I finally persuaded my (very, very reluctant) doctor to test my ferritin, iron, folate, b12 and some other stuff (not t3 or free t4 or anything though because of course those are totally unnecessary...yawn...)
Everything is delightfully normal, what a surprise! My b12 is 565 (180-900) folate 8.6 (3-20) ferritin 36.5 (10-200) iron 25 (11-30).
Those are ok right?
My only issue is my platelet, RBC and lymphocyte count are elevated a bit, but no different to last time (about 4-5 months ago). What does this mean? Is it just normal for me to have too much blood or maybe something not right with my liver...?
Also my mean corpuscular (MCHC) is a bit low 311 (315-345) I will look it up but I figured I might cross paths with an expert here
Your feedback is greatly appreciated, invaluable actually. Thanks for your time
(On page 1 - I'm not directly quoting, because I couldn't copy and paste, so please read it to be sure I haven't got it wrong.) Low folate falsely increases B12 levels. If folate is low it prevents B12 from being converted into the active forms of B12. Folate levels should be high in the reference range for B12 to be utilised.
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