May 2004 Surgery Date
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    yolita1023s
    Miami, FL
    RNY (05/21/04)
    Member Since: 06/02/03
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    Post Date: 6/12/09 4:24 pm
     HI. I'm wondering if anyone *****ads these posts is at or around 5yrs post op and is having major issues with iron deficiency.

    Today I'm 154 lbs. Iron 22, Ferratin 2, Saturation 5%, Hemoglobin 8.6.

    My PCP has referred me to a Hematologist. My appointment is next thursday. She thinks I will need to get Iron Infusions. I've seen some posts online but they are old. 

    Has anyone gone through this Iron Infusion process? Were you as scared as I am? I've read posts about reactions! Also, do you actually feel any better. I am so tired and lethargic. I can sleep all day!

    Thanks. Yoli
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    mypookface
    Bethany, LA
    RNY (05/10/04)
    Member Since: 04/29/04
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    Post Date: 1/23/10 1:14 pm
    I had iron deficiency issues also.  But had iron infusion a little over a year ago.  I eating ice like a maniac!! All I thought about was ICE, which is a sign of iron deficiency. It is an 8 hr procedure, they hook you up to an IV with a couple of bags of iron, looks like chocolate.  They gave me high dose of something to help me relax.  But I could not sleep because I was first not able to lay down in the chair I was in, and second I was in a cancer center where people were in and out constantly.  Otherwise, when it was over with, I was immediately cured of the ice eating.  I mean I had NO taste for ice again.  I am able to eat a little ice now, but not like I was before.  I can let it go!!  There is nothing to worry about. 
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