unavidanueva
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Hi all -
I am working through all the various appointments and tests required before the DS surgery request can be submitted to insurance. I needed basic labs done, and asked my PCP if he would add vitamin level checks, as long as I was going to be "donating" anyway. I took him a couple of lists I found on this site, and he worked from that info; I will be his first patient to have had a DS, so we are learning as we go. (He is very supportive, helpful, and interested to learn more.)
Would some of you vets mind taking a look at these results? I'm interested in your feedback, and I have to confess, I don't yet fully understand what all this means or how the different levels relate to one another. I assume I should start supplementing vitamin D now, even though the official lab results show it to be within normal range (I remember a holistic gastro doc telling me that most Americans have low D levels, and that what is considered ok is really not that good). Any other recommendations? Also, is there anything we did not test for, but should have? Is there any info from the CBC or other labs that would be helpful to include in this post?
Thank you!
PTH, intact 47 (range 14-72)
calcium 9.3 (8.5-10.1)
iron, total 74 (50-170)
iron, binding capacity 359 (250-450)
iron, % saturation 20.6 (20-55)
ferritin, serum 283 (8-252)
serum folate 33.8 (>6.0)
magnesium 1.8 (1.8-2.2)
phosphorus 3.2 (2.5-4.9)
vitamin A 75.5 (32.5-78)
B1, thiamine 125 (70-180)
B6, plasma 13 (5-50)
B12 460 (211-911)
D, 25-hydroxy 30 (20-50)
D2, 25-hydroxy <4.0
D3, 25-hydroxy 30
K1 0.64 (0.10-2.20)
I am working through all the various appointments and tests required before the DS surgery request can be submitted to insurance. I needed basic labs done, and asked my PCP if he would add vitamin level checks, as long as I was going to be "donating" anyway. I took him a couple of lists I found on this site, and he worked from that info; I will be his first patient to have had a DS, so we are learning as we go. (He is very supportive, helpful, and interested to learn more.)
Would some of you vets mind taking a look at these results? I'm interested in your feedback, and I have to confess, I don't yet fully understand what all this means or how the different levels relate to one another. I assume I should start supplementing vitamin D now, even though the official lab results show it to be within normal range (I remember a holistic gastro doc telling me that most Americans have low D levels, and that what is considered ok is really not that good). Any other recommendations? Also, is there anything we did not test for, but should have? Is there any info from the CBC or other labs that would be helpful to include in this post?
Thank you!
PTH, intact 47 (range 14-72)
calcium 9.3 (8.5-10.1)
iron, total 74 (50-170)
iron, binding capacity 359 (250-450)
iron, % saturation 20.6 (20-55)
ferritin, serum 283 (8-252)
serum folate 33.8 (>6.0)
magnesium 1.8 (1.8-2.2)
phosphorus 3.2 (2.5-4.9)
vitamin A 75.5 (32.5-78)
B1, thiamine 125 (70-180)
B6, plasma 13 (5-50)
B12 460 (211-911)
D, 25-hydroxy 30 (20-50)
D2, 25-hydroxy <4.0
D3, 25-hydroxy 30
K1 0.64 (0.10-2.20)
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