stayed there. Also you only need one spray so it does last. I expect other brands are available but just putting it out there as an alternative to needles.