May 19 2025

I’ve looked forward to this for the last two weeks. Hooked up to an IV for 3 hours for an iron refill. Everybody cross your fingers and toes (please) that this addresses all of the health issues I’ve been having. ❤️❤️❤️

Let me add … I had to do this in 2022 when after a year and a half it was finally determined that I have pernicious anemia (stomach does not absorb B12) and iron deficiency anemia. I give myself monthly B12 shots but the iron levels had been not monitored as I left the hematologist I was seeing because he was an asshole. This will not happen again as I’ll find an actual human hematologist and monitor it every 3 or 6 months. Now I know my damn stomach doesn’t like to absorb iron either. 😁🤣😁

I’m actually feeling pretty damn good. It’s wild to me how much the body decides it’s probably dying due to low iron, and this creates havoc all over the body. I was sure I was low on iron at the end of last summer, but my doctor kept blowing me off. It took landing in the cardiologist office over and over for him to look at my labs. Right away, the cardio commented that Oh, yeah. You need an iron infusion. This is the second time this has happened. Now I know and it won’t happen again. We’ll be monitoring my iron levels from now on.

Not letting this happen again. I lost nearly 8 months of my life, feeling like total crap. I am just blown away by how much low iron levels affects me.

Actually makes you feel like your dying!