
Originally Posted by
Dianyla
It takes weeks to bring blood counts up, and months to fully rebuild your iron stores. I started to feel some small improvements around the 3rd week of iron supplementation.
Hence, I'm always very suspicious of anyone who says they're tired and then pops an iron pill and then says they feel all peppy again! 
Crap. Really? So, the week AFTER my half ironman... I'll have some of my energy back.
The Dr. did say I could take 3 pills a day... but I'm only taking 2. Will taking 1 more a day help? The sooner I have some energy the better! I'm doing my half ironman in 9 days.
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