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Anemic due to kidney problem: How to increase hemoglobin?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Sep 26, 2023 | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
@laurie6 You're welcome! Talk frankly to your medical team and work with them to find what works best for you. Chelated iron is easy on my digestive tract.
Anemia in chronic kidney patients is pretty common. As our kidney function worsens, the ability to carry iron in our blood lessens. What stage of CKD are you? Have they determined the underlying cause of your kidney issues?
In the 1980 -1990s I was severely anemic, and went through many tests. At that time it was determined to be because of uterine fibroids, which were removed in 1999. My anemia was resolved, but later resurfaced due to my kidney issues. I am also a blood cancer patient, and we watch all my numbers every month. Some months I need to have an erythropoetin type shot to keep my system in a somewhat working order. It's a fine line, and finding what will work best for your own system can be a frustrating experience.
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Oh yeah. Stage 4a
Whatever that means.
Definitely not interested in synthetic epo. I wonder how Lance Armstrong got it to work without killing him?!
I’m still on antibiotics for dog mouth bacteria in my thumb, so that has distracted attention from my anemia, which is equally concerning only because the labs come back a teeny bit worse than the ones before, and they are checking my blood twice a week.
GFR is 10’s and 11’s.
Hemoglobin down, but I forget now. I’ll go look again since bloodwork was done again yesterday. Thanks!
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@gingerw I have been severely anemic for weeks if not months. The only one seriously concerned is my primary who I think is in panic mode which is setting me off as I really REALLY don't feel well. Lupus doc took one look at my labs and said I'm anemic. He told me when I see my new CLL doc in OCTOBER (!) to tell him my symptoms and he'll give me an iron infusion. I said "I'm allergic to iron infusions" and he mumbled about different kinds of infusions and left the room. I've never felt this way before. I've said it before and I'll say it again I am literally and physically dying I know without a shadow of a doubt and I can't find a doctor to help me 🥺😵💫😭