Re: My Blood work at 26 mos out

August 19, 2002

In a message dated 08/19/2002 4:34:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

debbrown@... writes:

> Vitamin B12 279 PG/ML 200-1100

>

This seems a bit low to me.. I would seriously look into getting B12

injections.. From what little I know, the remainder of your lab work seems

ok.. better than most of my recent labs..

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw........198

Wt loss..-194

August 19, 2002

In a message dated 08/19/2002 4:34:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

debbrown@... writes:

> Vitamin B12 279 PG/ML 200-1100

>

This seems a bit low to me.. I would seriously look into getting B12

injections.. From what little I know, the remainder of your lab work seems

ok.. better than most of my recent labs..

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw........198

Wt loss..-194

August 19, 2002

Hi Deb,

My comments (and this is MY opinion) is that you need more protein shakes. ARe

you drinking them now? Also,your iron is a bit low, I would be sure you are

taking iron. Do you know what your hemaglobin was preop? Do you know what your

protein and albumin were preop?

B

August 19, 2002

> Uric Acid 2.8 mg/dl 1.7-7.5

This one raised my eyebrows -- my Uric Acid went up like that when I was

having bout's with gout (big toe pain) and followed by symptoms of a UTI --

but it was not a UTI it was Uric Crystals I was passing -- cause was too

many processed meats (beef jerky for me... LOL) I cut it out and the levels

lowered significantly - plus, no more pain.

hugz,

~denise

ps: your protein looks on the low end too.. how does it compare to your 18

month labs? Rising, lowering? About the same?

It's so hard to " see " whats going on when you don't have your previous #'s

to see if they are going up/down or staying about the same

August 19, 2002

Coupla things jump out at me.

Saggy protein & albumin

Saggy iron, ferritin

saggy calcium

B12 that you should be feeling now

CRYSTALS in urine? Um, can we say KIDNEY STONES? Just before I had my KS,

I had high crystals. Did I listen? No. Took 3 months before the KS hit.

What is your post-op plan now?

How much protein?

How much water?

How much brown liquid stuff?

Which vites & how many?

Thanks,

Vitalady T

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My Blood work at 26 mos out

> I would like to hear your opinions of these lab results. I am

> diabetic with low thyroid.

>

> Lipid Panel

> Triglycerides 56 mg/dl <150

> Cholesterol, total 152 mg/dl <200

> HDL-cholesterol 69 mg/dl >or=40

> Chol/HDLC Ratio 2.2 mg/dl (calc) <4.4

> Creatinine 0.7 mg.dl 0.5-1.2

> Creatinine Clearance

> Creatinine (U) 1.2 G/24hus 0.6-1.8

> Body Surface Area 1.70

> Creatinine Clearance 122(H) ml/min 75-115

> Height 5 " 4 "

> Weight 145

>

> LD 86(L) U/L 100-250

> Magnesium 2.0 U/L 1.5-2.5

> Phospate 4.3 U/L 6-25

> Uric Acid 2.8 mg/dl 1.7-7.5

>

> Iron and total Iron Binding Capacity Iron, Total 41 mg/dl 35-175

> Iron Binding capacity 297 mcg/dl 250-400

> % Saturation 14 (L) %(calc) 15-50

>

> Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

> Gloucose 99 mg/dl 65-109

> fasting reference interval

> Urea Nitrogen (BUN) 15 mg/dl 7-25

> Creatinine 0.7 mg/dl 0.5-1.2

> BUN/Creatinine Ratio 21 (calc) 6-25

> Sodium 142 mmol/l 135-146

> Potassium 4.1 mmol/l 3.5-5.3

> Chloride 104 mmol/l 98-110

> Carbon Dioxide 28 mmol/l 21-33

> Calcium 8.8 mg/dl 8.5-10.4

> Protein, Total 6.2 g/dl 6.0-8.3

> Albumin 3.9 g/dl 3.5-4.9

> Globulin 2.3 g/dl (calc)2.2-4.2

> Albumin/Globulin 1.7 G/DL (calc) 0.8-2.0

> Bilirubin, Total 0.6 mg.dl 0.2-1.3

> Alkaline Phosphate 52 u/l 20-125

> AST 12 u/l 2-35

> ALT 13 u/l 2-40

>

> Urinalysis, culture

> color dark yellow

> apprearance clear

> spacific gravity 1.030

> PH 6.0

> Glucose trace

> Bilirubin negative

> ketones negative

> occult blood negative

> protein negative

> leukicyte esterase negative

> WBC 0-5

> Squamous Epithelial Cells 10-20

> Calcium oxalate crystals many

> comments this urine was esamined microsocpically for the presence of

> WBC, RBC, Backteria, Casts and other formed elements. Only those

> elements seen were reported.

