My labs

nmscuba
on 7/7/11 12:30 am, edited 7/7/11 2:23 am - kingsley, MI

These are my lab results. I have not had any surgery yet, but have my seminar scheduled next week and this was the blood test that was ordered to bring to the seminar. I don't know what surgery the Dr will recommend for me but I think I would like DS if possible for many reasons .

25- hydroxy vitamin D total 23
Est.avg Glucose 131
HbA1C 6.2
TSH, Sensitive 2.99
B12 Level 715
Phosphorus 3.2
Magnesium 1.5
Ferritin 78
Cholesterol 135
HDL 47
LDL-C Calc 60
Non-HDL Calc 88
Triglyceride 138
VLDL-C Calc 28
Albumin Assay 4.2
Alkaline Phos 58
ALT/SGOT 30
Bilirubin Total 1.1
BUN 12
Calcium 9.1
Chloride 103
Creatinine Serum 1.0
GFR Calc Non African >60
Glucose Assay 131
Potassium 4.1
Sodium 137
Total CO2 26
Total Protein 6.8
Helicobacter Pylori lgG accession number F55548 what ever that means
Culture Negative
INR 1.0
Protime 11.5
Basophils 0.0
Basophils% 0.5
Eosinophils 0.1
Eosiniphils% 1.8
HCT 43.0
HGB 14.6
Lymphocytes 1.5
Lymphocytes% 25.6
MCHC 33.9
MCV 91
Monocytes 0.4
Monocytes% 6.1
Neutrophils 3.8
Neutrophils% 66.0
Platelet Count 24.0
RBC 4.75
RDW 13.5
WBC 5.8

Tony,

Surgery Date 9/16/11, HW 260lb. Currently 207 lbs, SW 241 Goal 190lb. 5ft 9.5 inches

southernlady5464
on 7/7/11 1:45 am

DS on 01/24/11

Tony, the real lab gurus will tell you more but I can tell you that you definitely need Vit D (Dry D3) cause 23 is way too low. Also your B12 is okay but not great, once you have your surgery, you want that at a minimum of 900 and over 1800 is best.

Tje rest I will leave to the others.

Liz

MajorMom
on 7/7/11 2:17 am, edited 7/7/11 2:17 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

D3 too low and I would think you can start taking dry D3 now, along with calcium citrate and magnesium citrate. If your surgery is only a month away, you could take 50,000IUs until then, and from now on, as a DSr. If you have longer than a month to wait you could take 50,000IUs of dry D3 every other day for several months pre-op and be just fine. Dry D3 won't make you go toxic. The crap doctors give you a script for, oil-based D2, can make you go toxic.

Your ferritin is your stored iron and is a little low. You could start now with Bifera if you just want to pick some up at Walgreens. Walgreens is the only place I know that carries it in a regular store. Bifera is heme iron and polysaccharide iron combo.

Everything else looks pretty good. You will want them to add vitamin A and your other B vitamins. in fact, you could start on a B-complex now as well.

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italianspice
on 7/7/11 5:14 am, edited 7/7/11 5:15 am - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10

I saw bifera at giant eagle but it was more than at walgreens. If you go to the biferra site, there is a $2 coupon.

Good luck on your journey!

PS, vitalady has d3 50000 units and at a great price too.

~Maria

SW 230 Preop 205 GW 130 LW 131 CW 135 Ht 5'1"

MacMadame
on 7/7/11 8:13 am - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

You've got some labs missing too. Where's:

Folate
PTH
B1
B6
Vitamin A
Zinc
Selenium

The following are low as well:
Magnesium (should be at least 2.0)
HDL cholesterol - should be at least 50. Higher is better

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nmscuba
on 7/7/11 9:29 am - kingsley, MI

VSG on 09/16/11

On July 7, 2011 at 3:13 PM Pacific Time, MacMadame wrote:

You've got some labs missing too. Where's:

Folate
PTH
B1
B6
Vitamin A
Zinc
Selenium

The following are low as well:
Magnesium (should be at least 2.0)
HDL cholesterol - should be at least 50. Higher is better

Well what is here is what was tested for. Again this test was just what was required to bring to the seminar in the event that you want to schedule something from there is what they said.

That was for the Traverse City Mi office which is where I was going to go at first till I found out they don't do DS surgery there.

Thats when I decided from reading here to do my seminar at the Grand Rapids Mich location. When I talked with Cathy there the RN she told me not to bring anything the other place wanted except for any labs they may have asked for so that when this place orders labs they don't repeat was was recently done.

So thats all I have for now.

I did get my D3, protein and the bifera from Walgreens today and again I appreciate all the info everyone has.

This is like a college course but in a much shorter time LOL

Tony,

Surgery Date 9/16/11, HW 260lb. Currently 207 lbs, SW 241 Goal 190lb. 5ft 9.5 inches

MajorMom
on 7/7/11 9:33 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

"college course" lol We used to call it drinking from a fire hose.

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nmscuba
on 7/7/11 9:55 am - kingsley, MI

VSG on 09/16/11

On July 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM Pacific Time, MajorMom wrote:

"college course" lol We used to call it drinking from a fire hose.

I like your example much better cause it reminds me when we use to drink from the funnels almost 30 yrs ago and the kids these days think they invented it LOL

Im just glad im a fast learner. Taking vitamins 5-6 times a day really makes you think about things even more so. You go though that boy I don't know if its worth it process then you come back to reality when your uncomfortable from sitting, or walking, putting my fat boy pants on so I feel comfortable.

I was talking with my Endo today cause my thyroid levels even though normal are not where I feel good at, 4.5 to 4.7 is my happy zone, not 2.9, but they asked how I was doing and I told them you tell me? Im making fat faster than I make urine, Boy did that put them into histerics LOL They said they never hear that line before,, so at least I humored them for the day :-)

Tony,

Surgery Date 9/16/11, HW 260lb. Currently 207 lbs, SW 241 Goal 190lb. 5ft 9.5 inches

Jody ***
on 7/7/11 2:44 pm - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Funny!

You may want to write down MacMadame's other lab suggestions and take it with you to your dr's appointment, just in case they want to run another set, then you can ask them to add it to the list. They may say "this is all we need" but you can argue the point you want a baseline to compare to after surgery.

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southernlady5464
on 7/7/11 7:18 pm

DS on 01/24/11

On July 7, 2011 at 9:44 PM Pacific Time, Jody *** wrote:

Funny!

You may want to write down MacMadame's other lab suggestions and take it with you to your dr's appointment, just in case they want to run another set, then you can ask them to add it to the list. They may say "this is all we need" but you can argue the point you want a baseline to compare to after surgery.

Good point, Jody.

Actually Vitalady has a list of everything (AND the codes) for the DS AND the Distal RNY/ERNY so he doesn't have to recreate the wheel.

It's located here: Labs & Targets

Liz

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