DS Specific Lab Orders.....

My surgeon (as most of you know) is never easy to find anymore so I'm going solo most of the time. It's getting time for me to get my labs refreshed. I did a search and found this list from 2008 in a post. Does it look complete? I'm going to my PCP Wednesday and just want a complete list to hand over to him when he puts in the order. Let me know if it's too much or too little. Thanks!

Complete Blood Count
	WBC
	RBC
	HEMOGLOBIN
	HEMATOCRIT
	MCV
	MCH
	MCHC
	RBC DIST. WIDTH
	PLATELET COUNT
	IRON, Serum
	FERRITIN
	FOLATE, RED CELL
	FOLATE, SERUM
	PRE ALBUMIN (protein)
PARATHYROID HORMONE
	PTH INTACT
	T3, TOTAL
	T4, TOTAL
	TSH (3RD GEN)
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PA
	GLUCOSE, SERUM, OR PLASMA
	SODIUM
	POTASSIUM, Serum
	CHLORIDE
	BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
	CREATININE
	GFR Estimate (Calc)
	CALCIUM
	BILIRUBIN TOTAL
	TOTAL PROTEIN
	ALBUMIN, Serum
	ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
	SGOT
	SGPT (liver enzyme)
	% SATURATION
	25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D
	A/G RATIO
	BETA-GAMMA TOCOPHEROL
	BICARBONATE
	BILIRUBIN DIRECT
	BUN/CREAT RATIO
	CHOLESTEROL
	CHOLESTEROL - HDL
	CHOLESTEROL - LDL
	CHOLESTEROL - LDL/HDL RATIO
	CHOLESTEROL - VLDL CALC
	CHOLESTEROL/HDL RATIO
	COPPER, SERUM/PLASMA
	CORTISOL UNSPECIFIED
	GLOBULIN
	HOMOCYSTEINE
	LDH
	MAGNESIUM
	PHOSPHORUS
	SELENIUM
	TIBC
	TRIGLYCERIDES
	URIC ACID
	VITAMIN A - Retinol
	VITAMIN B1
	Vitamin B12
	VITAMIN B6, PLASMA
	VITAMIN E
	VITAMIN K
	ZINC, SERUM/PLASMA

Check out this link & comapre the 2.
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU46vLsRDC9rZGhranhtcXpfO GNxcDk2c2c0&hl=en



Hope this helps!!!!!
-Jamie

That is perfect. Thank you 1,000,000 times over!

I love your profile. I have set a goal to go zip lining when I hit the 250 lb weight limit. Looks amazing!

I meant *pic*

Zip lining is a blast. The thought crossed my mind that I may chicken out, until 3 little girls went ahead of me. Chickening out option was removed from the table at that point. I work with steel cables and heavy industrial lifting things. I had the advantage of knowing what the limits of everything used to build a zip line is. It FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR exceeds any amount of weight you can possibly put on it with your body. That kinda took the fear out of it.   You will love it. They have a weight limit of 275 lbs at this particular one, but that has nothing to do with the equipment. It has to do with the skinny summer help teens that are trying to stop you at the bottom. It's cool. Go for it!

Here is another form to check against.
http://www.paclap.com/downloads/annualdslaborders.pdf

Thanks! I'll print that one as well.

Hey neighbor,

I am looking for a pcp who will order all our labs.  I have an appointment with one I picked at random on Thursday this week but if you know a good one please let me know who it is.

I want someone who won't argue about signing off on my lab slip.

And maybe a pcp with TWO DSers might get interested in learning about it!!

~Becky in Elmore

I will PM you with my PCP's name. He was the one that actually got the ball rolling on my WLS. He sent me to get a lap band, but my search for knowledge led me to the DS. I educated him on the DS because, of course, he'd never heard of such a thing. He is very impressed with my results and my knowledge of my surgery. I walk in with my list of labs and he just orders everything. It doesn't bother him to do this. He just warns me that my insurance might not cover all of it. No skin off his bum.....