Hi elsie,

when you say your iron was at 17, was that the ferritin number or that % aborbsorption? I think my last ferritin number was 24 and % saturation was 14% which is low. But it was improved from the 18 and the 10% where is was.

Again my iron issues are more related to heavy periods. But here is another thought for you. Are you on birth control pills? Sometimes those can affect your sugar readings. And if you have heavy periods you might be estrogen dominant which sometimes goes hand in hand with sugar issues.

I have to say the prescritpion iron is nice once a day because I dont have to worry about taking it too close to my calcim or around milk product etc. Definitely google and read up on it.