Guest guest Posted January 7, 2000 Report Share Posted January 7, 2000 Re. iron deficiency - had this discussion with my doctor just this Wednesday. Blood work 3 months ago showed anemia - and the doctor I saw at the time (my regular doctor was in India) said I needed to do that test where you smear poop on a stick and send it to a lab (please excuse the poor description - brainfog hits without warning!).......anyway, I didn't do the test, 'cause my reg. doc said not to worry about it. New blood work (12/30/99) again showed anemia, so I asked my regular doctor. She said, yet again, that she didn't think iron supplements would help (and has said his too) until the RA was under control. FYI, here is the reference range and my results: 10/7/99 12/30/99 Hemoglobin 12.0-16.0 11.6 L 11.8 L Hematocrit 36.0-48.0 35.1 L 36.0 MCV 80-10 78 L 79 L MCH 26.0-34.0 25.8 L 25.9 L MCHC 31.0-37.0 33.1 32.8 RED CELL DIST. WIDTH 11.5-14.5 16.8 H 17.3 H I don't even pretend to understand most of this..........but my doctor says these numbers aren't as bad as previous tests show; said to keep eating that green leafy stuff..........Jesus! Why can't I think of what it's called!?!? Be well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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