Chronic Illness on Sidechat | thinking about how my ferritin levels were once at a 16, and then when i had to switch pcps i asked for my iron to be tested because i was borderline anemic (what my old pcp said) and she gaslit me by saying i wasn’t. 💀 my new pcp was in shock.

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Chronic Illness 1d

thinking about how my ferritin levels were once at a 16, and then when i had to switch pcps i asked for my iron to be tested because i was borderline anemic (what my old pcp said) and she gaslit me by saying i wasn’t. 💀 my new pcp was in shock.

Anonymous 1d

my new pcp ended up ordering 17 labs when i first met her a year ago and has been consistently doing labs on me since because she knows i’m severely iron deficient and was not being treated for it even though i brought it up multiple times to my doctor before her. when i see her again next month, i’m pretty sure we’ll be doing labs again to see where my ferritin is at and determine if i need transfusions or not.

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OP 1d

i also just started taking vitamin b12 and i felt incredible today. it’s 12:30am for me and i’ve been up since 7:30am of i guess now the previous day. i didn’t need to take a nap!!!!!!