I'm tired. Very tired, all the time. I feel like I should be sleeping for the rest of time. I really can't think of anything that sounds better. My eye lids feel heavy, my brain feels weak, and my body feels lifeless.... I've had anemia for as long as I can remember. My doctor has been telling me my iron is low for as long as I can remember and yet, they never do anything about it. For two years, I listened to my doctor saying, "You might need an infusion," then the next time I see her saying, "We need to do something about your iron. We should look into other forms of iron pills." Last November, I finally called my insurance to see if infusions were covered and they were. So, the next time I went in I told her it was covered and immediately, she ordered the infusion.
In December, I had my one and only infusion. It was wonderful! For the first week afterwards, I felt a little tired, but then I felt great for about a month. It was so crazy to feel like I could think and be human again. It also helped with my ADHD..... which makes me wonder, how many people with ADHD are also iron deficient?
When I had my blood checked two months later (for some reason she never checked it right afterwards), it was still okay. While my one result was low, my other one was in the "normal" range, but low normal. Of course, after all these years, I still don't know what's low and what that means. All I know is my body has a hard time absorbing iron.
I'm supposed to have it tested again in May, but I think I'm going to test it next week. I'm secretly hoping it's low enough for another infusion because I feel so awful right now.
My friend says I need to have a hysterectomy.... that seemed to help her friend who also had the same symptoms and issues I've had. I'm scared to do that, but she talks about how much energy her friend has now and how she didn't realize how much better she could feel. So, that might be something I have to look into more seriously.
I have read though that anemia can cause weight gain because when you're tired, you try to compensate by eating.... Hmmmm.
