I’m still gaining weight, despite eating healthy and my
fitness tracker saying I’m walking 2.5 to 3+ miles just at work. When I get
home from work, I’m exhausted. My hormones are messed up. My skin is dry. My
brain has been getting foggier and foggier. I’ve been getting slight headaches.
If I hurt myself, it’s taking a long time to heal. I’ve been worried that
either this is getting older, or the autoimmune issues that run in my family
are catching up to me.
Then I had a lightbulb moment while looking up something…
MY ANEMIA IS BACK. I haven’t had to take iron in a few
years. But everything mentioned above, plus some other related issues, can all
be symptoms of iron deficiency. I know I’ve had it before. But because it was
causing my brain to not think the clearest, it didn’t even occur to me!
I found what looks like the iron supplement I used to take,
which is the only one I tolerate well, and ordered it online. It shipped today,
so hopefully it’ll be here soon! In the past, it’s taken a couple weeks to start
feeling a real difference, and about a month for it to kick in fully.
This one “small" thing could explain all the health
issues I’m having. If it’s what's behind everything, it's a simple fix that
could make a huge difference in my day-to-day functioning. And make me more
pleasant to be around ;)
