GP appointment

[Lauren15]

Spoke to GP today and he has reinstated my ferrous fumarate

[SlowDragon Administrator]

What about B12 injections, your very low folate and testing for coeliac disease

Your B12 and folate are both too low. This can cause permanent irreversible neurological damage

Thyroid UK are compiling list of patients who were doing better on T3 and then had it stopped despite clear clinical need. It typically causes terrible crash in vitamin levels due to low T3 causing dire gut function

Can you email summary of you own experience to Thyroid UK

You need a new endo.

Email Thyroid UK for list of recommended thyroid specialists

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Strictly gluten free diet likely to help heal gut

[humanbean]

If you get ferrous fumarate taken off prescription again, be aware that it is available from pharmacists without a prescription, although it is up to the pharmacist's discretion whether or not they sell it to you.

I have got it in the past from Tesco Pharmacy and Lloyds Pharmacy. I bought some yesterday at a Lloyds Pharmacy and discovered the price has risen rather a lot since I last bought it, but it still isn't hugely expensive.

I paid £6.50 for a box of 84 tablets of ferrous fumarate 210mg. It would have been quite a lot cheaper online, but I tend to be rather impatient with some things and prefer to buy in person if I can.

[Nanaedake]

Great, and how did you manage to persuade him?

[Lauren15 in reply to Nanaedake]

I told him I believed my complete blood count and iron panel results showed iron deficiency with below range haemoglobin and MCV and above range MCHC and low iron and he apologised for not following the NICE guidelines.