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Is anemia associated with prostate cancer or treatment?
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Dragging this one back up, cause now I have... "sudden onset anemia".
Yay me.
Haemoglobin:118 g/L ( 130 - 175 ) L
Haematocrit:0.38 L/L ( 0.40 - 0.52 ) L
MCV:77 fL ( 80 - 99 ) L
MCH:24 pg ( 27 - 33 ) L
Any connection to prostate cancer? (no drugs... just prostatectomy & AUS)
Now I get to have cameras shoved up every orifice.
Getting old.....
Replies to "Dragging this one back up, cause now I have... "sudden onset anemia". Yay me. Haemoglobin:118 g/L..."
@peterj116 - I'll finish it for ya...Getting old sucks!!!!!!!!!!!
No surgery but on ADT for a little over a year. Hobby farm with a few critters. It wasn't too bad in the winter when just taking care of critters. Working the grounds too now that everything is growing is a bit of a struggle. It's taking a lot longer. Work when I can, sit when I'm tired. Guess I just have to be grateful I can still do it at all. Blood levels are watched closely and not anemic yet but certainly lower than is normal for me.
My new mantra..."Hang in and muddle through"
We got this👍
Oh...and for B-12, I highly recommend a 2-inch T-Bone. (which is probably why I'm not anemic yet)
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Awww, I am so sorry Peter that you now have to endure so many exams. But at least they are not dismissing your anemia as it would be the case on this side of the Equator !
If they do not find anything than just up your dose of Popeye food and some high quality Fe supplements as well as vit. B12. Actually B12 is essential for Fe production is the body but is often deficient in older adults due to slow absorption in guts. I would strongly suggest testing for levels of vit B12 and B6 too, BEFORE they poke you with cameras.