Didn't want to completely hijack the thread about being dizzy, so I thought I'd start a new one.
Has anyone else had a problem with low red cell counts when having their blood tested? Feeling dizzy, tired, have to stop and have a nap just by walking up a flight of stairs? After repeated blood tests and monthly iron infusions, we can't get my counts up above 9 for any length of time. My blood doc is getting irritated because we're just spinning our wheels. He gives it to me up top and I just lose it all at the bottom (pun intended).
I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy done last June (6/10). It was time for them anyway but they were also specifically looking for places where there was obvious bleeding which would explain the constant low counts. Of course they didn't find anything. "It could just be a very tiny trickle bleed. So small that we can't see it." There's not normally any obvious bleeding, but stool sample tests do show positive for blood.
Having another colonoscopy this week just to look around again, but I'm not confident that they'll find anything this time around either.
Whew. So, has anyone else gone through something similar and if so, any suggestions?
Has anyone else had a problem with low red cell counts when having their blood tested? Feeling dizzy, tired, have to stop and have a nap just by walking up a flight of stairs? After repeated blood tests and monthly iron infusions, we can't get my counts up above 9 for any length of time. My blood doc is getting irritated because we're just spinning our wheels. He gives it to me up top and I just lose it all at the bottom (pun intended).
I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy done last June (6/10). It was time for them anyway but they were also specifically looking for places where there was obvious bleeding which would explain the constant low counts. Of course they didn't find anything. "It could just be a very tiny trickle bleed. So small that we can't see it." There's not normally any obvious bleeding, but stool sample tests do show positive for blood.
Having another colonoscopy this week just to look around again, but I'm not confident that they'll find anything this time around either.
Whew. So, has anyone else gone through something similar and if so, any suggestions?