This does help - thank you so much. I'd figured with the anemia it had to be hookworm and it's funny how we decide what we'd rather it 'is'. I've been afraid of it being ascaris because I heard they were very difficult to get rid of and I've seen those horrible photos of them coming out people's noses and them coughing them up.
I'm tough - but that's hard core!
Thank you, rabbit ears - I've got my next few weeks of reading cut out for me, for sure!