Did anybody ever in the USA get iron infusion or injections ???
My ferritin now is 10 and I really want to get those, but I need to know if here it is possible at all
Thanks in advance

OK - I guess not LOL
Good luck Fissy !!!!!

Fissy-if you are symptomatic of anemia,you should receive iron.are they refusing to tranfuse you?

Pinky - I got my results back - my ferritin is down from 16 to 10 now and my saturation is low (10) and my IBC is high and hematocrit low and all of that indicates anemia The Gyn refused to do infusion, said they do not do it any more (???) and gave me Fe pills , GP never heard of iron infusion or injections , gave me list of Fe rich food !!!!
Crazy - I am telling you

I know they do it here in Canada.. Not sure about the states. I take this for iron:
http://www.florahealth.com/flora/home/usa/products/r64771.asp
It's non constipating, liquid, alcohol free, fruit based, works great. I buy it from a health food store, hopefully it's available where you live as well.

Thanks Sunshine I will definitely look into it ! I got mushy poop from my Fe supplements and it burned so much, like acid - go figure . I hope that this fruit supplement has high dose of Fe - I need about 60 mg a day to take over period of a year to come to normal levels :( .
and I hope that your pain will stay away forever this time around

Floradix is popular here too...I am not sure if it affects the stomach, but you can try it..
Something called "Amino Iron" (Ferrochel) should be safer to take than normal iron as well.

Fissy
This needs to be sorted Crazy indeed why is no one helping :(

Thanks my dearest friends !!!
Corsi - I tried Ferrochel - it was prescribed to me by my Gyn and it gave me those "mushy" burning pops Now I take regular multivitamin with Iron and am tolerating it OK, but it has only 30 mg of Fe .
Tabby buddy - I do not understand either . I wrote to my Mom and she will send to me some euro Fe products to try. She asked around and everybody told her that Fe injections are definitely readily available there and given without a problem to anybody who is anemic , so hopefully I will be able to travel in 6 months and will get them . It is just flabbergasting that I will go to war-torn country to get basic medical care LOL - I don't know should I laugh or should I cry
LOVE TO ALL

It is just flabbergasting that I will go to war-torn country to get basic medical care

That's how I felt too, Fissy! I started to wonder whether there were any other secret remedies anywhere in the East that would help.. And I just laughed at how ridiculous it seemed - we're living in North America, but still... We have to be our own doctors & somehow heal our own maladies... Even when we're in devastating pain or discomfort.. Ahh!
Well let us know how the iron goes Fissy. I have low iron too, so far floradix has been good for me. I hope it's alright on the stomach!