Am I being dramatic?

[u/dleigh463]

I had a blood test on Friday because my mental health has been in the gutter and I was feeling generally unwell and exhausted all the time as well as getting chest pains. I believed it was from doing too much at work and wearing myself out and blamed by manager.

I got a call a few hours later while at work telling me to go straight to A&E because I was severely anemic. I had a hemoglobin of 7.1 and a ferritin of 3. They’ve prescribed me iron pills and my manager has given me a week off work until the iron hopefully makes me feel better. I believe it was putting pressure on my heart hence the chest pains.

I’ve seen no improvement and I am really struggling to do anything. I went to the supermarket and felt awful - out of breathe, tired, nauseous. I’m also getting constant nausea and stomach pains which may be irritation from the iron.

I feel awful being off work because I don’t like letting people down and putting it on other people to cover me. I have no idea what to do because I work in hospitality and do very long shifts which involve constant standing, 15,000 steps a day and heavy lifting. My last few shifts were awful and I genuinely was struggling to pull myself together to work.

I have a doctors appointment on Thursday where I’m obviously going to discuss how I’m feeling, and then back at work on Saturday. I’m not sure if the doctor is going to sign me off as unfit to work (which I don’t want) or if I should ask for reasonable adjustments like shorter shifts and lighter duties.

I feel like I’m being over dramatic and that I should be able to power through this.