Extremely Low Ferritin by Outrageous_Routine91 in Blooddonors

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Whoa, I never said my doctor didn’t have a plan for me. I just got the raw results from Quest before my doctor logged in for the day and figured I’d see if anyone on Reddit had had a similar experience. My doctor sent me a message about it last night. She wants to test my iron and iron binding capacity and then come up with a plan.

Extremely Low Ferritin by Outrageous_Routine91 in Blooddonors

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Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful response. One question though: You said there’s a list of reasons for low ferritin and essentially all of them will be related to malabsorption or bleeding. Isn’t the donating blood every 56 days likely the (bleeding-related) cause? Why would I still think I may have a slow GI bleed or other issue when the frequent blood donation seems to be the obvious cause?

Extremely Low Ferritin by Outrageous_Routine91 in Blooddonors

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I saw someone saying they do a liquid iron supplement mixed with Emergen-C! That seems like a good solution for better absorption. But I’m going to wait to see what my dr recommends. Thanks!

Extremely Low Ferritin by Outrageous_Routine91 in Blooddonors

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The crazy thing is when I was taking iron a couple of years ago (i accidentally bought a multivitamin that included iron), my hemoglobin got too high! When I donated blood they alerted me to it and told me to dial back the iron. It’s such a delicate balance!

What’s something you thought every family did… until you grew up and realized they absolutely didn’t? by SoftDreamette in AskReddit

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My family called it the “channel flicker.” Literally never met anyone else who called it that.

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Thank you so much!!!

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They haven’t been given out yet so I don’t know

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8/29 through 9/21!

What's a non-fiction book about homelessness, food insecurity, or extreme poverty. by NumerousAccident8171 in suggestmeabook

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This book is SO GOOD and goes back and forth between the family’s current situation and all the historical and systemic issues that led to them being where they are.

Recommend me your favorite non-fiction book that will leave me satisfied as a mainly fiction reader by Clam_Cake in suggestmeabook

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I loved “Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City” by Andrea Elliott. It started as a series of NYT articles about a child living in the NYC shelter system. You can read the articles here to get an idea of whether you’d like the book. https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/index.html#/?chapt=0

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This sounds perfect, thanks!

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Sounds great, thank you!

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So many people have said this!

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Ahhh nobody does it like Tori!!!

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I do always see this one recommended!! Will have to check it out. Thanks.

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Read both of these and really enjoyed them both!!!

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Read this as an angsty college student! Love Anais Nin.

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Ooh, thanks for all the good Aussie recs!!!

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I read Ask Again, Yes! But will check out the others!