Iron is a cancer promotor?
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I am chronically anemic, but iron levels are fine.LaundryQueen said:@Carolen: Yeah, people do
@Carolen: Yeah, people do need to realize that I am NOT trying to give medical advice--just clue people in to information that I think is the "need to know" kind.
I keep trying to stay off this discussion board as I have way too much to do cleaning my house but I have to admit that this is a great group of people and I just want to know how everyone is doing.
I rarely watch those reality TV shows but, somehow, this seems like the same kind of attraction. Imagine if they did a reality TV show for any one of us? I probably would watch that.
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My RBC always tanked with chemo, & even now that I have been on a chemo break since spring, my RBC remains below normal. I took OTC time-release iron in preparation for my hysterectomy in 2008 and the anticipated blood loss, and right after, on the advice of my surgeon. But since then I have had complex blood analysis regularly that show my iron levels were adequate even when my RBC was low. There is more to enemia than low iron; the rest is just harder to treat. With liver mets, I would be afraid to be taking iron now. But if anyone is taking an iron supplement, I would ask for an undated complex blood analysis to make sure I needed it.0
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