WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2002: Re: low iron..stool cards??

Re: low iron..stool cards??

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:10:01 -0600 (CST)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: samir fouad Aziz MD: "Re: i have this bump"
Previous message: samir fouad Aziz MD: "Re: [Birth Control] birth control and conception"
In reply to: Maggie: "low iron..stool cards??"
Next in thread: Robin: "Re: low iron..stool cards??"

At Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Maggie wrote: >
>I gave birth 7 months ago, and during my pregnancy was put on iron
>supplements (my level was 12, and later 11). In July, it was a twelve.
>My ob said she wasn't worried about me at all, but my pcp kept telling
>me I would probably faint, and should carry peanuts around at all
>times...I feel FINE, and my ob says I am fine! Today I went to my pcp
>just for a flu shot, and she shoved some stool cards on me based only on
>the labwork in July. She didn't test me today! She even wrote down
>anemia in the diagnosis column. I feel like she's playing with me! She
>even admitted today the last results were fine, but said I should do the
>cards anyway. Do I really have to do the stool cards?? Can I just stick
>with my ob, and maybe have them retest my iron the next time I go in for
>a papsmear (2-3 months)?? Am I anemic? No Dr. ever told me that before!

you are not anaemic.stick with your ob.

--
SAmir Fouad Aziz MD
Assist Professor OB.Gyn
Director Gyn.oncology
Al-Azhar University-Egypt
Editorial advisor OBgyn.net(P&B,Gyn.Oncology)
Consultant Editor the contemporary Who's Who
This is for teaching purposes only

Next message: samir fouad Aziz MD: "Re: i have this bump"
Previous message: samir fouad Aziz MD: "Re: [Birth Control] birth control and conception"
In reply to: Maggie: "low iron..stool cards??"
Next in thread: Robin: "Re: low iron..stool cards??"

use when must restrict search to only the women's health forum...
Enter search keywords:
	Returns per screen: Require all keywords: