About 8 weeks ago I bought one of those elite athlete blood tests. Results came back with 24 ferritin and high out of range total iron.
Few days later I see my doc to review. He wants to retest along with check tibc. This was a monday right after a huge ironman training day. We retest and ferritin is back in range at 42. Chloride was low,CK was off the charts so it’s obvious I was a little dehydrated.
Doc orders a retest of CK and says I don’t need to supplement iron. CK come back to 400 so hes glad to see it coming down and recommended better hydration.
Finished ironman California and tool a week off. Eating lots of meat. Not working out that much. Bought another iron test and ferritin is down to 32 again. Under the normal range of the test.