4 yrs out and worse than anemic -- anyone else?

[LLD]

My girlfriend just wrote me a note she said "4 yrs out I am lower than anemic". Has anyone else experienced this?

If any of you have I'd love to share what you know with her.

 

[Dcepello]

Yes, just recently, six months in, they said they can't tell if it is mal-absorbtion or due to GI bleeding or a malignancy. I had to have a colonoscopy and an endoscopy, I felt like a pig on a spit. The did not find any of the above so it is down to mal-absorbtion of iron. I am taking an iron supplement, 65mg daily, probably for life.

I don't eat a lot of greens or red meat and get most of my protein from fish or cheese and whey supplements. Add to that the 3000 mg of calcium that bariatric patients are required to take; calcium interferes with the uptake of iron. It is no wonder I was anemic. The good news is the iron supplement is working and the washed out feelings I had at the end of the day are past.

Good luck to your friend, she should be okay.

 

[LLD]

Thank you so much for responding. I thought this was probably the case.

 

[Bubbleybabs]

I am nearly 9 years out and having severe animia problems. All of a sudden my health has hit the wall! B12 and iron deficiencies. Even though I have been taking supplements. Also my body has seem to have stopped processing proteins.
Anyone else having this problem?

 

[GrannyLynn]

My girlfriend just wrote me a note she said "4 yrs out I am lower than anemic". Has anyone else experienced this?

If any of you have I'd love to share what you know with her.

I am so anemic that I have to have IV treatments for it. My iron registered at less than 1, my hug 5 and got 17. I can't think or work because my brain isn't getting enough oxygen due to this anemia.

 

[GrannyLynn]

I am so anemic that I have to have IV treatments for it. My iron registered at less than 1, my hug 5 and got 17. I can't think or work because my brain isn't getting enough oxygen due to this anemia.

Sorry auto-correct struck again. My hematocrit 17 and hemoglobin 5

 

[KatLHP]

I've also had problem with anemia. I am almost 10 years post‐OP. The oral iron supplements did not work so I have iron infusions. My B12 gets so low I give myself an intramuscular shot weekly & take prescription vitamin D. I did have have GI testing to make sure I wasn't bleeding. But my doctor explained when you have the bypass the remove about 5ft of intestine and that is where you absorb iron. My hematocrit was at 7. I could breathe and it took almost a year for them to put me on the infusions. I hope you feel better soon.