Guest guest Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Hi: I had my left hip done 8/2000 and the right done 5/2001 by Dr. Treacy in Birmigham England. He is great and I still feel like I never had anything wrong or done to the hips. ALSO, PLEASE ALL OF YOU, REGARDLESS WHAT YOUR GP SAYS, GET A DNA FOR HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS. this disease is deadly if not caught in time. It hits the major joints and organs. I have it and I ended up with a knee replacement and the two hips. Lucky me it did not kill the kidney or the liver first. This is very very important. The sneaky part is your GP will tell you the blood tests are normal but your GP can't tell by that. I had two sister who were told this and because of my insistence they got DNA tests and consequently I saved their lives. I only come on this site every once in a while to try and get this disease across. Stanford University calls it a common disease. It has no symptoms until it is to late. Iron stores in the heart, liver, kidneys, joints, etc., and your blood test hct and hemoglobin show normal and your ferritin and iron saturation shows normal. This is serious business. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Margaret and all I did a search after reading Margaret's post. I did not know what Hererditary Hemochromatosis is. Below is some of what I found and the web'dress. Alyce http://munstermom.tripod.com/hemo.html HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS Hereditary Hemochromatosis,[HH] is a genetic condition of iron overload affecting approximately 1 out of 200-300 people, with 1 in 8-10 people being carriers. It is 100% fatal if not diagnosed early & treated aggressively, yet with early diagnosis & treatment, one can expect a normal life span. It is very important that the proper tests are ran to check your iron status. A hemoglobin [hgb] level alone is not sufficient & patients may even have a low hgb. level, yet be iron overloaded. A low hgb. should always be evaluated to find the CAUSE of the anemia before assuming that it is from iron deficiency & routinely treating with iron. Do NOT ever take iron without first knowing your true iron status! The correct lab tests that you should ask your doctor to do are: * Iron * Ferritin * Total Iron Binding Capacity [TIBC] * Transferrin Saturation[TS] These should be done in the morning hours, after an overnight fast. There is also a genetic test now available that you can do in the comfort of your home, without needles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 This site offers info on a DNA blood test and more info on the condition. Alyce http://www.clinlabs.org/hereditaryhemochromatosis.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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