Update and Labs
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Labs:
Iron and ferritin will be helped by continuing to take that BA iron chewable x2 with vitamin C and away from everything else including your multi. You can give it a real boost by adding Proferrin ES once a day as well. That doesn't have to be separate and you just snap it in half and take it that way...no vit C needed.
Your protein markers are running low and you might want to think about adding a shake or 2 a day, If that protein and albumin stay low all your other vitamins will have trouble. You want your protein serum around 7 and your albumin in the 4s.
AST and ALT are awesome!
Postassium is a little low. You might want to start drinking low sodium V8 juice or take some OTC potassium supplements...maybe 2 or 3 99mg tablets a day. But, ask your doc if that amount is about right.
Vitamin D is excellent.
Your PTH and calcium look good.
Nice B12. :)
Folate is very nice.
I think that's all I got. Good job!
--gina
Labs:
Iron and ferritin will be helped by continuing to take that BA iron chewable x2 with vitamin C and away from everything else including your multi. You can give it a real boost by adding Proferrin ES once a day as well. That doesn't have to be separate and you just snap it in half and take it that way...no vit C needed.
Your protein markers are running low and you might want to think about adding a shake or 2 a day, If that protein and albumin stay low all your other vitamins will have trouble. You want your protein serum around 7 and your albumin in the 4s.
AST and ALT are awesome!
Postassium is a little low. You might want to start drinking low sodium V8 juice or take some OTC potassium supplements...maybe 2 or 3 99mg tablets a day. But, ask your doc if that amount is about right.
Vitamin D is excellent.
Your PTH and calcium look good.
Nice B12. :)
Folate is very nice.
I think that's all I got. Good job!
--gina
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Thanks for your insight Gina...
My protein is slightly down from my last 3 labs, but much lower than I want it to be. I've been experimenting with getting my protein from food. We'll call that a fail and up the protein drinks.
I'm definitely going to take your advice on the iron and Proferrin. The Potassium is a downward trend as well. Time to adjust and tweak. I'd rather make adjustment now that have problems later.
It was interesting how my Dr looked at my labs. First, she looking at only the current set. She did not compare them over time. (Thank goodness for Light Weight expertise). Even though iron, protein, and potassium were on the low end of the scale, she didn't address any increases. My program calls for annual labs from here on out. If I waited another year without making the changes you suggested, I could have real problems.
Sigh... just goes to prove you have to take your health into your own hands. I'll work with my PCP for recurring labs. She's a lapbander (failed) and gets where I'm coming from.
Kay
My protein is slightly down from my last 3 labs, but much lower than I want it to be. I've been experimenting with getting my protein from food. We'll call that a fail and up the protein drinks.
I'm definitely going to take your advice on the iron and Proferrin. The Potassium is a downward trend as well. Time to adjust and tweak. I'd rather make adjustment now that have problems later.
It was interesting how my Dr looked at my labs. First, she looking at only the current set. She did not compare them over time. (Thank goodness for Light Weight expertise). Even though iron, protein, and potassium were on the low end of the scale, she didn't address any increases. My program calls for annual labs from here on out. If I waited another year without making the changes you suggested, I could have real problems.
Sigh... just goes to prove you have to take your health into your own hands. I'll work with my PCP for recurring labs. She's a lapbander (failed) and gets where I'm coming from.
Kay
Nik Andrea Gina Vitalady all have told us to keep track for ourselves and ask for copy or results and not only rely on our doc's opinion or attitude.
I live with Social Medicine and switched my GP in Jan this year. I don't think she necessarily knows Bariatrics but any intelligent person can see results on the computer screen that are "off" -they show up in purple! With the other GP I had my thyroid out of the graph and he did nothing! Six months late I was about yo go in for Orthopedic surgery and TSH level was done-it had gone from 6.5 to 11 with both being out of the graph. This GP called me yesterday to tell me to lower my dose (as now it out of the graph to the left) and to do bloods in a month.
Be your own doctor and your own advocate!
Mikimi
I live with Social Medicine and switched my GP in Jan this year. I don't think she necessarily knows Bariatrics but any intelligent person can see results on the computer screen that are "off" -they show up in purple! With the other GP I had my thyroid out of the graph and he did nothing! Six months late I was about yo go in for Orthopedic surgery and TSH level was done-it had gone from 6.5 to 11 with both being out of the graph. This GP called me yesterday to tell me to lower my dose (as now it out of the graph to the left) and to do bloods in a month.
Be your own doctor and your own advocate!
Mikimi
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