Terri
Well-Known Member
I posted this on facebook too.
Needing iron/ferritin advice here. Before starting to prep for the DS I never paid much attention to labs. I have always been told I had low iron.
Well my preop iron showed 47 normal was 50-170. No ferritin was ran. At this time I had been taking 3 iron pills with vitamin C a day for 6 months. After DS on 6-12-14 when I tried to start taking my iron it didn't sit well on my stomach. I had PCP run ferritin (I was certain I would need infusions). It came back 196.1. So ok then. I go to surgeon for one month follow up. She feels that ferritin is not really that high so she orders more test. I still have not taken any iron post op.
I picked up results yesterday my iron is at 60 but my ferritin is now 269.9. Whoa! WTH is going on. That is almost 100 more in a week. Of course I googled high ferritin and came up with hemochromatosis. Waiting on dr to call but thought I would ask y'all while waiting.
Needing iron/ferritin advice here. Before starting to prep for the DS I never paid much attention to labs. I have always been told I had low iron.
Well my preop iron showed 47 normal was 50-170. No ferritin was ran. At this time I had been taking 3 iron pills with vitamin C a day for 6 months. After DS on 6-12-14 when I tried to start taking my iron it didn't sit well on my stomach. I had PCP run ferritin (I was certain I would need infusions). It came back 196.1. So ok then. I go to surgeon for one month follow up. She feels that ferritin is not really that high so she orders more test. I still have not taken any iron post op.
I picked up results yesterday my iron is at 60 but my ferritin is now 269.9. Whoa! WTH is going on. That is almost 100 more in a week. Of course I googled high ferritin and came up with hemochromatosis. Waiting on dr to call but thought I would ask y'all while waiting.