Iron infusion

On Friday I had an iron infusion to replenish my iron stores. I went through this before several years ago after a bad bout of menorrhagia which depleted my iron. The infusion fixed me right up as I didn’t have any more extreme blood loss after that.

My appointment was at 8:15 am at my doctor’s office. The Scientist said he’d drive me even though it wasn’t exactly needed. It was kind of a just-in-case sort of thing, along with moral support. He even missed some of the cricket match to be there. :) Anyway, we left in plenty of time and arrived a few minutes early. As we pulled in, I took note of the pharmacy and then realized I’d left the iron at home. I had to get the prescription filled and take it to the appointment. So we had to return home to get it and return. Fortunately, my doctor was okay with that and I was fit into the schedule.

It took a little while to get everything set up by the nurse. Then the doctor came in and placed the canula in my hand and then got it started. She left at that point and the nurse handled the rest. It was all pretty ordinary and not much of note happened. My blood pressure was a bit on the lower side of normal this time, which is kind of unusual these days.

It was a good thing my appointment wasn’t for a couple of days earlier because there were massive power outages in the area and they weren’t able to operate during that time.

After the infusion finished, I came home and took a nap. I hadn’t had enough sleep the night before and I was already feeling sluggish. The extra hour or so made a difference later on when I had to work. It takes two to four weeks for the infusion to fully kick in so I don’t expect any major changes just yet. Last time it happened really gradually so that might be the same this time.