Reply #51: Yep. This happened to me several years ago.

[Mrs. Overall]

I started to lose peripheral vision, had dizzy spells, my lips were turning blue, my limbs would go numb. It was severe anemia and after three days on huge doses of iron, I felt completely well.

She will probably be put on large doses of iron and then will be retested after a few weeks. If she is still anemic, they might look for other causes, such as a bleeding ulcer, or overly heavy menstruation.

Best of luck to her as she gets well.