The blind spot of iron deficiency

I've run marathons barefoot.
Since my second pregnancy during the peak of the corona pandemic, I lived with invisible iron deficiency.
Fluctuating around the lower limit.
Not alarming for doctors.
But it was for my body.

My body that managed to protect me and my son in uncertain times.
That kept scraping energy from increasingly empty reservoirs.
That got used to doing the impossible on an empty fuel tank.

It is grateful today.
For the attentive observation.
For the correct diagnosis.
For every microgram of iron that, after years,
- finally, finally, finally! -
brings me where I want to be:
With the effortless energy to live instead of just survive.

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹: 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗼?
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 (!!!!) 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻.
Do you have unexplained muscle pain? Are you often tired, dizzy, or does your battery not charge properly?
Then have your iron stores (ferritin) checked. First.
Vitamins are not a luxury; they are the foundation of your body.
I wish you a strong year!

For more info: listen to the podcast "The blind spot of iron deficiency" by Doctolib Prisma Netwerk with general practitioner Femke Veldman, internist Hilde Royen, and internist hematologist Marlijn Hoeks 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NefFbyG4ytpBOVh7FFAbC (part 1)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YW4ZvK1FrAzFQjxe1JwQu (part 2)

🙏 Share this podcast with all the women in your network:
- many receive an incorrect diagnosis,
- it's not looked into if hemoglobin is good,
- the established lower limit is often too low,
- with a correct diagnosis, treatment is not long enough or done incorrectly.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲!