surery cancelled and getting iron infusions

I hope so.  My biggest concern is being recovered enough to start training the end of December for a full marathon at the end of April.

I'm sure you'll be great with the training, especially getting the iron under control. How proud of yourself are you??? I digress. I'm really wondering if that isn't affecting my healing where the numbness and tingling is concerned. So it is much better done now than paying for it with compromised healing later.

Let us know how the infusions go. I'm probably heading down that road myself so I'd love to hear how it goes.

Keeping you in my thoughts,

Denise

I had my 2nd infusion this morning.  I don't feel it yet except that I have been eating ice out of my sonic drink everyday and it usually tastes so good (side affect of anemic) and today the ice didn't really taste good and I didn't have the desire to eat it.  Maybe its working already.  I get another one in the morning and then the last 2 next week so we will see.

My friend that was anemic was a huge ice chewer. She stopped the day of her infusion. I don't know if they are supposed to work that fast or not, but it definitely affected her desire to chew ice. Glad you are on your way!

This morning got my normal sonic drink and didn't really want the ice!!!

I am sorry to hear that, but you will be much better for surgery without iron issue.

Take care,
 

Alla

I agree and hopefully it will all be up to snuf the first of November and I can have it then.

I am glad you are on your way and getting your treatments !  A surgery cancellation is such a bummer, and in my opinion it was avoidable.

I have posted here many times on this topic and I am sad to say that this problem (severe iron deficiency) is almost always missed by doctors yet its so common.

Almost ALL of my patients (band, DS, RNY, sleeve) have some degree of deifciency and it requires special tests (TIBC, transferrin, ferritin, serum iron, and hemoglobin) to detect and properly treat. A regular blood count does not cut it.

Doctors claiming to be experienced with WLS patients should know this, and surgeons who are requiring their patients to withstand a huge surgery and healing process (that we expoect to be perfect) have a special responsibility to detect this way before surgery and treat it.

Folks, please be vigilant and take charge of your own health.  You've worked so hard to get where you are and a TT or LBL is the biggest surgery anyone can have in terms of healing burden on your body. Expecting your surgeon to do so is perfectly normal but sadly not enough these days.

I believe that seromas, poor healiing, necrosis, and other complications would be greatly reduced if surgeons would "fix the fixables" well in advance of these huge procedures.

Amen brother!!  I will from now on be on top of my labs!!!  I had my 3rd iron push this morning and have 2 more next week. Hoping its all back to normal enough for me to have surgery on Nov 2nd.