WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: tiredness and blood loss

Re: tiredness and blood loss

From: AMS (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 09:24:46 -0500 (CDT)

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I'm 50 have been coping with DUB for past year - dropped my crit 9 points last fall- but was still at bare minimum normal. Tired was not the problem - dizziness and breathlessness was. I do know, however, from other activities that tend to make me dehydrated that dehydration makes me fatigued and rehydration perks me up. So, I have this routine when I'm bleeding heavily: I treat myself to liverwurst (which I love but don't eat much because of fat issues) for the iron and, I drink a big glass of water with every tampon change (like when you're nursing, drink something with every feeding!) Also, gyn put me on OCP to try and control bleeding - partial success with bleeding but - surprise, I've never felt better in years, perky, alive etc. - like from the first pill! I don't understand it but I'll take it.

Hope you find a solution.

At Wed, 6 Jun 2001, clare wrote: >
>I am 38 years old, had two benign ovarian tumors and my right ovary
>removed a year ago, and some sort of DUB which I am under my gyn's care
>for. My serum ferritin is down to 11 ug/L but my hemoglobin and
>hematocrit are still inside the normal levels. The first few days of
>heavy bleeding are always accompanied by extreme tiredness, (much worse
>than the tired I feel normally) and when I asked my gyn why he said it's
>probably PMS. When I read about PMS it says that the symptoms are
>before the bleeding starts and they go away once the bleeding has begun.
>Is this PMS or perhaps my body's way of dealing with the heavy blood
>loss? Is there anything I can do for it, as it really inteferes with my
>daily function? Thank you.
>
>--
>csheedy
>

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