I finally have a surgical consult date!

I finally have a surgical consult date: December 2.  Almost 40 full weeks after this debacle started but I guess it’s better late than never. I did my research into natural ways to fight DUB and I think my daily dose of 1000mg of Vitamin C is working its magic. Since I’ve started taking my C supplement I haven’t had any bleeding, that’s no bleeding for 19 straight days.  And since I have not been bleeding my iron came up from 5 to 8, a mere 3 points away from not being classified as anemic anymore. That’s something to celebrate! Now my hemoglobin levels on the other hand keep going down and I can’t figure out why, right now it’s at 95 and should be between 120-160. The main thing is that my White blood cell count is good and that’s the cell count that helps to fight off infection so I am happy that it hasn’t been affected throughout this ordeal. I will be getting my blood tested again in another 2 weeks or so and hopefully by that point all of my levels will have come up. As for the surgical consult I am keeping the appointment date. I have no idea what will happen with me between now and then, after all December 2 is 11 weeks away and even if my body appears to correct itself by that time I still need to address what has been happening to me since February. Wish me luck!

~Tara

Stuck between A Rock And A Hard Place

Well, it seems I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. My recent blood work shows that everything is getting worse. I definitely have iron deficiency anemia. In the last 5 months my hemoglobin has fallen from 120 to 99, and in turn my iron levels have plummeted from 24 to 5. I can’t take hormones to stop my bleeding due to them possibly facilitating the growth of my brain tumour, and I’m reading everywhere that it is vital that cancer patients avoid iron supplements and high iron-containing foods with significant absorbability, such as red meats. So what do I do? Even if I can get the surgical consult and get the cause taken care of, I still need to get my blood levels up. I’m so frustrated at the moment. I just don’t know what to do.

~Tara