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Yes. gastro good dr to go to. They know how to run iron/liver labs. Article above suggests labs to run. not just ferritin.
Need full iron lab.
tests used most often to detect iron deficiency include hemoglobin (the iron-containing protein in the blood that carries iron and oxygen to cells), hematocrit which provides the percentage measures of of red blood cells in the blood, serum ferritin, which indicates the amount of iron stored in the body, and serum iron and iron-binding capacity (IBC, UIBC or TIBC). The latter measures are used to calculate transferrin-iron saturation percentage (TS%), a measure of iron in transit in the serum. Serum ferritin is a very important test because it helps distinguish between iron deficiency anemia and anemia of chronic disease (also called anemia of inflammatory response). In cases of iron deficiency anemia, iron supplements can be helpful; but in cases of anemia of chronic disease, iron supplements could be harmful.
Other tests might include: a complete blood count, zinc protoporphyrin, free erythrocyte protoporphyrin or reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr). To learn more about these tests visit tests to determine iron levels.
A diagnosis of iron deficiency can be made when a person has both low hemoglobin and hematocrit and low serum ferritin. Serum iron and, transferrin-iron saturation percentage will also be low in a person who is iron deficient. Iron deficiency without anemia can occur when a person has a normal hemoglobin, but below normal serum ferritin and/or transferrin saturation. Iron deficiency with anemia can occur when a person has low values of both serum ferritin and hemoglobin.
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fyi. BTW i dont know if you have an actual disorder but at this point you took supplements and ferritin still low. Gastro can rule stuff out. Fixing iron is important. It affects many bodily fuctions, including hormones. good luck. keep us posted.
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Thank you for your help and taking the time Charlie! Sorry i called u chris! Also Being on trt for almost 6 months again! I have a few things going on besides my ferritin being so low! If you look at my labs above I just got done days ago my estrogen is sky hi! And other stuff grazy just want to feel good feel very tired and fatigued a lot for months now
Hello Charlie12 hope you’re well I went to my gastro guy today and i showed him my last two labs the one with the ferritin that was low and then the one that came up higher after 2 and 1/2 months after using a slow-release iron pills! My buddy Hrdlvn suggested to get my ferritin up! Also he looked over everything and he definitely doesn’t think i have any Anemia or or anything like that! But he did give me a script to go get a complete iron panel like you said! So will see ill check that and I guess take it from there! He told me not to worry so much about the ferritin!! Lets see what shows on my Iron Panel!! So will see any input please chimm away thanks Rocky
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Rocky did the doc have anything to say about why you are feeling so tired?
Good Morning hrdlvn, Hope Your Well my friend! I told him I’m tired and he’s not sure he’s was my gastro had a follow up for some tummy Stuff! He definitely said I do not look anemic and reading those reports that I had he doesn’t think so! I brought up a few things but he saw my furittin that was low on the first Blood report and the second one that it came up only he saw both that you saw told me not to worry so much about it but he did give me a script for complete iron panel so he’s not sure he did ask a few questions like hepatitis have I been checked which I was just to be checked last year all four of them everything was negative he brought up maybe Lyme disease but he wasn’t kind of sure! He deals basically with the whole stomach area and the colon! So I’m not sure my friend but I’m still on the selenium and also the iron pill and the sea kelp iodine still you recommened months ago!! So who knows I am getting other test retested from my endo on thyroid stuff and some stuff that they didn’t do that I asked for on the last labs!! So we’ll see any other input appreciate it my friend blessings hope your well Rocky
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Hope your ok my friend? I didn’t see No Responce hope all’s well
I gave your post a thumbs up after reading it. Looks like we are waiting on your doc and next test.
I was surprised your doc was not worried about the low ferrtin with your tired feelings and you can’t do a full thyroid panel until your ferritin get back in range. Bad thyroid numbers is yet another reason you could be feeling tired and it could be both.
Was Wondering how you were doing but thank you for chiming in and saying that definitely getting a full iron panel done that’s what the gastro guy wants me to do fulll Iron he said maybe its something else causing the ferrittin to be so low he said!! So we will see what happens as far as the thyroid those were other thyroid tests I’ve done before but theres ones that I haven’t done that they gave me the wrong ones actually and they didn’t give me the correct estrogen it was supposed to be sensitive so we’ll see I hope you’re well man I think you’re in Florida I lived there like I said over 35 years I hope all is well my friend blessings to you
I’m doing great my protocol is stable I’m putting some muscle on, the new found libido is making the wife and me real happy. I’m retired with simple tastes and life is good.
