Hi everyone again!
I just recently had both my vitamin D and ferritin checked recently and found that they are worryingly low. This is despite taking the right amount of iron in suppliments and around 4000iu of vitamin D in total with suppliments.
My ferritin and iron levels have actually been low the entire time I've been ill since 2016 with my mysterious "Donnington Disease" illness. However, the doctors who gave the tests just ignored this issue and I found out from looking back at my old medical records, which had some notes on the lab results saying that I could have an iron deficiency.
I have pretty much developed many symptoms of iron anemia over the years including really pale skin that's dry, thin and scaly all the time and is getting thinner, brittle nails and hair that's really dry and going a sort of dull grey color, general weakness that's becoming worse (though my ongoing muscle atrophy and motor skill deterioration has a lot to do with this too) and getting instantly out of breath (with rapid palpitations) when exerting myself even the slightest (like reaching my arm behind a TV to plug a cable in, or walking up some stairs). My symptoms actually remind me of my gran when she had anemia years ago. I find myself more and more often relating to the health issues of elderly people, when I'm only 28.
A cardiologist too recently found that I had a leaking heart value on an echocardiogram, which is causing a murmur. And before this, I had gone several years without any doctor putting a stethoscope near my chest, so this could have been going on much longer than I realise. Any of these doctors I've been seeing just assume any issue I report to them is just another symptom of my mysterious illness I just have to live with, and don't bother investigating anything. The cardiologist claimed that this leaking valve is nothing to worry about, but I reckon that all these heart arrhythmias (bigeminy episodes, PVCs, SVT attacks causing my heart to go at 180-200 beats a minute, heart spasms) are likely wearing my heart out and probably causes this, and will likely get worse untill I need medication or surgery.
Another worrying issue too is that my atrophied legs have noticably swollen calves with lumpy, varicose veins developing on them, and I reckon this could be related to heart issues too. All my muscles (what's left of them anyway) are very weak and no doubt my heart is too, especially with all the strain it's under with those SVT attacks.
As much as I've been saying this over and over for nearly 6 years to no avail, I guess I'll say it again, I really do hope I finally get some answers. Going by the fact I seem to be deficient in several nutrients despite taking plenty of them, it does seem like I have some malabsoption issues. I actually follow much of Dr Myhill's recommendations on diet and have been taking many of her suppliments too but again, it feels like I'm just doing it all for nothing.
I just recently had both my vitamin D and ferritin checked recently and found that they are worryingly low. This is despite taking the right amount of iron in suppliments and around 4000iu of vitamin D in total with suppliments.
My ferritin and iron levels have actually been low the entire time I've been ill since 2016 with my mysterious "Donnington Disease" illness. However, the doctors who gave the tests just ignored this issue and I found out from looking back at my old medical records, which had some notes on the lab results saying that I could have an iron deficiency.
I have pretty much developed many symptoms of iron anemia over the years including really pale skin that's dry, thin and scaly all the time and is getting thinner, brittle nails and hair that's really dry and going a sort of dull grey color, general weakness that's becoming worse (though my ongoing muscle atrophy and motor skill deterioration has a lot to do with this too) and getting instantly out of breath (with rapid palpitations) when exerting myself even the slightest (like reaching my arm behind a TV to plug a cable in, or walking up some stairs). My symptoms actually remind me of my gran when she had anemia years ago. I find myself more and more often relating to the health issues of elderly people, when I'm only 28.
A cardiologist too recently found that I had a leaking heart value on an echocardiogram, which is causing a murmur. And before this, I had gone several years without any doctor putting a stethoscope near my chest, so this could have been going on much longer than I realise. Any of these doctors I've been seeing just assume any issue I report to them is just another symptom of my mysterious illness I just have to live with, and don't bother investigating anything. The cardiologist claimed that this leaking valve is nothing to worry about, but I reckon that all these heart arrhythmias (bigeminy episodes, PVCs, SVT attacks causing my heart to go at 180-200 beats a minute, heart spasms) are likely wearing my heart out and probably causes this, and will likely get worse untill I need medication or surgery.
Another worrying issue too is that my atrophied legs have noticably swollen calves with lumpy, varicose veins developing on them, and I reckon this could be related to heart issues too. All my muscles (what's left of them anyway) are very weak and no doubt my heart is too, especially with all the strain it's under with those SVT attacks.
As much as I've been saying this over and over for nearly 6 years to no avail, I guess I'll say it again, I really do hope I finally get some answers. Going by the fact I seem to be deficient in several nutrients despite taking plenty of them, it does seem like I have some malabsoption issues. I actually follow much of Dr Myhill's recommendations on diet and have been taking many of her suppliments too but again, it feels like I'm just doing it all for nothing.
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