.......Since we obviously can't trust our "healthcare" industry anymore.
I have very little iron in my blood and might need a blood transfusion. Anyone know why the iron is so low and what I could do to get it back to normal levels?
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There are several reasons for anemia...only one being a lack of iron in the diet. Unfortunately, too MUCH iron can be bad, too, so don't try to diagnose it on your own. If you have health insurance, find a hematologist...they may work for a larger HMO, but that specialty doesn't have any sort of conflicting "agenda" you need to be concerned with. It sounds like you've already had labs done to discover it in the first place? Why do you have concerns about continuing with that provider?
This is perhaps one path of anemia you hadn't considered: https://www.verywellhealth.com/anemia-and-celiac-disease-563116 If you're going to self-diagnose, this is one thing you can do on your own. The only thing I would suggest is to make sure you have a good baseline of labs established FIRST before going gluten-free.