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<blockquote data-quote="rosedreams" data-source="post: 1507791" data-attributes="member: 403911"><p>I get HB bloods done once a year, the last being in February 2017, it was 13.6, which is normal for a female. For most of my adult life I've included vitamins and nutrition in my diet to avoid defficiencies, I get my potassium, iron etc.., I exercise daily (less strenuously than I did in my 20s and 30s when I used to climb and cycle a lot), I've toned it down because of work demands/time. Thankfully I don't have any nutrition defficiencies. Yet I sometimes feel as though I'm low on something or just pulling myself through, which is demoralising but not the end of the world. </p><p></p><p>I became aware of 'odd' tiredness at around age 6 (I was diagnosed T1 at age 5), I remember going to bed at night feeling tired and waking up tired but still active like most kids. That's when blood defficiency tests started, to rule out anaemia/cancer/low calcium etc...Always shown normal which is why I harp on about accepting my tiredness as a part of living. I 'cope' with it and live actively (as a [emoji123] gesture towards diabetes) but some days are worse than others and I can become a Moaner Lisa about it. Yesterday was on those bad days, like yesterday. By 8 p.m I was practically singing the blues about the meaning of life.</p><p></p><p>I regularly insist on follow up tests, especially for anaemia, and if refused due to cutbacks I'll pay for a test. Nothing to prove a reason for concern.</p><p></p><p>It's fantastic that your iron tablets have made such a difference to your breathing and tiredness. I take several supplements as a precaution, including 60 mg iron daily, but my tiredness is just there, it's more like a drained feeling. It's an enigma, a complete mystery - but life goes on, does it not! [emoji16]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rosedreams, post: 1507791, member: 403911"] I get HB bloods done once a year, the last being in February 2017, it was 13.6, which is normal for a female. For most of my adult life I've included vitamins and nutrition in my diet to avoid defficiencies, I get my potassium, iron etc.., I exercise daily (less strenuously than I did in my 20s and 30s when I used to climb and cycle a lot), I've toned it down because of work demands/time. Thankfully I don't have any nutrition defficiencies. Yet I sometimes feel as though I'm low on something or just pulling myself through, which is demoralising but not the end of the world. I became aware of 'odd' tiredness at around age 6 (I was diagnosed T1 at age 5), I remember going to bed at night feeling tired and waking up tired but still active like most kids. That's when blood defficiency tests started, to rule out anaemia/cancer/low calcium etc...Always shown normal which is why I harp on about accepting my tiredness as a part of living. I 'cope' with it and live actively (as a [emoji123] gesture towards diabetes) but some days are worse than others and I can become a Moaner Lisa about it. Yesterday was on those bad days, like yesterday. By 8 p.m I was practically singing the blues about the meaning of life. I regularly insist on follow up tests, especially for anaemia, and if refused due to cutbacks I'll pay for a test. Nothing to prove a reason for concern. It's fantastic that your iron tablets have made such a difference to your breathing and tiredness. I take several supplements as a precaution, including 60 mg iron daily, but my tiredness is just there, it's more like a drained feeling. It's an enigma, a complete mystery - but life goes on, does it not! [emoji16] [/QUOTE]
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