Today we go to a pulmonologist to see about a lump in J's right lung that hasn't changed in xray's, three weeks apart. It's a scarey day today, but I refuse to be anything but positive.
The oncologist said J's iron levels were low and to take vitamin C to balance it out. So I bought his recommended easy to digest Iron (Ferrous Sulfate) and ADULT gummy vitamin C. As a layman I am getting more and more confused. There are childrens vitamins, adult vitamins, male adult vitamins, female adult vitamins,senior/mature vitamins, male adult vitamins and female adult vitamins, and senior/adult vitamins. Guess what? They are all different recipes! And some are in capsule, some chewable, some gummy....
Now as if that isn't enough choice, look at brand names! At Costco, they have their brands, Centrum has theirs, and One-a-Day vitamins gas their choices.
So if there are all these choices, how do you know which one to take? And if you take J-tube feedings that have all the vitamins/minerals and you also drink a quart of NakedSuperProteinShake... your blood test comes out okay, But there is another test that the oncologist must have had that showed low in iron. We didn't get a copy of that list to our nutritionist or for ourselves. So it seems the only way to tell if you are getting enough or too much of vitamins or minerals, you need a blood test... and how many kinds are are?
Moral of today's story, get copies of all reports PERIOD. Take those results to all the interested parties in case they need them. I wish that we had a centralized, web based medical reporting network so communication is better. In the mean time, get the papers!
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