- my sodium's fine, if a tad lowish (138 mmol/L). i don't eat a lot of processed food.
- i can absorb magnesium, and it's at the high end of normal (.93 mmol/L)
- the phosphates are at the high end of normal (1.42 mmol/L)
- chlorine is in the middle of the range (102 mmol/L)
- potassium is at the high end of normal (4.5 mmol/L)
- calcium is at the high end of normal (2.4 mmol/L)
so, i can clearly absorb everything else.
i should be getting 25-30 mg of iron a day, meaning i should at the least be able to absorb around 1 mg, which should be more than enough. but i'm not. why not?
what's left to check for is:
- good metals: zinc, chromium, molybdenum, copper, nickel, manganese
- selenium & iodine
- bad metals: mercury, arsenic, lead, aluminum, cadmium
i'm curious about zinc. if i come back zinc + iron deficient only, it might suggest too much calcium.
i also need to check for vitamins a, b1, b2, b3, b5, b6, b7, c, e & k, as well as for choline & betaine.
i need to ask for a reticulocyte count. this, if i understand correctly, should rule out bleeding once and for all.
i need to ask about the shoulder/spleen thing, though. it's still sore.
and, i haven't brought the hepcidin thing up, yet, either.