Ugh, now I'm worried again. Just got a call from the rheumatologist. I had just thought I might have low iron (often I do), but lately I have gotten to the point of craving/chewing crushed ice a lot, so I just figured my iron count was perhaps lower, nothing major.

She is concerned because I am very anemic, and my hemoglobin has dropped a lot in 8 months. She's sending off the lab results to the GI doctor, who I just saw this morning before getting this info, and she is concerned of a slow bleed somewhere in the GI tract. I am sure this is going to mean more tests and just what that might show.