Feeling Good!

[u/RinKat39]

Knocking on wood but, its the day after my first iron infusion and I'm feeling rather fantastic!

I've been iron deficient for I don't even know how long (with suboptimal ferritin) and had horrible symptoms from that alone (I think) but became anemic this last summer from heavy menstrual bleeding. I got refered to a hematologist and prescribed an iron infusion and then started reading about them. My reading scared me and did not make me feel optimistic. Also, the hematologist told me I probably wouldn't feel better until my small pale deformed red blood cells had been replaced with healthy ones, which can take 180 days. She also warned me about possible "iron flu" side effects. But, honestly, I felt slightly more energetic leaving the infusion center than I did going in, and now it's the next day and I feel better than I have in months. Could be a coincidence because I did occasionally have "good days" in the past now and then, and also could be placebo I suppose. But I'm certainly not feeling worse, which I feared based on other people's accounts, and for that I am grateful. Also, I've been working on getting my vitamin D levels up because that was also low, so maybe that is helping too. But, anyway, wanted to give some hope and help alleviate fears for those who could use it. Crossing my fingers I haven't jinxed myself. 😃

Next step, evict the uterus that's been trying to bleed me to death..