I see the exhaustion with my wife, because she doesn’t move around. It feeds on itself. “I’m too tired to walk a mile.” Then you will always be too tired to walk a mile.
So few of us get exercise that my doc is happy when I answer “several” to, “How many times a week do you get your heart rate up?” And I’m not talking about “real” exercise, just simple shit like dragging my kayak in and out the swamp, or paddling like mad to get out the sun, or lifting heavy stuff working around the yard.
My little kids screamed while hiking when I told them the creek was 1.2 miles. “A MILE!?” When I was their age we started gym class with a mile jog and then did other stuff. (Two months later they could make that trip with no pain or fatigue.)
As with my comment above on obesity, I can’t blame docs for wanting to eliminate obvious issues. If my windshield is filthy and I’m complaining to the mechanic about my dim headlights, he’s going to start with the obvious. Cleaning the windshield won’t fix the headlights, but it will help and allow him to focus on troubleshooting further. (OK, that’s kinda sloppy but you get the idea.)
Good idea! She eats loads of rice, not much if any iron. Going to ask her. I have iron pills we can try as well. One other thing, we cook in cast iron almost exclusively, so that should cover iron intake?
But anyway, I’ve been so low on blood (bleeding hemeroids) that they damned near did a transfusion on me, still had plenty of energy.
Fellow h-bleeder here, they had to give me iron infusions. I was exhausted and noticed hearing my pulse in my ears because my heart was working overtime trying to oxygenate me
It varies, between people and in my case over time. I got mine injected and was “cured” for a few years but it eventually flared up again. I should go again but my situation doesn’t allow for it right now. Metamucil helps more than anything else.
I see the exhaustion with my wife, because she doesn’t move around. It feeds on itself. “I’m too tired to walk a mile.” Then you will always be too tired to walk a mile.
So few of us get exercise that my doc is happy when I answer “several” to, “How many times a week do you get your heart rate up?” And I’m not talking about “real” exercise, just simple shit like dragging my kayak in and out the swamp, or paddling like mad to get out the sun, or lifting heavy stuff working around the yard.
My little kids screamed while hiking when I told them the creek was 1.2 miles. “A MILE!?” When I was their age we started gym class with a mile jog and then did other stuff. (Two months later they could make that trip with no pain or fatigue.)
As with my comment above on obesity, I can’t blame docs for wanting to eliminate obvious issues. If my windshield is filthy and I’m complaining to the mechanic about my dim headlights, he’s going to start with the obvious. Cleaning the windshield won’t fix the headlights, but it will help and allow him to focus on troubleshooting further. (OK, that’s kinda sloppy but you get the idea.)
Your wife might be anemic, it often goes undiagnosed in women.
Good idea! She eats loads of rice, not much if any iron. Going to ask her. I have iron pills we can try as well. One other thing, we cook in cast iron almost exclusively, so that should cover iron intake?
But anyway, I’ve been so low on blood (bleeding hemeroids) that they damned near did a transfusion on me, still had plenty of energy.
Fellow h-bleeder here, they had to give me iron infusions. I was exhausted and noticed hearing my pulse in my ears because my heart was working overtime trying to oxygenate me
They can bleed that much‽ Mine just ache sometimes and bleed a tiny bit if I don’t use a bidet or eat enough fiber
It varies, between people and in my case over time. I got mine injected and was “cured” for a few years but it eventually flared up again. I should go again but my situation doesn’t allow for it right now. Metamucil helps more than anything else.