Hi berky! I know you directed this to Heather, but I recently ran a blood drive, so I was researching on this. There is a lot of good info out there, but here is one I found real quick right now: http://www.ideafit.com/ftiron.htm You can see that tuna on this list has more iron than the red meat. You can get iron from chicken & fish also. Leafy greens are also a good way to get iron. The Red Cross advised me to have pretzels and fortified cereals too. And, of course there is always the multi-vitamins.
Vitamin C helps you to absorb the iron you are eating. So, if you can tolerate some OJ, if you take a multi with a small glass of OJ, you will get more of the iron from it. Or, if you have pasta with tomato sauce (again, if you can handle tomaotoes) you will absorb more iron.
Unfortunately, when I was tested for my iron at the blood drive, I was denied.  You have to have even more iron than normal to donate. Your level has to be 38, but I was only 35. This is not considered anemic though. So, following the IBS diet, I was fine. I will be trying again at our next drive in March, so wish me luck! 
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Re: For Heather: question re:lack of red meat in IBS diet and anemia
