So yesterday I went to my new hematologist. And she was wonderful. Wonderful in every way a doctor can be wonderful. She was so attentive and thorough. And i didn’t even have to “convince” of her anything. She believed me. She understood why I feel so fatigued. So my little “excel spreadsheet” of every abnormal value for the last five years was all for naught. *laugh*

She said she didn’t understand why doctors wait till things get so horrible to do something about them. That everyone looks at the H&H (mine is in the low normal range) but that by the time that is horrible, people need blood transfusions.

Validation. It’s a wonderful thing.

So anyway… we are getting more tests. But she’s pretty sure my iron stores are low since they were low last year and never really recovered from the Brazil adventure. I can “eat” enough iron to keep things going it seems…but not to build up my iron stores. The crisis of multiple surgeries (Hystrectomy and Plastics) just depleted my body. So she thinks I should have iron infusions. Which honestly…. I am thrilled about. It’s 30 mins every week for 8 weeks but no biggie. Done via IV. And I guess my Ferritin came back low because they just called to schedule them. The nurse is going to call me back cause the schedule lady didn’t have the info.

Also… I do have B12 issues. We think that this might be because it’s a heredity thing (my sister (and aunt) have it) but we always assumed it was her surgery. I have the part of my stomach that makes the intrinsic factors for B12, but whatever the case… I’m getting shots. Im borderline. My “tissues” show deficiency but my blood levels are at the bottom of normal. She’s was like “this is a no-brainer… take the shots - lets see if it helps”.

My bilirubin has also always been high since WLS. She is the first doc to say “lets figure out why this is high”. She’s doing another blood test to see if it’s just my body is having trouble getting rid of RBC’s or if it’s something in my liver. Im so happy she’s PROACTIVE. Not just happy with “adequate” but wants to be an over achiever.

So there I am. I feel so relieved to have someone in my corner who isn’t telling me “oh you are just tired cause you have three kids”.

Wouldn’t it be great if having my iron stores normal means running isn’t so hard?

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