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Low Iron Levels and Weakness

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

Well basically blood work and an exam while we talked about symptoms. Not sure your thoughts as to what a Hemo workup is. All i remember is standard blood work to include Iron. Also I'm not sure I mentioned, I am back on Iron pills from my last visit But my Iron level wasn't that low. But my saturation was on the low side at 17 % so now that I'm thinking back maybe its more of a saturation problem than low Iron. Something else to maybe discuss with the Hematologist, Yes please let me know what you find out

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susangourdlady | @susangourdlady | Apr 4, 2023

My sat level of iron goes up and down. When it was first discovered as low (7%), I was put on ferrous sulfate? 325 mgs twice a day. After 6 months of that, I was told to go down to one a day. I had severe restless legs for 30 years. After starting 325 mgs of the iron 2x/day, after one week my restless legs were GONE. After 4 months of just one iron tablet, my restless legs started again. An Iron saturation test showed I was low on iron sat., so I started 2 tablets a day again. For me restless leg activity is how I know my iron saturation is low or normal. during all of this, all other blood parameters RBC, Hemoglobin, hematocrit, ferratin, etc were always normal.

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