Anyone that knows me ...knows I try very hard to never be nervous before S's checkups. But..it's hard not to.
Today was a basic check up. We were hoping to move to a yearly check up but..that wasn't in the game plan. S is stepping down funny on his one foot and they want to watch that to make sure it's not a muscle issue etc. The dr is also hoping if he's low in iron then maybe they can put him on a supplement to increase his iron and decrease his leg pains (his legs ache all night...almost like when you sit on your hand and it goes to sleep...that tingling goes on all night). He tries hard to stay away from serious drugs for side issues due to his age and he wants to keep the door open later for such things without a tolerance being the issue.
All in all a nice visit and we go back in 6 mo.
UPDATE: welllll the iron tests came back fine. One test was to see if his liver was holding iron and not releasing it and if his iron level was low. All came back fine which is great...but knocks the idea of trying simple iron to ease his legs :( On to the next step....
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