Im really hoping someone can give me some advice....
About a year ago I started to experience extreme fatigue/ weakness at the same time I got my period. Having had a full range of blood tests done my iron was low scoring 11 (on a 20-300 range). I was just advised to take suppliments (for years I always took suppliments for 7days prior to starting my period). Ive also bee told that I am not anaemic
Ive been taking the suppliments for over a year now (one 305mg tab every second day as it's all my stomach can manage). I got my bloods done again in August and it scored 25 (on a 20-300 range). Yesterday I got my period and spent the whole of yesterday and today in bed, absolutely and totally wrecked :-(
I went to a nearby doc (as a last resort as my old doc has retired); he suggested a chest xray and told me there was no real reason to check my iron count again?!?! He also said that my complaints about iron being hard on my stomach means that it obvious isnt working for me so there is no point in taking the suppliments anymore.... I'm totally shocked by his remarks...
I eat very well with the exception of beef/ lamb which I just cannot stomach.
Can anyone advise me on what step(s) I should take next? Ive had my confidence in doctors totally knocked today