KARLA...HOW IS THE IRON

KARLA, OR ANYONE WITH IRON ISSUES, Hey how is the Iron going. I still am getting light headed every couple of days and I have to eat or drink juice real quick like low blood sugar, I feel like I am eating 24-7 but have no energy, now with all that you would think I could sleep noooooooooooooo I am tired all the time but can't sleep...... I am going to make an appt with the Dr today. HAVE A GRAT MONDAY TORI

I am so sorry you are going through this, Tori! I am keeping you in my prayers!

the low blood sugar feeling is low iron? I had not heard that and will focus on it. it happens to me on occassion. when i cant sleep its due to low protein. i drink a vial of profect and 45 minutes later I am in deep sleep.

Thanks for asking Tori...I know I haven't been posting much lately...don't have too much time for it, but hope to settle into a routine again now that it's my 3rd week back at work and since school started today. I had my blood drawn last Monday to check for hyper parathyroid disorder...didn't know until I went for my iron shot that day that I had such a thing as a parathyroid...for anyone that doesn't know you have 4 parathyroid glands that are pea-size on the outside of your thyroid gland. My blood drawn in Houston back in mid-July showed high levels of this hormone. I think it regulates calcium and phosphorous levels. From what I've read, most people have one of the 4 that gets enlarged and is a tumor and they have to take it out. Well, I'm certainly excited about that. Just what I wanted...another dang surgery! I called today, and they told me my blood went bad due to the extreme heat we're having and I have to go back in Wednesday and have it drawn again and they have to freeze it solid to send it in to the lab! On the good side...they did a CBC and my iron has gone from a 9.1 on July 17, to a 9.8 on July 31, to a 10.1 on August 20. It looks like it's slowly creeping up. I had 4 iron shots one week apart, and now have one every 2 weeks. I guess we'll test again by end of September to see where it is. If it's not up to 11 or 12, I hope my dr. will put me on Repliva, a new iron supplement for women that you take 21 days and go off 7 days. It is supposed to be more absorpable. I try to make sure I don't take my calcium w/in 4 hrs. of my iron and vitamin C. I also take chelated iron and vitamin C 2 times per day. I haven't resorted to eating a cast iron skillet, but am still thinking about it! I called my plastic surgeon today and left a message to reschedule me for my lower body lift on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Hopefully that will happen! Karla