Full irons does sound like a very good set of tests. My gut tells me it was the blood donations but heah who knows. Your doc is going to find out and that is great.
Correct estrogen test!?! that stupid argument. I don’t know I had no trouble controlling my E2 with the standard test for over a year.
Worse case its off by 20 points. I can work with that. My current doc does the sensitive I just don’t care my E2 is still in check if he didnt do the sens I could still keep my E2 in check it ain’t that hard.
If you listen to those guys over on EM you’d think you were break the law. What a joke I don’t go there anymore too much group think. Hell there is only about 6-8 active guys and 3 of them are mods.
So true!
Glad your doing good my friend sounds like all is good yes I’ll get that iron test and some others and also needs to stop screwing test maybe I could figure out what’s going on why I’ve been so tired and fatigued Charlie how are you? And yes so true I hope you’re well I wrote earlier to you in the week I hope all is well I just want to get all this right and just feel good it’s like it’s a battle I don’t get it you would think being on trt that you feel on top of the world but it’s not true so who knows thanks for chiming in guys any other input please say hello throw it out there
I also liked your post when you wrote about the gastro visit. Awaiting lab results …
Have an awesome week
Good afternoon Anon10230041 and charlie12 and Hrdvn, hope all is well guys I finally just got my full iron panel received it today so I’m posting it here Also you guys know that I did a furritn test not even a month ago and it came up from a 10 to a 22 which i been on iron supplements for over 3 months now! So its was only about a month ago it might be a little higher right now but I’m wondering what the cause is where I’m storing it or what’s going on with it please look over this iron test and see what you guys think and let me know I also have my testosterone estrogen sensitive and some thyroid tests that I took that I should be getting back soon and ill post- when i get back! Please any advise or input thanks
Hi Rocky those latest iron numbers look pretty good. It looks like to still need to supplement to get your ferritin higher. At a minimum I think you need a 50 and if you plan to donate blood in the future 150 would be a good number to shoot for. As slow as your ferritin is going up I wonder if you should not try a different brand or even ask the doc for a script for your low ferritin.
When you get your new T and E numbers I’d be interested in knowing those.
Hello Hrdvn, good to hear from you my friend yes the iron looks pretty good I guess as far as the numbers yes I’m thinking of getting a different brand or you said maybe ask my doc for a script I’m wondering what kind of script he could give me for that the higher the ferritin? As far as donating blood no way not for a while ever since that has occurred! I should be getting my testosterone numbers also my the estrogen the correct one sensitive and some different and good thyroid tests! Hope you’re well my friend and you’re doing okay!! Since you’ve been on the testosterone yourself have you been on HCG 2 or just the testosterone and estrogen pills? Blessings my friend 
PS reading the symptoms of low ferritin I definitely have the fatigueness and being tired and also has other symptoms which I don’t have as much but those are the main ones and like other people said low furritn definitely will cause this and I’ve been feeling it need to get it back up somehow more absent raised that quick in the last 3 months!! Maybe the doc like you said could give me a script I’m not sure what for what kind of script! but maybe something stronger and can help me getting my furittn up quicker!! I wrote above chime in I hope you’re well otherwise my friend
Good morning my Friend didn’t get a response from you back or any of the other members who asked also I wrote u back hope all’s
How does the gastroenterologist suggest you raise your ferritin?
Hello Charlie 12 I’m not sure because if you look at my iron panel complete iron panel it looks good he knows about the low ferritin but he hasn’t said anything about it he just got the report the other day for the iron I guess I’m going to have to get with my endrocrinologist and see what I can do I’m on the iron supplements I just started doubling up on them taking 2 in 24 hours!! I see that they have a drip or injection that you can use for iron that might get the furittin up? I’m really not sure I just want to feel good cuz I’m very fatigued and exhausted not sure what to do still waiting on the other tests that I will post that I did last Friday!! Who knows any suggestions ideas or please throw out there thank you