gdsmom
Take Your Iron!!
Jul 09, 2009
July 10, 2009I have been exhausted for awhile. I brushed it off as stress as work for awhile, however, I had to face facts when 2 nurse friends told me to get my blood checked asap. I was chewing ice like an addict, and when i pulled down the skin under my lower eye, the color was almost beige, not red-ish pink. I never knew those were surefire signs of an iron deficiency. Sure enough, my labs showed my iron levels are scary low and that I have no reserves of iron. My doctor told me that if I were in an accident, I wouldn't be able to make new red blood cells! OK she sure got my attention with that one! I now take an iron pill every day. She wants me to work my way up to 3 a day. How many times do we have to hear, "this is a lifetime commitment to change" before we know that it it pertains ALL of us. No one is above the rules - even if you feel fine. If you break the rules, it's just a matter of time before you won't feel fine! I feel tired all of the time. I get wicked leg and foot cramps and killer headaches. Sound like a picnic?? It all could have been avoided if I had simply taken my iron as instructed. My doctor told me it will take about 3 months to build my iron back up. So it looks like the summer of 09 will be a tired one!
On the weight loss front. I have been losing and gaining the same 7 pounds for months. I range from 153 to 160. This month I had been as high as 162. Thankfully I freaked out and decided to go back to the rules and eat right. High protein, no junk, healthy snacks and complex carbs. I was not going to accept the "its normal to have a small weight gain of 10-20 pounds" explanation. I still want to loose another 20 pounds! So let's see if I can finally get below the 153 number...
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Colts Neck, NJ
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25.6
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Surgery
02/21/2008
Surgery Date
Jan 02, 2008
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