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The results are back...
5 years ago
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You're not going to believe this.... apparently the strict diet I was following was a bit too strict as I have successfully stripped nearly all of the iron from my body now making me Borderline anemic. The nurse said I am to start iron pills for one week and eat Iron Rich foods as much as I can until my next appointment in December where they will do more blood analysis to see where I stand then.
Amazingly from the research I have done High iron and Low iron Both share the exact same symptoms of fatigue, heart Palpitations and mental clarity....or lack of.
In addition, my thyroid levels are high, which explains my mental disposition the last several months and also shares some of the other side effects as formentioned. Honestly I had no idea the thyroid gland was so important or in such control of the body....
Anyhow, Mystery solved and I'm Very happy to say that all of this is very treatable and with any luck at all will be back in check within the next couple of months. 😌
So I want to Thank Each and Every one of you who have been so Very helpful with your suggestions and Well wishes, they mean more to me than I can describe right now!
To know that so many of you Truly care about this old flea bitten Dragon.....it just really Warms my heart, I love you All! *Hugs Tightly*
Amazingly from the research I have done High iron and Low iron Both share the exact same symptoms of fatigue, heart Palpitations and mental clarity....or lack of.
In addition, my thyroid levels are high, which explains my mental disposition the last several months and also shares some of the other side effects as formentioned. Honestly I had no idea the thyroid gland was so important or in such control of the body....
Anyhow, Mystery solved and I'm Very happy to say that all of this is very treatable and with any luck at all will be back in check within the next couple of months. 😌
So I want to Thank Each and Every one of you who have been so Very helpful with your suggestions and Well wishes, they mean more to me than I can describe right now!
To know that so many of you Truly care about this old flea bitten Dragon.....it just really Warms my heart, I love you All! *Hugs Tightly*
V.
Actually I Do like Spinach, not so much for the Bulging muscles and ability to make a cutting torch out of a corncob pipe mind you, but it just taste good to me.... yes, draggy's very strange. *Hugs* Thank you love.
V.
Oh Beef liver and onions if prepared properly is Awesome!
I'm just relieved to know what is going on and that it can be relatively easily fixed. *Hugs*
But very glad to know it’s a simple fix!
I've heard that it can be removed and then supplemented with a number of medications....however I've never known anyone who has had their's removed before. May I ask why it was removed?
Thank you. *Hugs*
Wow, I had no idea... Yes I read it does controls everything from chemical production to controlling parts of the nervous system.
I didn't know it could kill though.
I read the heart Palpitations I've been experiencing can be very dangerous and lead to a heart attack.....this part frightens me a bit.
Congrats, congrats on this result. The whole thing has had me on tenterhooks for weeks now. With all the bad stuff happening it's amazing to see a little ray of sunshine make it through.
*Huggles*
Thank you love, yes it does seem a touch of sunshine has befell upon us. Still, as you'll find in my last journal this is all inadvertently my fault.... sometimes the sun doesn't shine as brightly as we would like my friend.
*Hugs Gently*
Seriously though it was worrying me beyond what I needed to be at this time. Indeed it is Very good news and quite exceedingly rare for this little red dragon.
I also just got back my blood results, Normal iron saturation is 15.0% - 55.0% mine is 7%. In addition my Ferritin level "Normal" is 30 - 400 mine is 9ng/mg. This combined with the lack of blood pressure and thyroid medications.....it's a wonder I can still fly!
However I discovered and fell in love with the sound of folk music during my teen year's. Groups like the Mommas and the Poppas...anti war song's and even Classical/Medieval folk works.😊
I've never really settled on a genre. I listen to all kinds. (This does NOT however, mean I enjoy all songs. Only 1 in 100 of any kind will grip me, which can make finding new music a chore.)
I'm very much the same way in most regards, only I have found certain genres that appeal to me more than others such as Alternative, Psychedelic, Metal and Punk. However I do listen to pretty much anything with a pulse.🤔
Finding stuff I like isn't quite as difficult apparently as it is for you though...as long as it covers death, destruction and bad acid trips I'm in!
