Question:
Could someone list the blood tests we should be having? Which 'levels' are to be checked?

I just had my 6 month check up and am annoyed (and concerned) that noone checked my "levels" (or anything else). I found a PCP who I will see next week and I want him to keep an eye on me. I called around trying to find a PCP who was WLS familiar, but had no real luck so I feel like I have to tell him what to do. What exactly are the levels he should be checking? Anything else he should be watching? (I had lap rny and am down 118 pounds.)    — karmiausnic (posted on March 15, 2003)

March 14, 2003
Congratulations on such great weight loss! Your surgeon should be checking bloodwork on you. At about 1 month, my surgeon wanted Chemistries (Sodium, Potassium, etc.) a Complete Blood Count to check for anemia, a folate level and a B12 level. I think there is no standard interval for checking labs, each office and each patient are different, but I would think at six months, SOMETHING should have been checked. Did you ask?
   — Mimi F.

March 14, 2003
Karen, HELLO, congrats on the weight loss, you are doing great. I am 7 mos today, here is what I had checked at 6 mos: CBC, SMC, B12, PTH, Vit A&D, T Sat, Ferritin, Serum Iron and Cholesteral. Good Luck to ya. Heather (Open RNY 8/15 - 305/205/150)
   — heathercross

March 14, 2003
Don't forget protein. :))
   — Leslie F.

March 14, 2003
iRON AND iRON BINDING AND FOLIC ACID
   — MF

March 15, 2003

   — kateseidel

March 15, 2003
hiya. i have a list of lab tests on my website, you can print it out and take it to your doc. that's what i do. then if you need to understand your results, you can go to: www.labtestsonline.com and that explains different lab tests. my site is: www.geocities.com/katebme2002 good luck! kate
   — jkb