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<blockquote data-quote="ratbag" data-source="post: 79652" data-attributes="member: 972"><p>First... Nelson thank you for making this possible. This is a huge help for us members!</p><p></p><p>Hi Doc, Welcome to excel male. I read your areas of interest and thought wow this fits a lot of my situation. So I hope you don't mind but here is my situation.. something I'm not yet sure of how to deal with.</p><p></p><p>In short I'm hypopituitary from a head injury at age of 8 yrs old. I went thru life not knowing this until I was diagnosed with it at age 50, upon which they put me on all hormones. (yup every one) My treatment was great. I lived my whole life in a state of depression without realizing it. But once put on HRT I came out of my shell and started to socialize and have led a normal life since then except for my recent problem which ocurred 2 years ago.</p><p></p><p>I'm suffering from Low iron symptoms and hypothyroid symptoms for the last few years. Low iron is synonymous with hypothyroidism. My ferritin was at the very bottom of range and I've been supplementing with iron but it's not doing anything because I'm still hypothyroid (cold in the summer + all the other symptoms). Hospitals are where I go to get my labs done in Canada and they won't do full iron panels unless it's Rx'd by a hemotologist. They will only do ferritin. Because of this I found a private lab to do a full iron panel.</p><p></p><p>So I was looking at the results hoping to make sense out of it all and saw that it showed my Hemolysis Index -15 (range 0-9) and it states: The following tests can be adversely affected by hemolysis:</p><p><strong>Increase in</strong> Albumin, ALT, AST, CK, Fructosamine, LD, Na, K, Cl, Magnesium, Total protein, Triglycerides, Uric acid. (I have elevated ALT for sometime now)</p><p><strong>Variable in</strong> Direct and total bilirubin, Iron. (my ferritin is very low and I used to have very high ferritin)</p><p><strong>Decrease in</strong> Alkaline Phosphatase, Amylase, UIBC</p><p></p><p>I've had elevated ALT for sometime (59) so this is probably a result of my hemolysis being too high and possibly the reason I cannot get normal ferritin levels by supplementing iron. I've been taking upto 200mg iron daily and my ferritin still stays low. Once I got my ferritin to 91 by supplementing iron heavily at the begining and I was just starting to feel better but I haven't been able to get there since then.</p><p></p><p>My serum Iron is at very top of range. UIBC and TIBC and % sat is all good.</p><p></p><p>I suspect I might need to see a hemotologist about this. My father died of Leukemia when he was 61 yrs old so I wonder if this is the beginning of something. I'm 60 yrs old now. What do you suggest I do? I need to get back to normal somehow but I'm not sure how to go about doing it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any assistance you can provide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratbag, post: 79652, member: 972"] First... Nelson thank you for making this possible. This is a huge help for us members! Hi Doc, Welcome to excel male. I read your areas of interest and thought wow this fits a lot of my situation. So I hope you don't mind but here is my situation.. something I'm not yet sure of how to deal with. In short I'm hypopituitary from a head injury at age of 8 yrs old. I went thru life not knowing this until I was diagnosed with it at age 50, upon which they put me on all hormones. (yup every one) My treatment was great. I lived my whole life in a state of depression without realizing it. But once put on HRT I came out of my shell and started to socialize and have led a normal life since then except for my recent problem which ocurred 2 years ago. I'm suffering from Low iron symptoms and hypothyroid symptoms for the last few years. Low iron is synonymous with hypothyroidism. My ferritin was at the very bottom of range and I've been supplementing with iron but it's not doing anything because I'm still hypothyroid (cold in the summer + all the other symptoms). Hospitals are where I go to get my labs done in Canada and they won't do full iron panels unless it's Rx'd by a hemotologist. They will only do ferritin. Because of this I found a private lab to do a full iron panel. So I was looking at the results hoping to make sense out of it all and saw that it showed my Hemolysis Index -15 (range 0-9) and it states: The following tests can be adversely affected by hemolysis: [B]Increase in[/B] Albumin, ALT, AST, CK, Fructosamine, LD, Na, K, Cl, Magnesium, Total protein, Triglycerides, Uric acid. (I have elevated ALT for sometime now) [B]Variable in[/B] Direct and total bilirubin, Iron. (my ferritin is very low and I used to have very high ferritin) [B]Decrease in[/B] Alkaline Phosphatase, Amylase, UIBC I've had elevated ALT for sometime (59) so this is probably a result of my hemolysis being too high and possibly the reason I cannot get normal ferritin levels by supplementing iron. I've been taking upto 200mg iron daily and my ferritin still stays low. Once I got my ferritin to 91 by supplementing iron heavily at the begining and I was just starting to feel better but I haven't been able to get there since then. My serum Iron is at very top of range. UIBC and TIBC and % sat is all good. I suspect I might need to see a hemotologist about this. My father died of Leukemia when he was 61 yrs old so I wonder if this is the beginning of something. I'm 60 yrs old now. What do you suggest I do? I need to get back to normal somehow but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. [/QUOTE]
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