Samantha M.

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Well, I haven't been on here for about 3 years.  I've had ALOT going on!!!  I'll try to shorthand it. I think I have posted before but I'll address it again. Since having bypass, I dont absorb iron like I should.  I guess I fall into that 5% this happens to. I always knew I was special! Lol. I laugh about it because I've shed too many tears to keep whining over it.  I became seriously ill because my hemoglobin dropped to 5 and my ferritin was less than 1.  That was the worst time.  Other times I had it drop to like 7, 8 & 9.  I had became used to just being weak, confused, depressed and just all around crappy.  I forgot what "normal" was.  So, the last time it dropped to 5 I was hospitalized for another blood transfusion. (I've gotten several over the last couple years due to the iron issue.)  But, God graced me with an amazing hematologist, Dr. Ganapathy Krishnan.  For the last year, I haven't had to receive ANY blood!!! AND I even had a baby!!! I am doing well with getting iron infusions to delay the transfusions.  I have to do this the rest of my life.  I can't lie, it totally crushed me when I was told that.  It just made me feel like a 'sick' person.  It was a tough time for me, but I have made peace with it.  I have FINALLY found a product ("Body by Vi", love it so much that I became a distributor) that tastes amazing and gives me the nutrients that I could not get bc I couldn't eat that much.  With it, I don't even wanna eat bc it's delicious & fills me up with all the good stuff that I have been missing since 2002 Well, I've tried to get in as much info about myself as possible without being boring! Lol. It's nice to be back!!!