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Doctor ordered another phlebotomy even though my ferritin was down to 54

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Chris8968
Chris8968

My ferritin levels started at 1887. After 15 weekly phlebotomies it went down to 83, the doctor ordered another phlebotomy and gave me a month off. After a month my level was down to 54 and he ordered another phlebotomy. Isn't that a bit low to continue taking blood? I go back in another month to see how much lower it went.

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  • M1954
    M1954 Chris8968

    Posted

    Hi Chris, My dr likes to keep mine at 30 and my other dr liked to keep it at 15.
  • lynnsk1
    lynnsk1 Chris8968

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    OMG thats fantastic, i cant wait for mine to get that low, started at 2000, after 13 weeklys it dropped to 992 and now continuing till 50,,, had about 16 now so still a way to go....( need to get it down so it stops storing in my liver where its caused severe ciirhosis)
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