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Would this work? BLOOD INTESTINAL MALABSORPTION, 579.9 Full blood panel recommendation: AMYLASE CALCIUM CARNITINE CBC COMPREHENSIVE CHEMISTRY PANEL COPPER FOLATE RBC FOLATE LEVEL IRON TRANSFERRIN SATURATION FASTING LIPID PANEL LIVER FUNCTION PANEL MAGNESIUM PREALBUMIN PTH...

I sent you an email last week about getting first year labs done and how to configure that on your website. I haven't had labs done since 6 months post op (except for iron, which was normal) and I'm 14 months out so I just need the full DS panel. Help!!! Thanks. My email that I sent you was from...

Hi, I'm trying to get in touch with star0120 who owns/works at/recommended using directlabs.com if you are self pay for labs. Is she still on here? I was just wanting some assistance. Has anyone used them. There was a thread I found but I haven't been on bariatricfacts in a while myself, so I...

Thanks everyone. I found out at my follow-up appointment that the reason this has been so painful is that arthritis has eaten away all my cartilage. When he cut the meniscus out, any buffer was taken away. He told me that the bones will have to "grind" their way to a comfortable spot and i'm...

The script is Norco. I was taking 800 mg ibuprofen in-between but my stomach can't handle that anymore. Even with extra Zantac. I'm calling the doctor tomorrow to see if there is another prescription anti-inflammatory that I can take, besides Celebrex right now, I'm afraid it's not strong...

I went ahead and scheduled the meniscus repair on my knee this past week. The repair went as expected but my arthritis was worse than anticipated. I have not talked to the doctor, my husband did. That's all I know. Also, my pain management has been awful. I had a horrible experience at the...

thanks everyone! This week has been much better. Time has a way of doing that. My knee is giving me major fits. I think I just overdid it and need to rest, but I can't live like this. I mean, I went to the zoo with my kids...if that's going to immobilize me for a week then we need to repair...

thanks. I just posted some before/after pics on Dr. K's fb page. Not a cry for compliments but just needing some affirmation that, yes, I am heading in the right direction. Just stay the course.

HI everyone, I'm on Dr. K's FB page a lot and don't get over here as often. I am still trucking along with slow weight loss. I've lost close to 60 pounds and it has been 7 months (this was my 3rd surgery). I still lose 10-12 pounds in a matter of days then nothing for weeks. It is really...

Ditto to what everyone else has said. (((HUGS))) and I really hope you get healed, gaining weight and energy and feeling better!

@DS fan THANK YOU!!!! I needed to hear that!!!!!!!!!! The scale still hasn't moved...well I keep gaining and losing the same 4 pounds. We were at the beach last week and while I ate better than when we took our first vacation in June, I still wasn't perfect and that's ok, because this is life...

I am feeling especially discouraged today. The scale still hasn't moved. I've revamped my eating this week and I'm trying to tell myself that it's going to be ok. But honestly, right now I feel like I have failed again and this isn't going to work. that's how I feel, it may not be reality. :-(

I lost 12 pounds pre-op.

Yep. My body decided that is was not going to cooperate and lose another 10 pounds by my 4 month appointment yesterday. My weight loss hasn't stalled statistically, but it is slow. And I am a revision, so that's that. But I continue to drop inches, I just wish the scale would move again, it's...

I so wanted to say to my ortho when he told me I had bone on bone arthritis in my thumb, "hmmm.. how does obesity play a role in arthritis in my THUMB???"

I just want to be able to move around looking my age and not an old woman, hobbling about, and in pain. The pain may never go away, but losing the weight has to help some. Thanks everyone!

I was actually being playful...I guess I should have used more smiling emojis! :sm shades:

had to get two steroid shots yesterday due to my arthritis causing pain in my hand and foot. Man....it HURT like hell, and I've had shots before. Whew. I am going to start taking Krill Oil to help lubricate the joints. It's different than fish oil and we absorb it. And I am going to research...

I'm trying not to hate you. I will be 3 months out the 29th and I'm hoping to be at 45 pounds...but I am a revision. I tend to lose a large amount of weight in a week or two, then the scale virtually doesn't move for 3 weeks, then I lose again, all the while my clothes are getting bigger. I'm...

Good luck!!!!