Iron Overload

[Merlyn]

I have been posting on the "Making Sense of MS"... started it... my numbers of normal I believe, I just don't understand the iron saturation... please comment, I would so appreciate it.


My ferritin level in December was 66, it was not tested this time:

Iron Level 20 (10-30) umol/L

Iron Binding Capacity 45 (45-75) umol/L

Iron Saturation 0.44 (0.14-0.50)


I have no idea how to interpret the iron saturation because everything I've ever seen has been in percentage...


I assume this means that I am up near the top for iron saturation, and that the reference ranges are probably too broad. I would like some input? I have an appointment Thursday with the Dr. yet again, and it will be to ask for phlebotomy... if I have been iron loading for five decades, they would have no way of knowing just how much I have secreted away. But being within reference range is going to create problems I can see it coming. I ran into this with thyroid, you can be half dead, but the lab result tells you you are just fine... I am trying to figure out where I could possibly have been mildly iron loading for five decades...