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I saw my hematologist last week and they said I’m anemic. I’ve never had that before but it can explain some of the symptoms I’ve been having. They want me to go in for iron treatments. Anyone experience this before? Is it common in Fibro? Thanks in advance.
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Thank you so much for your response! I have been having shortness of breath and muscle fatigue and just found out anemia causes this. It’s crazy what we go through with Fibro!
@A MyFibroTeam Member, yes! I've been anemic for years! I was fine when I had monthly cycles which is weird because you lose blood monthly. Then after my hysterectomy my hematocrit went from 42 to 31! They did all these tests on me and sent me to a cancer care treatment center. No results! I've been on Procrit, a shot I took weekly! It's what they give to cancer patients who are on chemo and become anemic. No luck after 1 year. Then they tried iron capsules that didn't work! 1 year, no help. So I live with it. Probably keeps me in a fatigued state and I get winded when I exercise because I am so anemic. The diagnosis was Anemia due to chronic illness! (Autoimmune Illness) Fibromyalgia/CFS/Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Hope that helps you!
I had very low iron for about 12 years, couldn't tolerate iron tablets etc and finally talked my dr into giving me iron injections, been about 4 years and ive had many blood tests in that time, iron levels are still good.
Good luck with everything. Let me know how you go 💜💜
@A MyFibroTeam Member. Yes I do need one😞 I get it next Wednesday.
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