Got my first set of Labs back - 4 months post op

[marissamast]

Everything looks pretty good. I am high on Vitamin D3 - should be 30-80 and I am at 96 -I have been taking 50K units a day, I will cut that back to 3X a week. Copper is high, I have not been supplementing other than in my multis so I will see what Dr wants to do, or if he is even worried. A1c is 5.0!!!!!!! No more diabetes! Protien is low normal, 6.9, iron levels are all low normal. I haven't been taking iron but I will start. Vitamin K is at 4.6 (3.5 to 5.0) GFR has improved so that is good too. Liver and kidney function tests look good. Calcium is at 10, so high normal. Overall I am pretty pleased with the results. Ordering my iron supplement today.

 

[robs477]

Congratulations! sounds like you have it all under control!

 

[star0210]

PTH?

 

[marissamast]

PTH?

Dr Didn't feel it necessary at the time, he said he would wait and see the chem panel and determine if further testing is necessary right now.

 

[SHales]

Hmmm. Your calcium level is useless with out PTH as it tells you nothing about how you are absorbing the calcium. Your D level can drop like a rock, personally *I* would not cut back until I had a PTH and the D was around 120, but that's just me. I have seen D levels drop 50 points in a month.

 

[star0210]

yeah the serum calcium doesn't really mean anything.

 

[southernlady]

Actually, your lab is using outdated range numbers for D...it's 30-100 not 30-80. That is the range from 18 months ago.

Keep your D that high...whatever you are doing now, KEEP doing it. My last one dropped from 118 to 115 doing NOTHING different. My PCP goes nuts and tells me it's too high. I ignore him for that little bit of too high esp since they haven't yet decided what the range should be...in 4 years it's gone from 15-50 as a range to 30-100 with a stop at 30-80 for awhile. If they can't decide where it needs to be, how in the hell can we?

 

[marissamast]

Actually, your lab is using outdated range numbers for D...it's 30-100 not 30-80. That is the range from 18 months ago.

Keep your D that high...whatever you are doing now, KEEP doing it. My last one dropped from 118 to 115 doing NOTHING different. My PCP goes nuts and tells me it's too high. I ignore him for that little bit of too high esp since they haven't yet decided what the range should be...in 4 years it's gone from 15-50 as a range to 30-100 with a stop at 30-80 for awhile. If they can't decide where it needs to be, how in the hell can we?

Thanks beautiful lady...you guys are the best. I will keep taking what I am taking.

 

[hilary1617]

Congratulations on the A1C!!!!!!! Fantastic news!!!!

 

[cboone]

Everything looks pretty good. I am high on Vitamin D3 - should be 30-80 and I am at 96 -I have been taking 50K units a day, I will cut that back to 3X a week. Copper is high, I have not been supplementing other than in my multis so I will see what Dr wants to do, or if he is even worried. A1c is 5.0!!!!!!! No more diabetes! Protien is low normal, 6.9, iron levels are all low normal. I haven't been taking iron but I will start. Vitamin K is at 4.6 (3.5 to 5.0) GFR has improved so that is good too. Liver and kidney function tests look good. Calcium is at 10, so high normal. Overall I am pretty pleased with the results. Ordering my iron supplement today.

Did you continue to take any diabetic medications in the 4 months?

 

[marissamast]

Did you continue to take any diabetic medications in the 4 months?

No. I had actually quit taking Metformin about 4 months before my surgery due to really bad reactions to it...headaches, depresdion, anxiety, muscle cramps, respiratory problems and my nails turned yellow! I had been just eating low carb and brought my A1c down 2 points. The day I got home from surgery, my fasting glucose was 92.

 

[southernlady]

Did you continue to take any diabetic medications in the 4 months?

I know you aren't asking me but I WAS.
I was on an insulin pump and metformin 2000 mgs a day pre-op. I even went into surgery wearing my insulin pump. That was the 24th of Jan 2011. On the 1st of Feb after chasing lows for two nights in a row, I took off my insulin pump but still used my insulin AS needed. My last insulin was 11 days later. But I was still on metformin until April. (reduced dosage of 500 mgs but still on it)