Of course with all this health stuff going on, I research like a mad person and most cases of regular anemia equal a lowered hemoglobin and mine is within range. SO WHAT IS GOING ON?! I started to dive more into iron and having symptoms but still normal range hemoglobin. I came upon articles about RUNNERS and ATHLETES. Once my energy went up, I really started to get into running late 2009 and early 2010. I was sweating until my shirt was literally soaked from top to bottom and running atleast 3 times a week plus other intense exercising. THEN there was my diet that was restricted. Read about loss of iron through SWEAT and also through not enough iron in the diet. I researched and found that you CAN have normal hemoglobin levels but have severely depleted iron storage LEVELS aka serum ferritin. That sounds about right for my case. What do I do? Keep doing what I’ve been doing EXCEPT add more iron to my daily diet and also vitamin C REALLY helps the body absorb the iron so Brad’s gonna get me more Emergen-C packets like I had back in… November I think it was? We’ll see how I do with all this.

In 2 weeks of taking iron supplements, I have noticed small improvements. I just gotta keep hoping for the best. I need to get these levels tested but I’d have to switch Docs since my current Doc keeps trying to shove depression meds on me and I don’t want them! Anyhow, I gotta get a lesson ready for church tomorrow then fix dinner once Brad brings it home- since all this happened with my iron I’m not going the vegan route for now since I need MEAAT to help with this iron issue. We’re having turkey burgers and veggies! It was another pretty bland day… cleaned house, played super mario bros on wii, took a nap and surfed the web.

*sigh* Come back to me energy, please?