Protein levels.

How are protein levels measured in blood work? Is it a 3 month average like A1C or a month snapshot? 

it is not 3 months like A1c. It is reflective of the amount of protein in your blood at the time of the draw. Ferritin is the .amount that is in storage for the body to pull from

There are three measures if I have it correctly... Total Protein, Albumin, and pre-albumin. Total Protein is considered the least accurate measure. pre-albumin is the one they worry about the most... I know this because I have struggled with low protein-pre-albumin... I need to eat numbers higher than most people...

Thank you for the response. I had some bloodwork done by my PCP. My albumin levels are within range. She didn't check for pre-albumin. My protein levels were in range. Just wanted to check since protein has been a struggle since surgery. I can only eat an ounce of protein (deli meat) at a time. 

You are still really early out., so understandable you are eating so little....I drank a protein drink daily for my first 2 years. I am only now getting away from it.....

It's still early. I had just barely started on things like deli meat at 5 weeks, and was still using protein shakes to reach my goals. 

Your capacity will continue to go up, gradually, over coming months. By a year or so you'll be afraid of how much you can eat compared to where you are now.