Question about low ferritin

I am almost 2 years out, and am having problems with low ferritin.  The first time I had this issue earlier in the year, we knew it was because I had heavy periods and lost so much blood.  I had a hysterectomy in June so the periods are no longer there.   I had iron through iv infusion and got my ferritin up to a good place.   Yesterday, when my hematologist saw my ferritin had dropped back down very low again in just 5 months with no periods, she is now concerned that maybe I am bleeding internally and wants to investigate further.

Having said all that, my question is this:   Isn't it possible that I am just going to have to battle low ferritin and iron since I am a gastric bypass patient?   Not because of any blood loss?  I'm going to go ahead and do whatever testing she suggests just to be safe, but I thought that just the fact that I had gastric bypass could be the reason I struggle.   Does this make sense?  Any thoughts? 

I went for my yearly physical/pap/blood work and CT scan of the abdomen in November because I was having bad headaches and feeling very tired. When the results came back, I found out that my iron and ferritin was very low. She increased my iron from 1 time a day to 3 times a day. It was rechecked a month later and didn't go up much so I have to have 3 rounds of iron transfusions. The nurse that talked t o me about low levels and my doctor told me that I will probably have this problem due to the malabsorbtion that  comes along with gastric bypass surgery and not because I'm bleeding from somewhere.
I use to have long and very heavy periods but they put me on birth control pills to control that. 
I use to take liquid iron and I didn't have issues with my levels because i was absorbing the liquid better.  I stopped taking the liquid because Walgreen's stopped ordering it for me.
I've been calling around to different pharmacies and found one that would order liquid so I wont have this problem again.

Good luck with you levels!

Who cares the liquid?  Is it a chain?

Ruby
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You have to get a Dr. prescription. My walgreens pharmacy use to order it but they stopped so maybe if you have a walgreens, you could check yours. I work at a hospital and she said they carry it on a regular basis. CVS pharmacy her said they would also order it for me.

It's gross and its known to turn your teeth brown so when I took it, I'd brush my teeth as soon as i swallowed it down and sucked on a sugar free vitamin c drop to get the taste out my mouth plus vitamin c helps with iron absorption.

Iron is one of the malabsorbed nutrients, yes. We only absorb certain kinds and rather high doses (for most docs), so it might APPEAR that iron doesn't work for you at first.

Iron is kinda individual. Which one works for you? How many do you take? What numbers do you want to see on your labs?

Malabsorbed nutrients (to varying degrees):
protein
iron
calcium
vites A, D, E, K
B1
B6
B12
zinc

and some will need to add copper, a B complex (covers all the B's except B12), selenium, magnesium... you'll know.