Might I suggest Siouxsie And The Banshees (Esp 'Dazzle') and Vildhjarta? They have some fun stuff.
Though if you usually ran too high on iron and it built up from a normal diet, and you're now replenishing a stripped amount with both food and supplements, be careful. I'd say if any symptoms start coming back, dial down the intake and get an appointment post haste for another level check. You want to avoid the roller coaster ride of levels going high/low.
Maybe those high-iron grits were what kept you going during this strict diet? Imagine how low you'd have been without them. :o
For now... *offers some nutritious rebar* =3
Yes perhaps the Grits were healthier for me than I realized...
My personal non-doctor opinion is nutrients are better from food when possible. If a little spinich on your salads, a serving of grits (watch the salt), or such things keep you at a good level, so much the better. If it isn't quite enough, that's when supplements help. (Or if meds have severe side effects, as a possible alternative.)
Personally...never had grits. o.o
I agree about the diet part though supplements aren't going to do much about my iron issue.
0.0....never had Grits? And you call yourself a Southerner....Boy, I say BOY! You've got to have you some Grits if you want to be a True Southern Derg!
No, but maybe heart/cardiovascular health.
I...never called myself a Southerner. O.o
Hmmm.....maybe, but who has time for that stuff? Besides if it isn't floating in grease and taste like Bacon, it cannot be good for you can it?
Well no you didn't come right out and say it, you more Implied that you were...
Ew about floating in grease. XP Not everything should taste like bacon... I heard there's bacon flavored soda and toothpaste. Gag... Dx
Uh, no. How?
0.0 .... draggy's gonna have nightmares about that.... That is Uderly disgusting! Of course it's no worse than the Pumpkin Spice flavored soda's and Tampons.... Yes, Pumpkin Spice scented tampons so your cooch smells like a fresh pumpkin pie while you're on your period! o.o
Mmmmm.....your adopted accent, that's how!
Pumpkin spice gets old and overwhelming fast. I like pumpkin pie, but not everything needs to be it...especially "that." Maybe she's hinting to have a bite or a "piece of pie" if she uses that?
What adopted, typed accent? O.o? I only imitated Foghorn Leghorn once.
I agree it is Very overwhelming and Completely over done. Mmmm.....but you miss my point Herr Derg....(Herr is Mr. In German) a woman only uses a Tampon when she is menstruating.....you would have to be Pretty Kinky to want your mouth down there during that time of the month....or a vampire. 😬
Exactly. And Once is all it takes for draggy to pick up on that Southern Drawl of yours.....you Rebel.
I understand, and not something many would do, no.
Aww, now shugah, bless your heart. ;3 (Yes, I know that's a Southern way of kind of a polite catty reply.)
Except a certain Little Derg I suspect?....
Hehehe......Ya'll keep taken like that and we gonna have to meet up behind the barn for a Ho'Down!
Oh EFF...NO! DX GAG!
Yah mean plantin' sweetgrass, or barley? X3
Hehehe.....the little Derg is a Kinky sort.
Mmmm.....planting is involved, the crops won't be as colorful....
I'm not, though... Please don't say I am.
I don't know what you mean...I'm too innocent to understand your euphemisms.
I'm sorry....I would never implicate you in a way that made you uncomfortable. :)
Hehehe...... oh, unfortunately I fear you are...such a shame too.
Thank you. :) Yeah, I like keeping my character(s) clean. Humor is fine, though. Everyone probably has fetishes, but my characters don't have them. Interests, yes, but nothing of the sort that's a fetish to them. (I can't help what other people may have, however. But my characters do what they do for silliness, fun or comedy.)
Example: I have a Naga who uses hypnosis and transforms the other characters for fun, but that's all. It goes no further, and he and I are both fine with that. ;)
Yay! ^u^ *stays squeaky clean* ouo
And that's fine love, it's what makes you, You. I can respect that.....but draggy's just a bit more Devious.
Devious...as long as not eeevil. :o
Unfortunately as you may read in my last journal, draggy is an idiot....