For those of you who have had iron infusions, I'm curious. Have you kept taking oral iron? I ask because a curious thing happened to me. After my infusions, my hematologist told me to keep on taking my Proferrin Forte 3 times a day. At my one year follow up (I had other appointments in between, all with labs) he was surprised that my ferritin and iron markers were ALL trending up on oral iron alone. I had never been able to absorb ANY iron before DS, and have always been low. My hematologist is very young, I like him a lot because he says "we don't know" when he doesn't know something. He said they do not know exactly where the body absorbs iron, but they **think** it's all the way through the digestive system.
My question is this: For those of you who have started on infusions, have you taken oral iron as well? If so, has anyone experienced my results? Or do your hematologists just figure you cannot absorb oral iron? Maybe that's something that needs to be revisited? My numbers continue to climb, and I'm thrilled to death.
Also, I have found that for me, there is a direct link between my depression and my anemia. When my iron markers are high, I'm happy. When they dip, I get depressed. My doctor agrees.
My question is this: For those of you who have started on infusions, have you taken oral iron as well? If so, has anyone experienced my results? Or do your hematologists just figure you cannot absorb oral iron? Maybe that's something that needs to be revisited? My numbers continue to climb, and I'm thrilled to death.
Also, I have found that for me, there is a direct link between my depression and my anemia. When my iron markers are high, I'm happy. When they dip, I get depressed. My doctor agrees.