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**Cass**
Hi!! It's so great to see you posting again :-)
I wanted to ask you a question (please feel free to mesage me on FB if this is too personal for the board): you mentioned an "iron infusion" to help with your anemia...I was very curious about this, as I have also been diagnosed as slightly anemic. Right now, I'm taking iron pills, but I've never heard of "infusions"...is it something like a blood transfusion?
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Re: **Cass**
Iron infusions are for super anemic people (my ferittin level was 2.2 (normal is something like 16 to hundreds). They will only put you on infusions if you dont absorb pills after months of taking them and are super low. Usually SloFe or other iron pills will work.
As far as what it's like...it's given in the oncology departments (just like chemotherapy is). Depending on the type, it makes you feel yucky and achy for a couple days until your body absorbs it. you usually get a series of 3-4 (depending how low you are) and each takes 4-6 hours and 1-3 weeks apart. I am 'normal' now and will get tested yearly and prob get a booster infusion once a year.
However, the problem is when u are anemic you 'lose weight' so when you get your iron you will 'keep' more of the calories that you eat so usually gain weight and feel bloated :-(
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,p>Thank you! I had never heard of this, but I'm wondering if my next blood test still comes back iron deficient, if it may be something that is considered. Thanks to your information, I will begin researching it further, so that at least I can be a little more prepared, if it should come to that...
At least it is awesome that your levels are "normal" now! Feel better, Cass, and I do hope that the "bloat" gets better :-) Isn't it enough already that we get bloated once a month anyway? Sheesh!