Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Iron levels dropping again

Hey Guys,

Hope maybe somebody can give me some advice. I was at the doctor yesterday and they told me that my iron levels have dropped again, and that I would have to come back and discuss what we are going to do. I'm so frustrated because I hate being so cold and tired all the time, and I'm doing everything right and still having problems.

Long story short, back earlier this year I was barely eating, so I can understand why my iron dropped. It was at 14 in August when I was put in the hospital (the range it should be is between 18-49). That's when the doctors started saying they thought I had an eating disorder (so frustrating because I don't, I just have bad D and trouble keeping food down). So, they basically kept me in the hospital for 8 days, forced me to eat all sorts of stuff and made me promise to keep eating appropriately. Ever since then I've been eating properly (and lots of iron rich foods) and my level remained steady at 14. Then, they did blood work early January, and it's come back at 4! That's a real drop and it really concerns me! I mean, now I'm eating properly so why should it be dropping other than some sort of GI bleed or something? (I don't have periods so it can't be that).

Anyways, I'm just annoyed becuase I feel like the docs just assumed I had an ED and didn't bother fully investigating things, and now that my levels are dropping I'll probably need to have more stupid tests.

Sorry for the rant,
Kelly

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