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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / July 2006No Anemia after all
My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline is 11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. So where could the fatigue and weakness be coming from? I don't think Enbrel causes that type of reaction. Arthritis? God! I hope not. Diclofinec for inflamation? Does anyone else have fatigue and weakness and not anemic? I don't mind saying that this is frustrating. I wish I could pinpoint where it's coming from. On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:37:31 -0700, "Puckertoe" <puckertoe@puckertoe.com>, in message ID <12aoc8rrho2t1a3@corp.supernews.com>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline is >11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I don't mind saying that this is frustrating. I wish I could pinpoint where >it's coming from. I can't recall if you are on tx or not. I didn't go anemic on tx but had plenty of fatigue and weakness. It resolved once I'd been off it a short while though. > My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline is > 11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I don't mind saying that this is frustrating. I wish I could pinpoint where > it's coming from. I don't know, but 11.8 grams of hemaglobin per deciliter looks a bit anemic to me! (Normal reference range 13.0 - 18.0 g/dL) What's your hematocrit? If it is in the low 30s, then with the low hemoglobin that would easily explain the fatigue, no? Fwiw, my Hct has been hovering in the low thirties and my Hmg has been in the elevens. At 11.8, I was feeling beaten down. Then it went lower... Care provider states those values are fully consistent with the fatigue I live with daily. (Treatment protocol calls for intervention if Hct goes into the 20s or Hmg goes below 10.) Anyway, glad to hear you don't have to be going for the Procrit now. BG No Anemia after all Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Wed, Jul 5, 2006, 2:37pm (CDT-2) From: puckertoe@puckertoe.com (Puckertoe) My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline is 11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. So where could the fatigue and weakness be coming from? I don't think Enbrel causes that type of reaction. Arthritis? God! I hope not. Diclofinec for inflamation? Does anyone else have fatigue and weakness and not anemic? I don't mind saying that this is frustrating. I wish I could pinpoint where it's coming from. /////////// That's great your hgb went back up to over 13. There are any number of possible causes for your fatigue and weakness, everything from dehydration to hypothyroidism. Make sure you drink at least a couple of gallons of water every day and take a multi-vitimin without iron. How's your diet? How many other drugs are you taking and what are their side effects? Have you become inactive while on tx? What's your blood pressure look like? And has your doc checked your thyroid functions lately? Hell, your fatigue may be a combination of small things that otherwise wouldn't be a problem, bu bu but together.....cause fatigue. Maybe it's just time I gave you another boot in the a.s, just for kicks. :-) elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Oh... I now understand your hmg is not at 11.8 but now up to 13.5... now I see why you are asking about what might be causing fatigue... Elmo has good points, imo. You might note TSH level (which may be on or lab report) is inversely proporational to your Thyroid Hormone level. If TSH is higher, that indicates Thyroid function is down and that would take overall metabolic rate down with it... But 13.5, that's the stuff. I gotta get some of that some day! -- BG My thyroid is fine this time around. I went and saw the Endo last week and he said "All normal!". Much better than my last tx when it was all whacko. I'm taking 50mg shots of Enbrel twice a week for arthritis and psoriasis. 150mg Diclofenec(Volteren) daily for inflamation 50mg Toporol XL daily (Beta blocker. Since my thyroid is fine no need to take this anymore.) Plus the daily/weekly hep-c tx. I'm not very active at all. If I do housework/yardwork I don't last very long. I eat a lot of fruits and veggies. Plus the occasionl breakfast cereal. I don't drink nearly as much as I should. I'd be too damn tired to do anything about that boot in my a.s. Let's just hope this passes like bad gas. > No Anemia after all > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Hey PT "I don't drink nearly as much as I should"..... and that's probably part of the reason you feel crummy! MAKE yourself drink. My doctor says I should be drinking AT LEAST half of my body weight in ounces of water.... so if I weighed 150 lbs I should drink AT LEAST 75 ounces of water a day. On top of anything else I drink. I'm actually drinking more water than that, I drink a minimum of 96 oz a day, and usually try to drink a whole gallon. It makes a HUGE difference in how I feel.... and I don't go anywhere without my 32 ounce sports bottle full of ice water! Try it, you may find you have a little more energy and no more light headedness! Works wonders with that queezy feeling you get in your stomach too.... Sara > My thyroid is fine this time around. I went and saw the Endo > last week and he said "All normal!". Much better than my last [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> >> http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum > Try it, you may find you have a little more energy and no more > light headedness! I don't drink enough either and am always lightheaded, no wonder, never knew it had to do with that. When I workout at the gym I am always seeing stars, having to refocus and keep myself from you know, passing out... very annoying. My Drs been kicking me in the a.s to drink more but water makes me rather nautious, guess I'll just have to force it down. Ally >> Try it, you may find you have a little more energy and no more >> light headedness! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Ally Well, it doesn't have to be plain water, pretty much anything that isn't a diuretic will do. Fwiw, while I was on therapy I discovered a half-aisle of different flavored waters at the local food store. Must've been a dozen different flavors from one company alone, and there were at least three different company's products to pick from. I bought a mixed case with a half-dozen flavors that I thought I could gag down (those were some deeply dark days on therapy where almost everything tasted like metal to me) and found I actually enjoyed most of them, and tolerated the rest. The 1 ounce per two pounds of body weight "extra" intake over the 6 to 8 "glasses" per day for "normals" is the same thing I'd heard or read. For me, that meant downing around 100 ounces on top of around 60 ounces per day. It also meant making sure I was within trotting distance of a bathroom at all times ;-) Cheers /greyhackles > My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline > is 11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. > > So where could the fatigue and weakness be coming from? Maybe you've got hep C? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! <<sniff>> Oh God. I needed that. >> My blood test showed an improvement from the last test. 11.8 (borderline >> is 11.5) to 13.5. Well within normal limits. >> >> So where could the fatigue and weakness be coming from? > > Maybe you've got hep C? Hang in there, Toe, your sense of ha-ha will get you through this, I promise! Waterspider > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! <<sniff>> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Maybe you've got hep C? |
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