Low red blood cell count

angiedryden
angiedryden Member Posts: 58
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
I have another question for all you wonderful ladies. My mothers red blood cell count is dropping very low. She has only had one treatment of carbo/taxol. Due to have 2nd one one later this month. I know she needs to eat lots of protein to get the count back up.....but someone told her that tea was very bad to drink when the count is dropping. My mom drinks lots of tea ....is this true?

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  • Cindy Bear
    Cindy Bear CSN Member Posts: 569 Member
    #2
    Hi Angie
    Hi Angie. I did read somewhere that tea and coffee can affect how well your body absorbs iron. They bind to some substance in the tea or coffee, polyphenols (or something like that) . I don't think your mom has to eliminate it entirely but definitely she should cut way back until her RBC are back up. She should eat alot of iron rich foods, like meat, veggies, fortified cereals, dried fruits (raisins are a very good source of iron). They had my mom taking iron supplements but I don't like them. They can really upset your stomach, or cause other side effects.
    Good luck and let us know how she's doing.
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz CSN Member Posts: 1,834 Member
    #3
    I had the same issue
    I had the same issue throughout my treatment. It took 3 blood transfusions to get me through the 6 rounds of Carbo/Taxol, plus the aranesp shots. My doctor told me to take a multi-vitamin with iron and to eat iron-rich foods. He suggested liver, but I can't abide the stuff. He did not tell me NOT to eat or drink anything in particular.

    Carlene
  • angiedryden
    angiedryden Member Posts: 58
    #4
    Hissy_Fitz said:

    I had the same issue
    I had the same issue throughout my treatment. It took 3 blood transfusions to get me through the 6 rounds of Carbo/Taxol, plus the aranesp shots. My doctor told me to take a multi-vitamin with iron and to eat iron-rich foods. He suggested liver, but I can't abide the stuff. He did not tell me NOT to eat or drink anything in particular.

    Carlene

    Thanks ladies for the info,
    Thanks ladies for the info, I will be passing it along to my mother. She is on a multi-vitamin with iron. And like you Carlene she doesn't care for liver.
  • enjoyn
    enjoyn Member Posts: 2
    #5
    Low red blood cell count
    I was told to take liquid iron (avaliable in health food stores in Canada)
  • azgrandma
    azgrandma CSN Member Posts: 609 Member
    #6
    enjoyn said:

    Low red blood cell count
    I was told to take liquid iron (avaliable in health food stores in Canada)

    slow fe
    i take slow fe you can get it at wal mart and i also take multi with iron

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