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Old 02-19-2009, 06:42 AM
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Well, 317 is still well within the normal range. If my ferritin is only 26, and my iron is 61, then I can't imagine that I could possibly be overloaded, unless I just read the website incorrectly that MrsD posted.

My head is spinning over all of these numbers.

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I am not sure how transferrin works. I will have to do some reading. My doc does not use that as her guide she uses total iron, % saturation and iron binding capacity and ferritin.
I do find it weird that my doc tells me my ferritin is low, then runs this test, not a new ferritin test. I have a checkup with my PCP tomorrow and I am asking for an RX for Repliva. We will see what happens next.
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