4+ yr post ops - what labs do you request?

I am 4 1/2 yrs post op and feeling fairly good overall.  I would like to have some really thorough  labs run and am wondering what we "oldtimers" should have tested?

I do not see my surgeon (and have not since my 1 yr post op appt), but my PCP and endocrinologist are more than happy to run whatever I request. 

Does anyone have the list that Dana suggested awhile back?  I would really appreciate any and all comments/suggestions!

Thanks,
Terri

Terri...there is a list on my profile if you want to copy and use that....



COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PROFILE (sodium, potassium, chloride, glucose, BUN, creatinine, calcium, total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase)
 (Nc, K, C1, CO2, Glu, BUN, Cr, Ca, TP, Alb, Tbili, AP, AST, ALT)  

  LIPID PROFILE (cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, chol/HDL ratio) (Fasting specimen),
Tchol, Trig, HDL, Calc, LDL)   ALT (SPGT) GGT LDH PHOSPHORUS – INORANIC URIC ACID CBC (HEMOGRAM/PLT/DIFF) B-12 & FOLATE IRON, TIBC, % SAT FERRITIN VITAMIN A & D (T3U, T4, FTI, TSH) ZINC MAGNESIUM SERUM INTACT PTH PARATHYROID
 

Thanks Debra!

Are these the labs that you were doing before you had iron infusions, and if so did you add anything extra AFTER the problems?


Many thanks,
Terri

i have been getting iron infusions since my first surgery.... my iron is always low but i am not working right now so i havent had an iron infusion since april......

those are the ones that i have always had done...sharon and dana have another list with more things I believe....its about 10 tubes of blood

I'm 2 1/2 years out and I get: CBC, CMP, Serum Iron, Ferritin, PTH, B-12, Lipid (Cholesterol) panel, calcium and Thyroid panel.  Add a Hemoblogin A1C if you're diabetic and next time I'll probably ask about a Vitamin D level as well.

Thanks Steph!

I was in Rockwall/Rowlett this past weekend and thought about you!

We should meet for coffee sometime when I'm there again. I'd love to meet some of the Dallas crew........

Thanks,
Terri

Definately!!  Contact me next time you're gonna be here and we'll make a plan.  Loralea and Liz were at my house Saturday, it would of been fun to have you join us.

Here is the list Dana sent me.  I PM'd you the same list.


Not to be construed as medical advice, this list includes labs we have had performed as gastric bypass patients
 
 *80053          Comprehensive metabolic profile (sodium, potassium, chloride, glucose,BUN, creatinine, calcium, total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase) (10231)
* 84134         Pre-albumin
* 7600             Lipid profile (cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, chol/HDL ratio)
* 10256          Hep panel, includes ALT (SPGT) & GGT)
* 593               LDH
* 84100         Phosphorous - inorganic  (718)
* 83735         Magnesium
* 84550         Uric acid (905)
* 7444             Thyroid panel (T3U, T4, FTI, TSH) (84437; 84443; 84479; 84480)
* 85025         Hemogram with platelets (1759)
* 7573             Iron, TIBC, % sat
* 83550         Ferritin (457)
* 84630         Zinc (945)
* 84446          Vitamin A (921)
* 82306         Vitamin D (25-hydroxy)   (680)
* 84052          Vitamin B-1 (thiamin) (4052)
* 84207          Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine)
* 7065             Vitamin B-12 & folate (82607; 82746)
* 83970          Serum intact PTH
* 31789          Homocysteine, cardio
* 83921          MMA
* 367               Cortisol
* 84255          Selenium
* 83937          Osteocalcin
* 84597          Vitamin K
* 82525          Copper
* 84590          Vitamin E
 
 
 
For diabetics: *496 - HEMOGLOBIN A1C   

Thanks George and to all *****sponded!

Terri