I hope for the very best for you. Enjoy those salads---- I'm going to have one tonight also!

Wow! What an ordeal! I'm glad you get to come off the warfarin. I just had my first warfarin-free period and I think I used fewer "feminine products" during my entire period than I did in a day while on warfarin. Hopefully the same will be true for you!

Turns out that I have blood loss anemia and it can take at least 120 days to get better, but more like a year, with where my numbers are, and I am stilll bleeding.

Talked to doc yesterday and transfusions are too risky, he would not say why. But he's going to retest at the end of the week to see where my numbers are then....I expect them to go down 2-3, because the bleeding has eased off a little, but is still way up there.

Does he mean an blood transfusion or an iron infusion?

I've had both, for different reasons. The blood transfusion was done while I was in the ICU with my PE, so I was closely monitored. The iron infusions can be done outpatient but you're closely monitored as well, as there's a risk of reaction too but holy cow, they really have helped me in the past when I've had sever anemia. Maybe if you have some other health conditions, it's more risky.

I think he was speaking of the blood transfusion. But if my hemoglobin drops more by tomorrow, which is almost a sure bet, I think they will have to take action.....especially knowing I am still bleeding. I mean this bleeding thing is becoming a joke at this point, because they can do nothing. Only options really are surgery, which comes with clot risk, or hormones that come with clot risk or other risks. There is literally nothing that they can do at this point, and they keep referring me to GYN, and I keep telling them, that GYN can't do nuttin'.

I will ask about the iron infusion, because I understand that with the supplements, it could take years, and I am tired of sacrificing years of my life to this stuff.....This is my third year with serious health issues, and i am ready to be soooo done.

Third year, different issues each year. Everytime something kind of resolves, a new one crops up.

Yeah, even with the iron infusions I had, it took a month or two to work. It was a slow process. I just think it takes a long time to build your supply back up. Anemia is terrible. It makes you fee so sick and tired, the kind of tired that sleep won't fix.

Good luck.

So the bleeding is finally stopping two days after going off coumadin.

I guess it wasn't perimenopause after all....yup, one doc told me that, and I told her I have 15 months of cycle data and a pharmaceutical that say she's not using Occum's Razor correctly.

So the question is, do I get my lab done tonight or what. my anemia symptoms are worst today.

But I will talk to him about iron infusion as well.

I would get your lab done as quickly as possible, just to be sure you're still in a "safe" range. When I was diagnosed with anemia (From heavy bleeding) my hemoglobin was at 8 and my ferritin was at 2. My doctor told me to go get my iron supplements immediately and take a few days off work. I had been complaining of increasing fatigue for over a year and my previous doctor told me all my blood work was normal just a year before. I called back wanting copies of my results after the "anemic" results came back, and it turns out she had only run a mono test, no CBC! This was several years ago, and I'm still not sure I ever got back to feeling completely normal again even before my PEs, even though my bloodwork was al back in "normal" range. Anemia is really no fun, anemia and PEs would make double no fun! Good luck, I hope things get better from here!

Oral iron supplements can be really hard on your gut and can make you feel kind of crappy too. Personally, I'd try to get as much of my iron through iron rich foods and iron fortified foods. Obviously if you have severe anemia this may not make a dent but I think being mindful of iron in the diet is important if prone to anemia

And cook in an cast iron skillet/dutch oven. Of course that wouldn't give you enough iron for your needs right now but it can't hurt. And cooking in cast iron is SO great.

Yeah, that's a good idea. I've even heard of folks putting an iron nail in an apple (removing it before you eat the apple obviously) because the iron from the nail will get absorbed in the apple. Not sure how affective that really is but a friend of mine does that.

This is a good list of iron rich foods identified by which are the most easily absorbed (heme iron) to those that are still a good source of iron but not as easily absorbed
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http://www.webmd.com/diet/iron-rich-foods

Waiting for test results from a blood draw this morning, it usually takes a half day. Well. it's end of day, which means that if the numbers are bad, which I expect them to be, I won't hear anything till Tuesday at the earliest.

*blue language*