Trying to understand why I’m feeling so bad

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39 year old yoga instructor. Feeling sick with pain on bottoms of feet, fatigue, and weakness in hands. Testing shows calcium 10.3. Red blood cell count 5.23. Hematocrit 47.2. Total iron 213. Saturation 55. Vitamin D 27. Ultrasond shows enlargment 17.7cm. 1.3cm nodule. Suspect hemangioma. Non smoker. Non drinker. Anyone have any advice on what could be causing me to feel so bad?

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    Hi! Have you checked your ferritin level?

    I strongly suggest you do an HFE genetic test to rule our hemochromatosis or catch it early.

    Even heterozygous (carries) people can load iron.

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