Surgery in Mexico - How to get good post -op care?
puppysweets1
on 10/5/12 3:53 am - CA
on 10/5/12 3:53 am - CA
On October 5, 2012 at 9:57 AM Pacific Time, Sheanie wrote:
She said her GP is on board with WLS, but not necessarily the DS. His medical group probably does not do the DS.My regular doctor, an osteopath, does my labs. I took in all my data about the DS, she read it, it took several appointments to clarify things, but now she is totally on board. I copied one of my WLS surgeon's lab slips and kept it on file so we make sure we are billing my insurance optimally to get everything covered. That's half the battle when dealing with a non-WLS doctor, getting everything coded properly so your insurance will pay.
The other important thing to make sure your regular doctor understands is that the "normal range" on the lab slip results does not always apply to us. We have different needs, and our readings on some items need to be higher for optimal health. Vitamin D, for example, needs to be higher, along with your calcium; that's what will keep your parathyroid hormone nice and low.
Your ferritin needs to be higher than the highest setting for normies. Likewise your iron, hemoglobin & hematocrit need to be high. Ferritin is your iron "savings account". That cannot be depleted, or you will end up with iron infusions. There's no other way to get it back up again.
Your ferritin needs to be higher than the highest setting for normies. Likewise your iron, hemoglobin & hematocrit need to be high."
Didn't know DSers had to have higher readings. Why is that? The need for higher supplementation and the need to watch and catch downward trends is generally accepted but never heard of the need to have higher readings. Do you have some reference for that because maybe my GP should see it? Thanks
RNY to DS 210 lbs gone for 5 years.
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