I have been feeling not so good for the last three months or so, which started with a sore throat that took me ages to recover from, so I opted to have a full blood works done.

I am ever so glad I did, because I have discovered I am a bit low in Iron,I am 12 whereas I should be in the region of 15 to 20, this explains my extreme fatigue, worse than normal, and general feeling of yuckiness.

I am not thrilled that I have to take iron pills for the next three months, but am relieved to get to the bottom of it and beable to do something to fix it.

I intend to add some new things to my diet, I donot eat red meat, as I find it hard to digest, but I am going to have to, also add more citrus fruit to my diet, not a big fan of that either, and some spinach and silverbeet.

I expect there are many of you who have experienced this, so would be grateful for any suggestions to keep my iron intake up, apart from what I already know.

The good news is my cholestroel (sp) is great 3.6, actually has dropped from 4.3 in two years, so I am happy with that, have to keep an eye on it as my mother is very high, but it seems it is hereditary, so I may be fighting a loosing battle here, but one can only try.