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Posted 2/23/2012 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Last time I posted my iron levels were good and two weeks later they are low, so now my doc wants me to supplement with iron. Can your body really change from week to week? I just got of my period the week of testing, could this do it. Should I supplement?
Posted 2/23/2012 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Mine would always vary from week to week. I was so bad at one point I had to get my hemoglobin checked every 2 weeks. I bled really bad with my UC. And yes, your period could definitely affect it. If your doctor is telling you to take an iron supplement, then you should take it. Even now after surgery I still have iron deficiency that I have yet to get in check from so many years of UC depleting me. It's something you really need to keep up on. Anemia takes a toll on all of your organs.
Posted 2/23/2012 9:54 PM (GMT 0)
How have you been feeling? My levels have never changed quite that quickly. I was only anemic once but my levels are generally on the low end.
Posted 2/24/2012 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
I work out every day, but after that hour I'm usually sitting, like I do at my desk. Not a whole lot of energy really. I started on iron last night, I'm going to go back on SLOW FE regular iron tears up my gut!

 

Posted 2/24/2012 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
Well you could go from low-normal to just below notmal, so it hard to coment on week to week change without numbers. Also do you mean total iron saturation, feritin, or even hemoglobin. Bleeding form UC can lower things very quickly. Every supplement I tried made me sick to my stomach, and I had to rely on expensive IV infusions.
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