Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia Link

Hi veryone, sorry for my prolonged absence someday soon I will catch you all up on the ongoing saga that is my life.

In the interim I wanted to share a couple of links to a project I did with CTV.  There is a short and long video, a PDF information sheet and a symptom checker thatyou can print out and take to our doctor and discuss symptoms of iron deficiency.  It's very important to getthe message out that you can be iron deficient without being anemic and that by treating the iron deficiency the patient may never have to advance to anemia.  Please feel free to share these links on otherforums you visit.  They work in the US and Europe. 

Questions and concerns through twitter #irondeficiency or @answers2ironqs 

http://www.healthandfamily.ca/show/understanding-treating-ir on-deficiency-iron-deficiency-anemia-one-minute/ 

 http://www.healthandfamily.ca/show/understanding-treating-ir on-deficiency-iron-deficiency-anemia/

Thanks for sharing this link.  I am currently taking iron supplements in preparation for RNY as I was found to be somewhat anemic.

I know how it is to be "busy" with life and be away. I just got back on again too. Thanks for posting this, i was just told to up my iron intake because once a day isn't doing enough for me.

liz

Thanks for the links. I went severely anemic in 2012 and had to be hospitalized and have 2 blood transfusions and went into heart failure...now I always take supplements and know the signs !!

sounds like me in and out of hospital since the end of October the longest Ihave been out is 10 days...just spent my second Christmas season in a row in Hospital.   HemHemoglobin in the 60's Ferritin too low to read  30 units of blood,  over 10 infusions of Venofer. .the cause mmicronutrient malnutrition causing bone marrow failure. ..

The TPN II have been on since 31-Dec-12 was insufficient to meet my needs.   I had to leave my Bariatric Centre and go to another hospital  to get definitive care.

but I ddigress. ..nothing more embarrassing than being a clinical specialist in iron deficiency and being iron deficient. ..but then I absorb less than 25% of my oral intake. ..motility rate from lips to flush approximately 30 minutes. 

That is crazy Leona. And nothing to be embarrassed about, by any means. But wow, I didn't know you're iron crashed so much. Are you happy with the hospital you are with now?

Yes very happy...they are bringing back tomorrow for out patient venofer.  Humber had just become complacent with me and my care...my last admission my bariatric surgeon actually ordered NSAIDS and gave me the most ridiculous reasons for my blood loss.  I ended up having to go through patient advocacy to get them to do anything other then pain meds transfusion and TPN.

I can't name names just say I wish I had jumped ship long before I did I might have been better faster.