Questions about labs

In the last week, I've gotten VERY VERY tired/fatigued/weak. I've been known to have severe insomnia, but I've been passing out around 7-8pm at night, and for the most part sleeping through the night, and this weekend, I've been napping all day. I have no energy at all.

I have two appointments tomorrow with my PCP and Bariatric doc of some sort.

I am going to ask both of them about it and see if I can get some answers, but as far as labs, what should I ask to have run? My PCP is kind of a ....well, she's a family med doc and her past lab requests have been less than complete so I'd like to have an idea of what I need to push for. I'd hope the bariatric doc would have a better idea, but Ive never met her before so I have no idea who she is/what she does (or for that matter why the hell i have to meet with her other than Kaiser said I have to)


It might just be that i'm getting sick (had some stomach issues and diarreah after being cursed with constipation for 2 months) but I want to make sure this doesn't go on too long.

Definitely ask to have your iron checked.  I need to get in and get mine checked, as well!  Let us know how everything pans out!

Complete blood count (CBC) to see if you are anemic, Iron and Iron binding capacity to see if you are iron deficient and complete metabolic panel to see you have an electrolyte imbalance or dehydration.  I've been told by one of the veterans that it took him until 3 months post op to really feel back to normal.   Good luck and feel better

I felt great the last two weeks and my energy levels were great and I was getting some pretty vigourous workouts in, but then one day, I just tanked. That's why Im thinking maybe a bug, but just want to have everything tested just in case.

I would say definitely push for full thyroid panel (including TSH and T4) and definitely iron level... probably 2 most likely culprits.

I would have them test EVERYTHING... just to avoid more than 1 set of labs.

CBC, Chem Panel, Thyroid Panel, vit. D, iron, hormones (to see if something wonky is going on)...

Good luck, hope you turn a corner soon! 

I knw what you mean!! Sorry I don't have any advice! But I would love for you to tell me what you do find out. I am not scheduled to have any labwor****il Sept.10, but I am going back to work next week ( school )and don't know if I will be able to hang!!
Hopefully it is easily fixed!

Hey you!
What's goin on? Are you followin ....you are sure havin some problems...why not schedule an appt w/ your surg or your pcp...to TALK about why yer havin such a hard time? I get the feelin you're NOT feelin good...
After 2 months...sumthins ain't right!

I live a couplea states away from my surg...and I never really had any big issues...but IF I did...ya know I would fly my ass out there to Cali in a heartbeat and demand some answers!

LISTEN TO YOU!! YOUR BODY! IF your surgeon is CLOSE...GO
IF not...hit up that PCP of yers...

YA SHOULDN'T be this far out...and NOT BE HAVIN A PRETTY DANG GOOD FEELIN about THE FUTURE!

CBC with a diff
B12, Folate,
Vitamins D and Vitamin D3
A full metabolic panel needs to be ran including a Thyroid, T3, T4, TSH, and my surgeon always run a parathyroid.