Update and Follow-Up

So today was my follow up appointment with the blood results and I was NOT happy about it.

My cholesterol was low and normal (yeah), and most everything else was good, but I was extremely annoyed with my body's ability to keep iron! I am STILL Anemic! It doesn't matter how much iron I take, it seems, I still come up short. I mean I knew I was "low" but this is rediculously LOW!!!

Iron 23 normal range is 50-170
Saturation was 6 and normal is 21-42 !!!
The binding capacity of my iron is excellent though at 377 and the normal range is 261-478

Ferritin level was a 4! A freakin' 4 and "normal" is 10-291 but 50 is "ideal".

I'm boarderline diabetic and am now on metaformin, which I figured was inevitable and wasn't that big of a deal to me as the iron levels.

So now I am on 4 meds, Metaformin, some 300mg iron, and Rx Vit D, and a BP med.

I also finally got confirmation today that my paperwork has been submitted for insurance approval, which I can probably guarantee a denial knowing how the system works. I'm already working on how I can possibly appeal the denial once that comes in. I guess in best case senario I'll be pleasantly surprised with an approval. If that happens that I would be extremely shocked and grateful!

So now I am back to waiting. {{SIGH}}