update on 2 nd visit to Drs ! I got up at 6 which is extremely difficult for me with this exhaustion ! Was out side the Drs office before they arrived ! Receptionist tried to fob me of with a telephone visit, I insisted on face to face ! I had to wait till 3 pm ! This time I was armed with the NICE recommendations which states that anything below 30 is considered insuffieint (again was told it was in range !) I told him if I wasn’t feeling so exhausted , I would not be sitting in his office ! I showed him my phone and he finally agreed to a further tests a ferritin panel , he said something about if it was 20% ( not sure what he meant )going tomorrow morning for the test ! Does it have to be fasting ? Oh , and before he agreed he said it could be somethin* as simple as your Vit D !
I’ve been taking Vit +k for years !
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Not sure if you are asking for other input, but regards to fasting… so what IS important with iron panels is to stop iron supplements if any for about 5 days, and absolutely avoid any iron rich foods the day before.
Iron itself is fast moving (on the up AND down…), and ingesting iron the day before may obscure your results.
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