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my lab report shows RBC 4.75 M/mcl range 4.7 - 6.1 also and none of my 30 supplements have any iron. guess i'm off to the drug store for an iron supplement!
so it took about a week to show results?
maybe they removed it when there was the scare that excess iron might cause cancer in men?
ColaJim
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my lab report shows RBC 4.75 M/mcl range 4.7 - 6.1 also and none of my 30 supplements have any iron. guess i'm off to the drug store for an iron supplement!
so it took about a week to show results?
maybe they removed it when there was the scare that excess iron might cause cancer in men?
ColaJim
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The beginning of the month I had labs done again. My last labs were in November of last year. This time my PA checked off the CBC (Complete Blood Count), why, I have no idea, I just do what he asks and he gives me whatever I ask for. Works for me! This time I thought I'd have the lab send me a copy of the lab report so I could be prepared when I went to see him on the 18th to get refill scripts. Going over all the blood and urine tests they did I noticed under CBC/RBC (Red Blood Cells) that I almost fell below the range. The range being [4.70 - 6.00] M/uL. My RBC came back 4.75 M/uL and I thought that a bit borderline.
Way back when, in another lifetime, I remember watching a couple shows on TV, black & white TV to be exact, that's how long ago it was, and seeing an advertisement for a snake oil called Geritol, advertised as "twice the iron in a pound of calf's liver," and contained, at that time, ferric ammonium citrate. Of course the target audience was old folks...so I figured I'd wait another 50 years before I bought a bottle.
About 10 days ago, while grocery shopping at Raley's, I browsed the pharmacy counter where they keep all the supplements and found an iron supplement. Ferrous Bis-Glycinate mixed in with Vitamin C, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12. My daily vitamin/mineral supplement contains no Iron (Centrum Silver). It says A to Z on the bottle...but the only I it contains is Iodine.
Iron is a mineral used by the body in the production of red blood cells. Specifically, iron is used in the production of hemoglobin, which is the main protein in red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen throughout the body, so without iron, the tissues, muscles, and other systems do not receive adequate oxygen, and thus cannot function properly. This leads to fatigue and poor health. An iron deficiency can also cause shortness of breath, inability to perform physical tasks well, poor attention, and other learning problems...all earmarks of my new-onset diabetes. I started talking the supplement 10 days ago.
This last week has been a change in my life and my overall feeling of well-being. I'm running around fixing things that aren't broke, cleaning things that aren't dirty, making long posts to the point of ad nauseum and I'm seriously, at the age of 67, contemplating climbing Mount Everest when spring comes around! Well, not really...but you get the gist of my newfound vigor.
I thought I'd discuss the test result for red cell count with my PA on the 18th but he wasn't in that day. I did bring it to the attention of the substitute PA I saw that day and asked her if she thought an iron supplement might be in order and she seemed unmoved by my question. "Sure! Try it if you want." I can't stand apathetic caregivers. I even had to go back after going to the pharmacy to have her correct my prescriptions. Where do these PAs come from, community college?
Anyway...I'm not sure what Iron Glycinate is in the iron family. I tried sticking a magnet to one of the pills and it doesn't stick. Maybe the magnet's anemic!
