Iron. Still.
Jan. 9th, 2026 11:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disappointed_lesbianI seem to have a cold, which is odd because I almost never have colds, flus, or any other infectious sicknesses. I haven't had to use the allergy medication since I started taking the iron supplement regularly; my nose stopped running. So I wondered today why it suddenly started running again, then it dawned on me that I have a cold. I feel cold, as well as fatigued. That double dose of iron seemed to do nothing. I put the blackout curtain back up last night to block cold coming from the bedroom window, but I felt colder than ever.
The nurse who was supposed to call me didn't call, and I'm sick of listening to that whiny Filipin@ accent, so I went into my clinic today to find out what's happening with my liquid iron supplement. I had to sit and listen to the music playing in the waiting room while a staff member messaged a nurse, so, I noted bitterly, my auditory sensitivity would have been triggered no matter how I'd initiated contact with the clinic. Eventually I got them to try sending the prescription to another pharmacy. None of us know whether this pharmacy will have the product, so I still can't say when my condition will improve. I was given the option to buy an otc version, but I have only forty-six bucks left for the month plus a fifteen-dollar phone bill to pay.
I looked up iron anemia and found something that suggested that hair loss, dental pain, fatigue, insomnia, basically every mysterious medical problem I have, is associated with the condition. So if I can get the supplement, I can potentially recover from a lot of medical problems.
After climbing through my bedroom closet, I found in a moldy box of fiction a novel called More Than Human. It looks like sci-fi, the synopsis on the cover suggests sci-fi, but the blurb says 'fantasy.' I started reading it this evening. Reading physics is too much for my sick brain.
Having a runny nose and being unable to afford tissues is a terrible combination.
I'm back to taking a whole extended-release melatonin capsule. Although I've been sleeping deeper, I wake up more times during the night. I'm not sure what's down to melatonin and what's down to temperature, but I'm taking the safer route.
The nurse who was supposed to call me didn't call, and I'm sick of listening to that whiny Filipin@ accent, so I went into my clinic today to find out what's happening with my liquid iron supplement. I had to sit and listen to the music playing in the waiting room while a staff member messaged a nurse, so, I noted bitterly, my auditory sensitivity would have been triggered no matter how I'd initiated contact with the clinic. Eventually I got them to try sending the prescription to another pharmacy. None of us know whether this pharmacy will have the product, so I still can't say when my condition will improve. I was given the option to buy an otc version, but I have only forty-six bucks left for the month plus a fifteen-dollar phone bill to pay.
I looked up iron anemia and found something that suggested that hair loss, dental pain, fatigue, insomnia, basically every mysterious medical problem I have, is associated with the condition. So if I can get the supplement, I can potentially recover from a lot of medical problems.
After climbing through my bedroom closet, I found in a moldy box of fiction a novel called More Than Human. It looks like sci-fi, the synopsis on the cover suggests sci-fi, but the blurb says 'fantasy.' I started reading it this evening. Reading physics is too much for my sick brain.
Having a runny nose and being unable to afford tissues is a terrible combination.
I'm back to taking a whole extended-release melatonin capsule. Although I've been sleeping deeper, I wake up more times during the night. I'm not sure what's down to melatonin and what's down to temperature, but I'm taking the safer route.
