Don't Forget to Remember
It has been one of those weeks. Well a few of those weeks. And then yesterday happened. Last Friday I had the last of my 6 iron injections and on Monday I had some blood work done to check my iron levels. Yesterday I got a call from my family doc saying that my levels went from 4 to 9. 9. I almost started crying over the phone. I could tell that having those 6 (painful and expensive) injections hadn't done anything. If anything my migraines were worse. Every Friday afternoon I would have to lay down for at least 1/2 hour and then would come the migraine that had me in bed for at least a day and a half. It was one of those things that you really hope is going to work but don't want to hope too much because what if it doesn't. And it didn't. I had a long chat with dear Betts afterwards - and we're going to see if waiting till I've done 6 months of gluten free might help. Once my stomach has had a chance to 'heal' a bit I might be...