IV iron infusion–a long day

Today I had my IV iron infusion and it was quite the long appointment.  4 hours!!  I had never had IV iron before so I had to have premedications and a test dose then wait before having the actual dose.  So the day went like this:
Got to the appointment at 9am.  Got my IV in [...]

Iron deficiency appointment

FINALLY the long awaiting beginning to an end.  At least that’s what I’m hoping for.  I’m so hoping this is the answer to all my symptoms. 
I saw the hematologist today and we went over my medical history thoroughly.  He agreed that iron deficiency is probably the cause of all my symptoms that I mention here.  [...]

Iron deficiency–second opinion

Since I have such conflicting opinions on this iron deficiency without anemia nonsense I decided to take matters into my own hands.  Sometimes being a nurse has it’s advantages.  Wink wink!  This morning after work I ran into one of my hospital’s best oncology/hematology specialists and ran my story by him.  He did agree that [...]

Now I’m really confused

All this iron stuff is really confusing me.  I have my endocrinologist who is saying that my iron being so low is not good.  And that makes total sense to me.  You need iron to make blood etc.  So not having much cannot be good, right?  Plus I don’t feel good.  That is why I [...]

Endometrial biopsy

I talked in a previous post about having a uterine cryoablation.  Today I had my endometrial biopsy as one of the steps to get ready for it.  This had to be done to make sure there is no cancer in the uterus as if there is and the ablation is done it is bad news.  [...]

My thyroid is doing strange things & iron update

I went a week ago and had my pre-thyroid appointment bloodwork done.  This included my newest iron studies that were done after taking the Rx strength iron for the last 3 months.  Being the impatient patient that I am I was unwilling to wait the week until my appointment so I called my endocrinologist.  She [...]