Ferritin is the level that is checked for my type of anemia. The iron stored in your liver is called ferritin. So, I have chronic low ferritin.

I am trained as a medical administrative secretary, so I am used to changing medical terms into terms that more easily understood by the masses.

What my body does is my liver produces too much of the enzyme that protects your body from free floating iron. People with Hemochromatosis have the opposite problem. they don't have the enzyme so the liver stores too much iron because it constantly thinks that the iron stores are gone. My liver constantly thinks that I have too much of an iron store so it flushes out almost all iron that is not being currently used.

Sorry about the medical terminology lesson....I am off of my soap box now and to give you the short answer:

Yes, I get that level checked all the time. Thank you for asking.