I took an I.V. iron again because it is better than oral iron
A good blood picture means a better well-being.
It had been about more than 25 years ever since I suffered anemia, it is a struggle, first is that you suffer headaches then after that you will suffer insomnia, a terrible case of it, then at the same time you have an appetite loss. Your weight or body mass also suffers, I never experienced being fat all my life that is why I am eating as much as I could when I was younger just to add weight to my already skinny body.
My body also had become weak, I always prefer to be sitting around and not involve myself into sports simply because I lack energy, I am just simply weak much less being grumpy all the time and that happened even when I was younger and of course never had a clue that there was something brewing in my body, something that will change the course of my fate into I never had imagined to happen and yet I am in the middle of this nightmare that I might not be awakened from.
Being anemic also affected my cognitive abilities, that is why I had been struggling with my studies although I tried a lot to excel in my studies and wondering why other students are doing very good particularly in those higher levels of our high-school batch. Then come after the high school (middle school) years I went to College, after a year I stopped attending my classes, I cannot concentrate in studying anymore, I felt abnormal, I suffered also panic attacks and I have no clue what that was until I later learned that it was a mental condition. In those years I was drinking large amounts of herbal drinks and water because my mother told and forced me in her belief that by doing so I will be cured of my Kidney problem.
So I did stooped cold Turkey and sunk my head in the sand and hope that it might go away, or at least when my Kidneys fails my parents will find a way to get me a new Kidney so I can live again a normal life. Nothing couldn't be more further from the truth, my parents are just helpless to save me, they have no money considering that apparently my father also sends money to my grandmother and it was conformed by my grandmother.
That is why when my father was working abroad I can't feel the perks of having someone working abroad for the family, so we are just living in a subsistence level, no vacations or family outings or any of that and when my father foes back home he will just make beer foods and invite friend to drink with him. So I guess that my siblings remembers that and now they are not inviting my parents when they go our for excursions or going someplace to have some fun.
The Kidneys produce a hormone called "Erythropoietin" and is possible for signaling the bone marrow to produce red blood cells, If the Kidneys fails erythropoietin will not be produced anymore leading to serious anemia that will lead to death if not managed.
Anyway, my father seems to still have no clue what I am going through all these years, he doesn't know the term CBC, a blood test count, when also I wanted to have a three times dialysis he came to me with that sad face of his telling me that do I really need three times weekly dialysis since I can endure it anyway. He simply doesn't like going at the dialysis center and wait for four hours until I am done.
But really nobody likes that anyway neither do I and also, my parents are not obligated or anyone else to help me out for that matter. But what I do not like is that at many pints my father is not really ready or willing to help me out which is why the burden lands on my one brother which gave up because he is only the one that is doing all the assistance, it cannot go on forever he still has his own life's journey to take.
I was only surviving right now because I found some way to sustain myself, finding ways to see the light of another day by the grace and mercy of God. So I managed to struggle until now and also I can't even foresee when will all these end up to, to an utter and disgraceful defeat or to a triumphal success I have no clue, only Go knows what will be will be. But anyway with discovering how to rehabilitate my bones I also realized that an I.V. iron is much better than iron tablets taken orally, for one reason it will not mix with some foods and medicines that you are taking that may lead to other forms of toxicity and the fact that I.V iron can raise your hemoglobin faster and better I just opted-in for that route.
Unfortunately my Nephrologist didn't even offered me that all these years, maybe she just doesn't care that much for her patients which is why there are so much turn-out of patients, they die from preventable complication and to blame for that is really a medical care insufficiency. But even though I went on to suffer anemia I am really thankful that I do not have to take expensive injections of EPO and just with I.V. iron it is enough to raise my hemoglobin levels plus taking vitamins that is formulated for my dialysis patients.
Now I am just sticking to this regular regimen so that I will not a lower hemoglobin and red blood cells. The weird part of my body is that at least my RBC and Hg are not crashing even though I am not taking anything, EPO or iron tablets, it is just a mystery for me, maybe that my body had found a way to create RBC even though the source of it is non-existent or not working anymore like my Kidneys or was it just an effect of a divine intervention I do not know.
But I am happy that at least I do not have to suffer from anemia anymore and its connected complications like severe loss of appetite and insomnia even those are still my long-standing problem until now, even with a normal CBC count, I guess that it will be like that until at some point in time in the future if there will ever be a future that I will be able to get a kidney transplant that will definitely turn my life 180 degrees into a better sate of health, if God will it that is.
Blood is the body's energy source.