>

> CBE (Includes Diff/plt)

> White blood Cell count 6.7 Thous/mcl 3.8-10.8

> Red Blood Cell count 4.09 Mill/mcl 3.80-5.10

> Hemoglobin 12.1 g/l 11.7-15.5

> Hematrocrit 35.8 % 35.0-45.0

> MCV 87.4 FL 80.0-100.0

> MCH 29.5 PG 27.0-33.0

> MCHC 33.8 G/DL 32.0-36.0

> RDW 13.0 % 11.0-15.0

> Platelet Count 297 Thous/MCL 140-400

> Absolute Neutrophils 1742 Cells/MCL 1500-7800

> Absolute Lymphocytes 4221 (H) Cells/MCL 850-3900

> Absolute Monocytes 268 Cells/MCL 200-950

> Absolute Eosinophils 469 Cells/MCL 50-550

> Absolute Basophils 0 Cells/MCL 0-200

> Neutrophils 26 %

> Lymphocytes 63 %

> Monocytes 4 %

> Eosinophils 7 %

> Basophils 0 %

> Comments: Red cell morphology apprears unremarkable the smear has

> been manually reviewed and the namual differntial has been reported.

>

> Reflexive Urin Culture culture Indicated - Results to follow

> Ferritin 31 ng.ml 10-232

> T-4, Free 1.4 ng/dl 0.8-1.8

> TSH 0.5 (L) MIU/L 0.40-5.50

> Vitamin B12 279 PG/ML 200-1100

> Hemoglobin A1c 6.2 (H)

>

> Reference Range Non Diabetic <6.0

>

> Protein, Total (U) 100 MG/24 HR <150

> Microalbumin (U) 5 MG/24 HR <30

> Microqlbumin (U) 4 MG/MIN <20

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August 19, 2002

Hey Debra - I'm at work and don't have my last set of labs with me for

precision, but it's amazing how very similar our labs are. Protein, albumin,

calcium, iron, hemoglobin, hematocrit, TSH - all of your numbers are close to

identical to mine. As a result of those numbers, my PCP has increased my

protein supplements to 3 daily, added an iron supplement, and we've changed the

calcium intake to 2000 of elemental (spread out over 4 times a day). We'll test

again after 3 months. She was very concerned about these numbers.

In my case, she thought my low thyroid was a lab mistake, so we'll see when we

run them again.

I did note that your B12 is extremely low. If you're not taking a sublingual

supplement already, I'd add one right away!

Kate

August 20, 2002

In a message dated 8/19/2002 6:21:35 PM Central Standard Time,

Gigi8083@... writes:

> > Vitamin B12 279 PG/ML 200-1100

> >

>

> This seems a bit low to me.. I would seriously look into getting B12

> injections..

I agree with . My eyeopener on all this came just after a shrink wanted

me to start all kindsa meds whereupon I immediately gained 20lbs, stopped the

wacko meds (btw that is a trait of my diagnosis, LOL) and stopped gaining. I

did however, have labs done at that paticular time frame and my B-12 was on

a long slow slide and had dipped below 400. I had been doing sublingual

tabs. It had a caveat on the lab report itself stating that although

" normal " ranges were a bit lower than this, that in some people levels below

400 had been associated with some fairly drastic mood flucations, emotionals,

etc. I know I have not phrased that right.

That did it for me! I had a verbal fist fight with the surgeon about it but

he did give me a script for the injections, I have done them ever since and

now maintain a level around 600-700 and have not missed the wacko meds. Some

others might think I need them tho! LOL! Might be worth a looksee!

Dan Slone

Surgey 5/2/2000

August 20, 2002