[ElaineM]

Do you want to try liquid iron? Iron pills can cause constipation, but liquid iron usually doesn't cause that.
One can get it from pharmacies and health food stores without a prescription.
I never needed transfusions or procrit during treatment. My platelets have always been normal. I have been taking a spoon of liquid iron every day from the very beginning. My hemoglobin is currently 12.6. Some foods have iron. Blackstrap molasses also has iron.