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Thenewme55
on 12/23/11 4:20 am - WA

VSG on 01/12/12

How soon after surgery do most doctors request new labs?

~~~gwen

MajorMom
on 12/23/11 4:27 am - VA

Some have you do them the first year at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Some docs do less than that but I think that's a bad idea.

--gina

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Thenewme55
on 12/23/11 4:54 am - WA

VSG on 01/12/12

Thanks gina! I'm scheduled for the 12th and am getting so excited. This was my first post of actually asking questions and I'm sure not my last!!!

Have a Merry Christmas!!
~~~gwen

MajorMom
on 12/23/11 5:02 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

Thanks, you have a Merry Christmas too, Gwen.

Keep asking qustions!

--gina

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Price S.
on 12/23/11 6:16 am - Mills River, NC

RNY on 09/09/10

My Dr did them before surgery, 3 mon, 6 mon. Then every 6 mo until 2 yrs. I think then it is annual.

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MacMadame
on 12/23/11 7:07 am, edited 12/23/11 7:07 am - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

My program does them annually unless you have issues they are tracking. Most deficiencies don't show up until the 2nd year for most people so you have to weigh the costs vs. the benefits.

For example, deficiencies with VSG are rare so getting labs pre-op, and then 3 more times in the first year is overkill for most. OTOH, I have VSG but have had issues with low protein level in my labs and so I got more labs than normal the first year ... and really every year since I'm always getting a s subset redone.

In fact I just got back from the lab where I had followup iron, protein and A1c labs done. Took 4 vials for 5 tests when it takes 11-16 for my full labs and 25+ tests. That makes no sense to me!

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Caitlyn_Cat
on 12/23/11 10:26 pm

On December 23, 2011 at 3:07 PM Pacific Time, MacMadame wrote:

My program does them annually unless you have issues they are tracking. Most deficiencies don't show up until the 2nd year for most people so you have to weigh the costs vs. the benefits.

For example, deficiencies with VSG are rare so getting labs pre-op, and then 3 more times in the first year is overkill for most. OTOH, I have VSG but have had issues with low protein level in my labs and so I got more labs than normal the first year ... and really every year since I'm always getting a s subset redone.

In fact I just got back from the lab where I had followup iron, protein and A1c labs done. Took 4 vials for 5 tests when it takes 11-16 for my full labs and 25+ tests. That makes no sense to me!

The little color-coded collection tubes hold different types of preservatives. Different tests require the presence or absence of certain chemicals. If your doctor orders 5 tests that are mutually exclusive in what they can be collected in, you end up with 5 different tubes. It actually makes sense that if 25+ tests are ordered that fewer tubes are needed because it's more likely the requirements will overlap on at least a few of the tests!

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MacMadame
on 12/24/11 3:52 am - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

It may make sense but it's still amusingly ironic.

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