Latest Update on My Health (Menstruation-related)

So, for those of you who have been following my previous posts about my conditions. Including being extremely fatigued whenever my period comes (even with an IUD), to a visit to the ER at the end of February (don't remember if I mentioned this in this Community or another one).

The latest update regarding my fatigue with my period, I had a phone appointment my GP a couple of weeks ago and she referred me to an Internal Medicine doctor. She says, within the clinic, they have an Internal Medicine doctor that comes to see patients that the Physicians within the clinic refer their patients over to see him. So, I finally got a call from the medical clinic last week, with an appointment in a month from today. 

My GP is hoping that he will have a larger scope to find out the reasons behind the feelings of fatigueness during my period. The other thing is, with the IUD, I'm not supposed to be feeling this fatigue the same extent as without an IUD. This is my second official IUD, and it's giving me different results from the first one. With the first one I had, 7 years ago. After the first 4 months of having it in my body, my period stopped coming entirely, and my energy levels were normal. When I got to year 6, my period started coming back, and when I saw a Gynaecologist (upon meeting her at work, and asking my GP to send her the referral), after doing an ultrasound, turns out that is was mis-located. So, we ended up getting a new one. The second one, it took another 6 months until it was correctly placed and stayed put. In those six months, it wasn't until the third time, until it was placed snuggly. So now, it's been almost 9 months. But, the spotting is still on/off and I'm still feeling the fatigue.

So, the reason for the referral to an Internal Medicine doctor was because I asked my GP if she has heard of Iron Injections? I explained, when I lived in another city 10 years ago, my GP there gave me iron injections that was done in-clinic, as back then, my iron levels were low and I had heavy bleeds. Apparently, she has only heard of the Intravenous way of have iron put into our body, and she says, the hospital usually doesn't accept patients unless their Iron levels are super low. So, upon the phone call appointment with my GP then, she said she'll discuss it with her colleagues. She called me back the same day, 2 hrs later, and told me she'll send a referral to their in-clinic Internal Medicine doctor, and asked me to wait for the clinic to call for an appointment.

Just wondering, does anyone else who has an IUD, feel that some foods you eat affect whether or not you get spotting or your period comes? As an Asian Chinese woman, I have certain foods that I avoid eating because it causes discharge if I consume too much of it. With some foods that will cause the flow to be more severe. I chose to use the IUD to regulate my periods, and the first IUD gave me results that were more satisfying. My mum made a point though, for other women who are using it as a birth control purpose, if they are still getting their period despite having the IUD, does that mean the unit no longer serves its purpose? 

I asked my Gynaecologist before, if the current IUD is not as effective as the first one because of hormonal changes in my body.. She didn't seem to give me any exact answer. She was more like, symptoms have nothing to do with the IUD, so the problem is not part of Gynaecology, and asked me to return to my GP for answers.

What I don't like about the irregular spotting now is, that I always need to wear like a panty liner. Because I don't want it to get on my underwear suddenly, when I'm out and about. But it feels like I don't get much of a breather, if you know what I mean. I moment I feel it's safe to not wear it (the thin pad), I spot. It's annoying.

So, I hope the Internal Medicine doctor will have some solutions. It would've been better if it was a female though, oh well. I hope I won't feel uncomfortable talking to him. That's it for now, sorry for making this into a very long post. And thanks for staying with me to the end.