My hematologist
sometimes says something like, “Well, it’s on the low side, but it’s within range.”
To which I respond with, “How long did it take to go from out of range on the high side range to almost out of range on the low end? And...since it never goes up, only down...how low do we want it to get?”
And then, he usually says, “Oh! That’s right! Well, let’s top off your tank now.”
Sheanie is so weird...I’ve been getting infusion for...I dunno...ten or twelve years and I have seen ONE person have that horrid reaction, and it is hard to watch, to an iron infusion. I’m at the opposite end with Injectafer. It seems to bother fewer patients and, in my case, it takes fewer infusions, that go faster, and last longer.
My first infusions took hours and I had to go for several weeks in a row. With the Injectafer, I get two infusions, a week apart, no drugs before the infusion, the infusion lasts less than 45 minutes, and this last series has been good for over a year.
But you need a hematologist. They ROUTINELY provide iron infusions to chemo patients, so it doesn’t scare them.