Quote Originally Posted by Catty1
sparks19 - do you get your iron levels checked regularly?

I'm sure you do...just suggest that if your doc doesn't ask the lab for it, get a ferritin done too. I just found this out last year...ferritin is the part of the red blood cell that actually GRABS the iron and uses it.

From what I remember, that means your blood can be high in iron - but your body isn't getting any if the ferritin is a tad out of whack!

Just a thought. I hope these bruise treatments help you soon!

Well I only know they tested me a lot while I was pregnant because of my history with low iron and they were surprised that my levels were so good during pregnancy.

I haven't had them tested since but I bruised a lot during pregnancy too.

So I'm not sure what's up