Daughter iron fusion, anyone do them monthly?
My daughter has been low in iron before. She had RNY 5 years ago and two years ago had her first iron fusion out of the country. She had gone to the hospital for an infection and when they did blood work found her to be severely anemic and gave her an iron fusion. Since then she went back to her bariatric doctor and had blood work done and is still anemic and was yesterday went for an iron fusion here and was told she may need them monthly. Has anyone else had to do this monthly or do you think this is extreme?
Depends on a person need and how the doc want to help her. There are some people that need it monthly, versus large dose once a year... maybe that doc thinks it is better for her to get them monthly.. ?
I had mine done 2 times - both times series of 4 and that brought my levels up - only to drop a few months later.. I may need one now.. (just got labs done)
If she menstruate - she may need them monthly to bring her up slowly.. who knows - maybe that is a better way than 4 in one week or 4 in 4 weeks..
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
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