enlarged heart? iron and ferriten and tibc tests

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i could be way off base but worth mentioning anyway, my transferriten

was over 1200 and its supposed to be in double digits. it can be a

sign of hemachromotosis which is heritary or a sign of liver

disease. anyway, whatever the cause, i was told that it is not

eliminated naturally and will continue to accumulate and impact in

vital internal organs like the heart liver kidneys. i had to

convince my hiv doc to let me have phlebotomies, 500mls out each

week. its still around 300. now my liver guy thinks i am nuts but i

read all the time about studies showing treatment is less likely to

work if those tests are high. i am still not satisfied that it is

low enough but he swears i could become anemic from treatment. but i

have more than what i need and the last time i had treatment (8

months worth) i was just fine s far as anemia.

ok ok i'll stop now in case i am putting you to sleep.

hugs

cindy