LABS: general advice pls & zinc's now below range but was above a month ago MARK II
Re-post in the hope of better formatting!! 
My zinc being low explains my horrible skin! I don't get how zinc can go from above range to below range in 1 month. I went from 200mg zinc/day to 150mg and I didn't like the drop due to my skin.
PTH is high despite doing 6 batches of calcium a day (3 calcium carbonate 600mg from Vitalady and 3 Bone Booster Compex 666mg). I had borderline osteopenia in a couple of vertebra in my last dexa scan in Jan and managed to get another scan approved for Jan 2014 so may consider bisphosphonates then if necessary :-(
Folate is down from 76 to 44 in one month - WTH??
I'm on the Vitalady program with vitamin K2 and the extra calcium above added.
Anyways, it may be easier to view the labs here if the formatting messes up below: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33417203/Lab_Tracking.xl s
TIA xoxo
| TEST RUN | Date of Draw | June 27, 2013 | July 24, 2013 |
| LIPID PANEL | RANGE | ||
| PTH Intact | 15-65 pg/ml | 88.00 | |
| Calcium | 8.5-10.4 mg/dl | 2.07 | |
| Urea Nitrogen (BUN) | 7-25 mg/dl | 4.60 | 6.70 |
| Potassium | 3.5-5.3 mmol/l | 3.60 | |
| Globulin | 2.2-4.2 g/dl | 25.00 | 27.00 |
| VITAMIN D, 25-Hydroxy | 32-100 ng/ml 32.0-100.0 | 64.00 | 23.40 |
| FERRITIN | 20-380 ng/ml | 76.00 | 44.00 |
| MCV | 80.0-100.0 fl | 93.60 | 94.00 |
| ZINC, Serum | 670-1240 | 29.70 | 9.00 |
| MPV (part of FBC) | 7.4-10.4 | 9.90 | 7.50 |
| Triglycerides | 20 ng/ml | 21.90 | |
| Vitamin B-12 | 200-1100 pg/ml | >2000 | >2000 |
| White Blood Cell Count | 3.8-10.8 Thou/mcl | 5.24 | 6.48 |
| Red Blood Cell Count | 3.80-5.10 Mill/mcl | 4.85 | 4.58 |
| Hemoglobin | 13.2-17.1 g/dl | 15.00 | 143.00 |
| MCH | 27.0-33.0 pg | 30.90 | 31.20 |
| MCHC | 32.0-36.0 g/dl | 33.00 | 331.00 |
| RDW | 11.0-15.0% | 13.10 | 12.90 |
| Platelet Count | 140-400 thou/mcl | 289.00 | 309.00 |
| Neutrophils | 40-74% | 2.95 | 3.66 |
| Lymphocytes | 14-46% | 1.51 | 2.04 |
| Monocytes | 4-13% | 0.52 | 0.45 |
| Eosinophils | .0-7% | 0.22 | 0.30 |
| Basophils | .0-3% | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| NRBC |
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Your labs have gone crazy but it isn't anything you're doing wrong.
It looks like your body just doesn't like to take up zinc. The good thing is your copper isn't high, which if it were, might have been driving it down. I'm guessing you'll be going back to the previous dose. The big difference says to me your previous low level was a lab error.
If they decide to put you on an osteoporosis drug make sure you've gotten that D3 level up. How much D3 are you taking now and when?
--gina
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Your labs have gone crazy but it isn't anything you're doing wrong.
It looks like your body just doesn't like to take up zinc. The good thing is your copper isn't high, which if it were, might have been driving it down. I'm guessing you'll be going back to the previous dose. The big difference says to me your previous low level was a lab error.
If they decide to put you on an osteoporosis drug make sure you've gotten that D3 level up. How much D3 are you taking now and when?
--gina
I'm on 50,000iu of Dry D3 from Vitalady. I'm going to see if the consultant doing my follow up will give a D shot in February (he said he's fine with me having shots) as my PCP won't as they said D is cheap to buy even though the dry version isn't available in the UK!! :-S
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If you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you John C Maxwell Sleeve 2010 Dr López Corvala, Mexico. DS 2012 Dr Himpens, Belgium
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I will if I have to, it's just that shipping and customs from the US pretty much double the cost.
I've just written a letter to my PCP to see if I can get vitamin D shots as the surgeon who does my follow up has agreed to give me a shot when I see him in February although I really want to get an injection or 2 before then.
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If you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you John C Maxwell Sleeve 2010 Dr López Corvala, Mexico. DS 2012 Dr Himpens, Belgium
I my DS
Duh I'm an idiot - I'm sure Vitalady doesn't sell calcium carbonate, I should've put citrate. Gina obviously realized I was being dopey and worked out what I meant.
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If you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you John C Maxwell Sleeve 2010 Dr López Corvala, Mexico. DS 2012 Dr Himpens, Belgium
I my DS
Yep, Vitalady is a calcium citrate pusher. ; )
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
