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Your doctor will generally just take hemoglobin levels and if you are > 12g<br>
they will tell you that you are normal. I've preached before that as athletes we should be at least 1g highter to be "normal".<br><br>
3 months ago I was at 12, but I had the doctor take my serum ferritin and showed mine as extremely low and while I supplemented after getting the results, because I had no stores, my current hemoglogin level is 11.6 which is anemic.<br><br>
If your a woman like me that hangs around the low ends of normal, you should have further testing.<br><br>
Looks like I have to give up coffee again <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">
Your doctor will generally just take hemoglobin levels and if you are > 12g<br>
they will tell you that you are normal. I've preached before that as athletes we should be at least 1g highter to be "normal".<br><br>
3 months ago I was at 12, but I had the doctor take my serum ferritin and showed mine as extremely low and while I supplemented after getting the results, because I had no stores, my current hemoglogin level is 11.6 which is anemic.<br><br>
If your a woman like me that hangs around the low ends of normal, you should have further testing.<br><br>
Looks like I have to give up coffee again <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">