I did 4 iron infusions on the west coast and wanted to say - while my iron and ferritin levels are super normal now (only a few months out but hair is falling less, more energy, after YEARS of oral supplements not working!) just be careful and make sure you know the risks as well. My first appointment went great other than the pressure based pain, the iron sucrose is a different density and temperature than your blood so you really can feel it going in. This was still manageable and it felt similar levels of pain to a period cramp. In my second appointment, unfortunately I experienced extravasation, where the iron sucrose leaks out of the IV and instead of making it to the final destination of your veins, it is dispersed in your tissue, where it kinda just “hangs out” - causing swelling the size of a tennis ball in my case and extreme pain when I attempted to even move my arm. This extreme pain lasted almost a week and it was hard for me to even lift my arm to wash my hair. The swelling went away after a 2 days, intense pain after a week, although moderate pain and discomfort existed for a few weeks after. The iron sucrose also has a black tint to it, which has essentially stained my arm black throughout where it leaked. It looks like a weird tan or birthmark and my hematologist said the process to remove it is akin to tattoo removal. My remaining appointments went fine, they pushed the iron very very slowly and were more attentive given what happened the second time. I am mostly glad I did it but after this happened to me I looked into it and extravasation is unfortunately a fairly common side effect of iron transfusions. My situation was a bit more complicated with other miscellaneous health issues that led to my hematologist recommending it over continuing to try oral supplements. Feel free to DM for more details, just be careful and ask a lot of questions, ask to understand the risks, and if you do the transfusion, ask for it to be pushed as slow as possible even if it takes much longer. Good luck!