Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 > > > > > > > > Serum iron tells you how much iron is in the blood. Ferritin > > > > measures available iron stores. A low ferritin is specific > > > > for iron deficiency. A high ferritin can mean different > things. > > > > I'm not sure how informative it would be to do a ferritin in > > > > this case. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 , Thank you that explains many things. And no your post did not show up earlier..but thank you for persisting. My hair was nothing special in the lead department, but I am sure I have some as I lived in many old cruddy houses as a kid, and my mom took to stripping all the wonderful old woodwork with a heat gun when I was a kid. So likely lead somewhere in me. I plan to purchase some sort of thyroid product, as my thyroid is disrupted by something..probably the mercury. I have seen the test numbers show a gradual decline in function for the past 10 years. No one ever did a ferritin test. Hmmm? I am planning to chelate. I still have to wait another month to use ala. And I am chelating two kids right now. So anxious to do myself but financially...it has to wait a bit. I do hope that once I undertake that...maybe I can get somewhere towards normal. I must say the fatigue has been a terrible obstacle for me, and abnormal blood is not helping it. Thank you again. Once I figure out what to take for the thyroid...that might help. Lead...I didn't think of that. Mercury yes, but lead..thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Serum iron tells you how much iron is in the blood. Ferritin > > > > > measures available iron stores. A low ferritin is specific > > > > > for iron deficiency. A high ferritin can mean different > > things. > > > > > I'm not sure how informative it would be to do a ferritin in > > > > > this case. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Posted July 26, 2006 Jan, you may find some very useful thyroid information at the group naturalthyroidhormones (I think that is the name), or at the companion website www.stopthethyroidmadness.com take care René > I plan to purchase some sort of thyroid product, as my thyroid is > disrupted by something..probably the mercury. I have seen the test > numbers show a gradual decline in function for the past 10 years. > > No one ever did a ferritin test. Hmmm? > > Once I figure out what to > take for the thyroid...that might help. Quote
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