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Coming back from the anemic
Dec. 27th, 2006 03:02 pmEmail from my dr. regarding wtf 34% hct:
Good for you for donating!
Multivitamins have very little iron in them -- enough for a daily dose, but not enough to replete quickly a real drop in hematocrit. I would say you should try taking iron supplements (e.g. 325 mg or iron sulfate or gluconate 2-3x a day) and see if that's what you need (I suspect that it is). I would take it for e.g 8 weeks and then we can recheck your hematocrit with an iron and ferritin reading to see where you are. Let me know if that sounds fine to you and I'll order the follow up labs.
I was even messing up my multivitamin by having it with breakfast. I knew food blocked some absorption, but iron even more so by whole grains & milk. Oops. No wonder I have felt like teh duuuuh since early November, I assumed it was all school burnout!
Good for you for donating!
Multivitamins have very little iron in them -- enough for a daily dose, but not enough to replete quickly a real drop in hematocrit. I would say you should try taking iron supplements (e.g. 325 mg or iron sulfate or gluconate 2-3x a day) and see if that's what you need (I suspect that it is). I would take it for e.g 8 weeks and then we can recheck your hematocrit with an iron and ferritin reading to see where you are. Let me know if that sounds fine to you and I'll order the follow up labs.
I was even messing up my multivitamin by having it with breakfast. I knew food blocked some absorption, but iron even more so by whole grains & milk. Oops. No wonder I have felt like teh duuuuh since early November, I assumed it was all school burnout!
