Going through my latest results with my GP, bearing in mind I'd been low on Folate, Ferritin etc for years and been told all good.

[nellie237]

GP: Vit D is excellent at 100nmol/L

Me: Yes

GP: Folate is good at 10.8 ug/L (3.4 - 12.2)

Me: Yes

GP: B12 is good at 461 ng/L (211 -911)

Me: Mmn

GP: Ferritin is good at 49 ug/L

Me: No it isn't

Before I could say any more......

GP: Well, some say that for hair and nails you need it to be over 70, and some that it should be 100.

WTF. You can imagine what I wanted to say........but I didn't

Me: Mmn, I think I need to switch from Ferrous Gluconate to Ferrous Fumerate.

GP: Yes, I agree, and Oh, I'll put that on repeat for you.

The arsehole still didn't text me a blood form to re-test in a couple of months.........so, I'll have to chase that up. Maybe he just forgot.......

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I don't get it? That sounds like a pretty good conversation?

[nellie237 in reply to Hidden]

Sorry, the point I was making was that if I'd agreed with the GP that my ferritin level was good, (and I didn't know any better until I joined this forum) I would have been left to just let it gradually reduce. You could have blown me over with a feather when he mentioned hair/nails etc

In 15yrs not one of the GP's at my surgery ever mentioned that I might benefit from Iron Supplements, (level was 24 in 2007 & 16 in 2015, 15 in 2021) but my GP is aware that I now research, which is getting me better treatment.

[Jazzw in reply to nellie237]

Oh I see! Yes, I was thinking that was a remarkably good conversation.

But you’re absolutely right—if you’d had no knowledge you’d have believed that everything was fine when it wasn’t.

Not good enough, is it?

[nellie237 in reply to Jazzw]

No, it really isn't good enough.

He's still going to make me work for it though..........hence ferritin wasn't included in the blood form he sent me for my next testing in a few months. I expect he's hoping I will either forget, or consider it too much hassle,

[Jazzw in reply to nellie237]

Arrgghh!

The one thing you’d think he’d make sure was on there.

Sending you strength!