Some of My Labs--Vitalady Rocks!

MajorMom
on 9/19/11 8:28 pm - VA
My labs are jumping around a bit..not sure why. I've even reduced doses on some of the ones that came back high this time. So, maybe I'm absorbing more because my intestines have adapted or Vitalady's Vita_Min multi capsule is much easier for me to absorb than the old Centrum-like multi I was taking. The Tender Iron (carbonyl) and Proferrin (heme) iron are an awesome combination!

Iron Markers:
Hemoglobin: 46.2 (range 35 - 45)
Hematocrit: 15 (range 11.7 - 15)
Iron serum: 59 (range 35 - 155)
Ferritin: 295 (range 10 - 291)  * cutting back on the Tender iron to 2 a day
Folate: 20.9 (range >5.4)

Bone stuff:
Calcium: 9.4
D3: 93
Osteocalcin: 6 ( range 8 -32) * lower is supposed to be better, but what about too low?
PTH: 34 (12 - 65) * lower is a good thing!

Protein and nutrition:
Protein serum: 6.5 (range 6 - 8.5) * apparently normal for me
Albumin: 4.7 (range 3.5 - 5.5)
Prealbumin: 47 (range 17 - 34) * Too much of a good thing?
Transferrin: 208 (range 188 - 341)

Other stuff:
Vitamin A:  113 (range 38 - 98) * will cut this back from 5 days a week to 3 days a week
Vitamin K1: 716 (range 80 - 1160) * nice! Taking 1000mcg at night away from Vitamin A.
Potassium: 4.1 (range 3.5 - 5.5) *nice enough but would rather take 1 dose a week instead of 8 pills a day
B12: 1846 (range 200 - 1100) * nice. 5,000mcg sublingual 5 days a week
B6: 45 (range 2.1 - 21.7) * the B's in my multi may be enough to cover this. Maybe I can stop the once a week B-complex.
B1: 38 (range 9 - 44) * taking 100mg a day

Thoughts?

--gina



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teachmid
on 9/19/11 8:53 pm - OKC, OK
I'm impressed! Good job,
     -Gail-
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Fran-I Am
on 9/19/11 8:57 pm
Thanks for posting this, Gina. It really helps having the visual and what your plan is when indicated.

    
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trxxyy
on 9/20/11 2:18 am - Orange County, CA
Woot woot, Gina!  Now I can't remember, do you take your Tender Iron and Proferrin together?  I have been taking my TI in the morning and my Proferrin at lunch. 

I still have a bunch of Centrum and Costco Centrum type Multi vits but I will look into VitaLady's multi when I am ready to restock those. 

I wish I could offer some feedback but I am still learning so I will leave that to the Vit pros.

-shelly
MajorMom
on 9/20/11 2:32 am - VA
Thanks, Shelly. I take the Tender and Proferrin in separate doses.

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provolisa
on 9/20/11 3:19 am - Provo, UT
Thanks. This helps me understand how I will be adjusting my doses according to lab results. Your labs look really nice. Good Job!

Lisa
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MajorMom
on 9/20/11 4:17 am - VA
Thanks. Tweaking vitamins according to my labs is my new transfer addiction. lol

--g

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marriedmom
on 9/21/11 6:03 am - Middleville, MI
lol. Gina, I can relate! I am boardering on obsessing with these Vits (as you know) ;)
You labs look awesome. I get my 1 yr done in a month, so hopefully, it will be good news too.
Thanks for all your encouragement!
*hugs*

Barb
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ann M.
on 9/20/11 3:58 am - Northern, VA
Gina!  Congratulations.  Those are some very beautiful numbers.  Look at those bone numbers!

It's so amazing to me what each of our numbers look like with equal supplementation.  My iron #'s have dropped even lower taking two proferrin spaced out and 5 tenders by themselves.

SW / BMI / SIZE:  312 / 49.5 / 26-28W         CW / BMI / SIZE:  159.1 / 25.1/ 10-12 
I need to lose about 2 more pounds for a normal BMI .  I still seem to be slowly losing at over 2 yrs out...so may get there yet.

MajorMom
on 9/20/11 4:15 am - VA
You might try taking the Proferrin tablets together but separate from everything else.

--g

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