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Low Iron Levels and Weakness

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Apr 7, 2023 | Replies (44)
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@howlor5

Going on 9 months now. Shortness of breath, extreme fatigue when exerting. Checked out with VA . pulmonary good, no blood clots, EKG and Echo good, suspected Pancreas Cancer negative, two colonoscopy good, WBC & RBC good. Recent stress test good.
NOTE: Prior Prostrate Cancer, radical performed over 15 years ago. PSA came back up within last 17 months. Cancer in lymph nodes picked up on PET scan. However, being treated with quarterly Eli guard shots, PSA now at 0.01. Previous systemic colitis, that’s good now.
Recent Iron BT showed saturation rate (low) 17, Iron very low side of normal.
Help! Thank you!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 10, 2023

@howlor5, I moved your message about searching for the cause of iron deficient anemia to this existing discussion that @danab started:
- Low Iron Levels and Weakness: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/low-iron-levels-and-weakness/

I did this so you can read the previous posts and connect with other members like Dana, @lisal64 @deechase @loribmt @jakedduck1 and many others.

Howlor, has your oncologist ruled out prostate cancer or treatment as a potential cause?

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