Good Morning. Loving my labs, babeees!

MajorMom
on 2/28/11 7:38 pm - VA
Thank you Vitalady!  I just keep shaking my head and grinning...

Hemoglobin: Pre-op14.7  --  3 1/2 Years Post-op 13.9  -- goal 12+
Hematocrit:   pre-op 44.9 --  now 41.4 -- goal 36+
Iron:  Pre-op 46 -- now 85 -- goal 80-100
Ferritin: Pre-op 37 -- now 247 -- goal 200-300

Calcium: Pre-op 9.8 -- now 9.2 -- goal 9.0-9.2
Vitamin D3: Pre-op 18 -- now 137 -- goal 100-150
PTH: Pre-op 42 -- now 63 -- goal 30-40

AST: Pre-op 26 -- now 29 -- goal <40
ALT: Pre-op 38 -- now 70 -- goal <40

Protein: Pre-op 6.5 -- now 6.3 -- goal 7's
Albumin: Pre-op 4.3 -- now 4.4 -- goal 4's
Pre-albumin; Pre-op N/A -- now 40 -- goal 20-30

Folate: Pre-op 19.1 -- now 20.4 -- goal >20

B12: Pre-op 467 -- now 2000 -- goal >1000

Vitamin A: Pre-op 46 -- now 99 -- goal 60-80 

My lab's ranges are a little over and under the goals but I'm within a few points where things look high. For example, vitamin A's range tops out at 98 and I'm 99.
 

 

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Price S.
on 2/28/11 7:56 pm - Mills River, NC

    LW-Apple-Gold-Small.jpg image by PlicketyCat  66 yrs young, 4'11"  hw  220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance

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Happy_Camper
on 2/28/11 9:14 pm
Congrats Gina!!   Is your surgeon/NUT on board with the B12 levels?   When my last labs came back with my B12 being 1870, they suggested I cut back on the dosage.  of course I didnt listen  lol.  Cindy

Surgery March 2, 2010 -  5' 9"  -   HW 278 /  SW 260 /  CW 139 / GW 150

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MajorMom
on 3/1/11 1:27 am - VA
Yeah, I was thinking of only taking 5 B12 sublinguals a week instead of 7. That's one to tweak just a little. When I tried every other day it fell below 1000.

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Jody ***
on 2/28/11 11:02 pm - Brighton, MI
RNY on 10/21/08 with
Very good!  I know my ferritin is still low (and iron) because I'm not faithful with taking them.  I am doing much better with my calcium though.

I'll get my labs done again in a few months.  I need a new lab order that has Vit K on it - WITH the proper payment code.  Ins co wouldn't pay for it last time. 

Oh - BTW - I have a bag full of vits/supplements I no longer take/use.  I was going to bring it with me when we come out in April and you can take a looksee if there's anything in there that can be donated to someone that doesn't have the money for vits.  I do have some Calcium Citrate pills - just can't get them down...Also a lot of other things I bought that I can't take (in a gel cap, etc). 

HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"

Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it.  Took 8 months. 
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MajorMom
on 3/1/11 1:25 am - VA

Bring the donation vites, I'll find them a home.
 

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lerkhart
on 3/1/11 4:07 am
Those are great Gina.

I think the Milk Thistle helped my liver enzymes.  They were way down.  One was still a little elevated, but she said since they were coming down we would recheck in 3 months.  No more cholesterol medicine and she wanted me to lower my fish egg oil to 3 times a week instead of every day.

Linda
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MajorMom
on 3/1/11 6:18 am - VA
Is the fish egg oil for omega 3? You can get it in coromega...less oil all the benefits of omega 3.

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lerkhart
on 3/1/11 8:39 am
I'm not actually taking fish egg oil anymore.  I switched to Bariatric Advantage Omega 3 Chewy Bites, I just called it the wrong thing.  I got some of the coromega and tried it.  I like the raspberry flavored chewy bites better.
I probably told my PCP the wrong thing too....
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Lee ~
on 3/1/11 10:29 am - CA
Good Job Gina!!

HW: 249   SW: 229 GW: 149 Age: 63 - Body by Sauceda - 12/2011

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