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southernlady5464
on 10/19/11 11:37 pm

Okay, had my labs done this morning. I had talked to my PCP about handling my labs since some of what I needed was not being drawn as part of my surgeon's lab slip...so he told me to get the list to his nurse and he would sign the slip...so the other day, I got Vitalady's list and copied the needed labs for my 9 months. Picked up the slip yesterday and got them pulled this morning. I also copied the codes needed.

So I show up at the hospital lab (run by Labcorp) and hand them my list...ends up being 14 tubes. Good thing I had a copy of the list on my iPhone in my Dropbox or we would have had to wait til my PCP opened up. But now my list is on file with them so I am set for Jan now. :)

As good as she was, my veins didn't want to cooperate and she ended up sticking me three separate times. Told her I'd rather have a new stick then her poking at it. We'd get several tubes and then it would slow to a crawl.

As a side note...if you don't have a dropbox account and decide to sign up, use this link: Dropbox

But she did say that it was a lot to pull...said my husband was with me so I was good.

Liz

italianspice
on 10/19/11 11:41 pm - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10

Make sure you drink some extra fluids!

Glad you are on top of your labs! Kudos!

~Maria

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

southernlady5464
on 10/19/11 11:48 pm

DS on 01/24/11

Thanks, Maria

(deactivated member)
on 10/20/11 2:42 am

Hi Liz,

Glad it all worked out and you got your labs done successfully!! The Dropbox sounds like a great idea!! It would be a great help to all of us Im sure...Enjoy the rest of your day!!

southernlady5464
on 10/20/11 2:55 am

DS on 01/24/11

Oh, it is and if you have a smart phone that supports the app for it, it makes it easily accessible.

Thanks, Gypsy...how are you feeling?

Liz

(deactivated member)
on 10/20/11 8:01 am, edited 10/20/11 8:08 am

Hi Liz...

I am doing much better thank you for asking!! I appear to be getting around much better and I have been out walking....the good news is my weight is back to where I was before my
knee surgery!! I am happy about that...taking it one day at a time but Im good!!! Thanks for your support...its appreciated!!!!

AnneGG
on 10/20/11 12:17 pm

RNY on 07/15/10

Yup, been there done that with regard to the labs- my surgeon is so blessed thorough I had 19 tubes drawn last time. I'm due for another go around in a month or so. Get stuck lots like you, too. But worth it...

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southernlady5464
on 10/20/11 8:11 pm

DS on 01/24/11

Yeap...it is worth it. She was very good but had she tried to poke around to get more out of the first two, I would have bruises now but I don't. And it hurt far less to get stuck again than for them to move the needle around.

Liz

angel3
on 10/20/11 10:28 pm

The most I ever had drawn was 30 tubes.I did not even know it was possible.This was preop bloodwork

southernlady5464
on 10/21/11 6:11 am

DS on 01/24/11

If you follow Vitalady's list for post op, you can't go wrong. But yeah, they take LOTS of blood.

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