I had a bad week last week. I've been anemic in the past and my anemia came back after a really bad period. I'd never had it so bad before. my chest was so tired I couldn't physically walk anywhere. My heart was beating irregularly. My head felt like it was being squeezed. Luckily my partner was able to work from home and take over the school runs. I managed in the house to take care of the kids and did a bit of cooking and tidying up when I had an energy burst.
I went for a blood test to confirm it was anaemia again.our GP surgery is really understaffed and I did do a post on here about it. it's really hard to get an appointment,also they have a doctor off at the moment on a cruise as well. I had to see a paramedic that works there instead. I was expecting her to discuss my symptoms and do a few different checks but she literally just did a blood test. I had to ask her to do my blood pressure! I felt she didn't realise how bad I felt.
I phoned up for my results and the receptionist said something had flagged up in a blood test and come in in 3 weeks time to discuss it. I said to the receptionist I wanted to know, because if it was iron then I need to continue taking iron and go and buy some. if it was something else then if they tell me I know it's not iron causing the issue. She said she would ask the doctor in a message and then ring me and let me know. 2 days later she hadn't called me so I phoned again and she had to put the message through a second time. The next day she finally rang me and said yes the doctor said you can take iron. It frustrates me that you ring up to get your results and then the receptionist can't really tell you your results anyway. I know they can't consider every patients feelings but I've been unwell and couldn't take care of my kids to the usual care that I would provide. I've managed to feel a lot better by taking iron twice a day but I'm still not full of energy to be honest. I'm not sure if I feel a little bit anxious because of how low my iron is, or if I'm feeling anxious because my daughter is back at school on Monday and I want so badly to be a reliable mum again. I like doing the school runs and I'm so frustrated that I'm starting to associate them with worry. I'm just so worried my body will fail me and if it does I have to figure out how I can get my child from school. Hopefully won't go that bad again now. Also I'm due on another bad period on Monday. So next week could potentially finish me off again.
it was my daughter's birthday yesterday and I was determined to enjoy her birthday. We planned to go to a farm but it had high winds and rain. so she chose to go to a garden centre because she likes looking around at the fish and stuff. We were supposed to be taking her for dinner there as they do the best food. It's so popular that there were no tables, so we also couldn't take her for dinner. I said don't worry, we'll try and go out tomorrow and basically today's the same rain and high winds. Also to add to it I've woken up feeling weak again. I'm just overall feeling a bit down. I feel a bit trapped today. I shouldn't be anticipating Monday the way I am but I'm just absolutely dreading normality next week. I always feel a bit down when she's been off for the week and she goes back to school.Even though she does get a bit bored and fed up at home when it's like this, having her home is just so lovely. It gives me a taster of our life last year before she was at school and I end up just feeling sad that it's coming to an end.
We've got a holiday booked in the UK at Easter. Really looking forward to that and I know it's only 6 weeks away now. I just want to feel healthy for then and full of energy again (hopefully) Anybody else who suffers from anaemia no where I'm coming from?