Good morning
I’m looking just to have someone listen really. Apologies for lengthy post.
My daughter is very poorly and l’m terribly concerned.
She has been bleeding for 4 months and has other worrying symptoms. She feels dreadful, her hair is thinning, she cannot go for even a short walk without tiring and becoming breathless. She has just cancelled a trip to Japan as she feels too ill to go and she’s had to take time off from work (she works from home and even that is too exhausting)She has also suffered from extreme OCD since she was 6 years old which has blighted her entire life in so many ways. So this latest physical problem is just so hard for her.
She has had to wait weeks for a GP appointment. The GP has told her to come back in 3 weeks time to have a pelvic exam as for whatever reason she couldn’t do it when she saw her, possibly because she’s bleeding but she’s been bleeding for months so she may still be bleeding in 3 weeks time!. Her ferritin levels have gone from 200plus to 17 (her iron is low too) and she’s now worrying she might have some sort of gynae cancer and to be honest so am l.
She lives 90 miles from me-l don’t drive and am waiting for back surgery myself.
I have offered to go and stay but she says she wants to be by herself, she doesn’t want me to visit as she said she feels too poorly. She does have a boyfriend who seems nice but he’s only been with her since last year and l think he may find it all too much. She never asks for help, she says she doesn’t want to trouble or worry me. She is a lovely girl who l love very much. I feel so concerned, l know how busy the GP’s are but her care has seemed (to me) rather sporadic. Her GP has said that a ferritin level (iron store) of 17 is within normal range; however this time last year she was at 220 which seems a massive drop. I did a FaceTime with her and have never seen her look so ill. This unfortunately is the only doctor close by and my daughter doesn’t drive. I did write to the GP explaining that l didn’t expect them to be able to discuss her case with me but l was very concerned. I got no reply and this was several weeks ago. I suggested yesterday that she attends A&E but she said she felt too ill to sit for hours waiting. I just feel like my user name suggests so horribly worried. Thank you for ploughing through all this!
ALPHABETICAL FOOD AND DRINK (Jan 26)


