I didn’t get to post yesterday, since I spent most of the day up at the hospital with my Grandma. On Monday, my Grandma missed a step and fell and broke her pelvis in two places! 
My Grandma is such an AMAZING woman, it would take many posts to elaborate on that. She is also a tremendously strong person with an unbelievable pain threshold. She NEVER complains about anything. In fact, she didn’t even cry after the fall. I can’t even comprehend how painful it must have been.
She is doing better now and will probably be in the hospital for another day before she goes to a facility for rehab. I am so grateful she didn’t break her hip, which would have resulted in surgery. She’s in great shape (she probably does more activity than a lot of people half her age!), and I think she will have a great recovery.
Yesterday, I decided to have my iron levels checked on a hunch that they were probably on the low side. Since I don’t eat meat and my mileage is creeping up, I wanted to be proactive on the iron front. As my suspicions confirmed, my iron levels were on the low end of normal and my ferritin was only 9 (ideally it should be above 20).
My doctor has told me to take an iron supplement once a day—I am doing the liquid supplement, since it can be better absorbed. I also decided to add on a B-complex, to make sure I am getting enough B12 (if you don’t eat meat, you can sometimes be deficient in B12). My coach said that it will take about 5-7 weeks to notice a difference in my performance. My running should feel much better at that time and hopefully my performance will be better too!
It’s race day, and I will be running this evening. I haven’t run since last Friday because of the wedding and my Grandma being in the hospital, so I am hoping that my legs are nice and fresh!
Awww, wishing your Grandma a speedy recovery!! Good luck getting that ferritin level up. My level was the same as yours last year and all I wanted to do was lay on the sofa all day long 🙁
OMG. Sorry to hear about your grandma. Hope her rehab goes well and she’s back on her feet soon.
Good luck in your race tonight. You should be fresh from the extreme taper.
Aw! I hope your grandma heals quickly! The poor thing 🙁
Poor Grandma! I hope she heals up quickly.
Good luck tonight!
On the B-12 front – according to my brother – you’re better off taking just a B-12 rather than a complex. B-12 is absorbed better as an individual supplement rather than in a complex supplement. I still take both!
Hope your Grandma is doing ok. And I hope the race went well tonight! Look forward to hearing about it!