Want to critique my labs and regime?

[Webmommy]

I have my 6 month lab work and I am pretty sure I am missing some lab values. But I am taking everything listed and I am consistent. Until I got this stent on Monday but this blood work was done before that.

My vitamin regimen:
Am- Vit A 25K
Vit D 50K
Dr. Stewart's DS multivitamin

Mid-morning
Calcium Citrate 1200 mg
Magnesium bisglycinate 200 mg

Afternoon
DS multivitamin
Vitamin K1 1K

Evening
Calcium Citrate 1200 mg
Magnesium bisglycinate 200 mg

Extra notes: I have a higher magnesium bisglycinate capsule of (500 mg) to add because I ordered the wrong one. But this bloodwork round shows this regimen. I will be ordering Vitamin e shortly too and it's in my cart.

I am not sure I trust my judgment and experience yet to analyze things properly. So thank you for your feedback!

 

[southernlady]

Compare your pulled labs with what is listed here: https://bariatricfacts.org/threads/generic-ds-lab-order.191/

Your D needs to be 80-100.
K needs to come up.

Question? Why the multivitamin from Dr. Stewart? Can you post a link to it or post a picture of the back label?
A good solid generic Centrum will work just fine. Don’t need special bariatric formulas.

 

[Sheanie]

No B6 run. If Dr Stewarts vite has that in it, stop taking it. B6 can go toxic.

No ferritin, but your iron labs look okay.

Please take a look at the files for what we take. Do not go by your surgeon.

 

[Webmommy]

Compare your pulled labs with what is listed here: https://bariatricfacts.org/threads/generic-ds-lab-order.191/

Your D needs to be 80-100.
K needs to come up.

Question? Why the multivitamin from Dr. Stewart? Can you post a link to it or post a picture of the back label?
A good solid generic Centrum will work just fine. Don’t need special bariatric formulas.

I had to sign an agreement saying that I would take it and sign up for a subscription plan. I have heard some people being excluded from the practice for not buying it because they told them they were noncompliant. It's around $50 for a 3 month supply.

 

[Sheanie]

Yeah. Okay, I get it. You WANT to be good, but heres the rub: In order to be good, you are going to be toxic on B6. And, heres the criminal part: Dr Stewart isnt even TESTING levels of most of the vites he demands you take.

So, sooner or later, you will have a decision to make. Either YOU take control and responsibility, or you depend on him.

Yes. I had this same dilemma. I waited until my surgeon let my ferritin sink to almost undetectable. I was fainting, having all the symptoms. By the time his office caught on, I had already decided I was leaving and obtained my own iron infusions.

That was 9 years ago. I interpret my own damn labs. I LET my doctor go thru the motions, advice, blah blah blah. I smile and nod. Then do my own thing.

Good luck.

 

[Sheanie]

Oh, and WHEN his nurse addressed my ferritin? She accused me of being noncompliant in taking my iron. The iron THEY SOLD ME.

 

[Webmommy]

Yeah. Okay, I get it. You WANT to be good, but heres the rub: In order to be good, you are going to be toxic on B6. And, heres the criminal part: Dr Stewart isnt even TESTING levels of most of the vites he demands you take.

So, sooner or later, you will have a decision to make. Either YOU take control and responsibility, or you depend on him.

Yes. I had this same dilemma. I waited until my surgeon let my ferritin sink to almost undetectable. I was fainting, having all the symptoms. By the time his office caught on, I had already decided I was leaving and obtained my own iron infusions.

That was 9 years ago. I interpret my own damn labs. I LET my doctor go thru the motions, advice, blah blah blah. I smile and nod. Then do my own thing.

Good luck.

She asked why I am taking it and this is why. Also Dr. Stewart passed away and Dr. Ayoola took over his practice. I was taking it until I see how my bloodwork goes and see if maybe it would work for me. I can still keep my subscription going and take something else so I can "appear" compliant.

At no point am I ever going to just keep on doing what they want to my own detriment. I also wanted to see what they actually did test in my bloodwork. They even sent the order to the lab company directly which has been pretty rare for me. So I didn't even see what they were going to test beforehand. I actually have an appointment with my primary and am getting more bloodwork on Tuesday. I made my decisions when I chose to get the DS.

 

[southernlady]

I get wanting to be compliant but not at the expense of your health. Also, compliant or not, they can not take back your DS.

I haven’t seen my surgeon in 8 years. I’ll be 9 years out later this month. But according to his office I’m not a compliant patient. I am, however, a healthy patient.

 

[southernlady]

Wrong iron, wrong calcium. Not enough A, too much B6.

 

[Sheanie]

Check out DHC iron on Amazon from Japan. Its heme iron, exactly like Proferrin, except WAY cheaper.

 

[Webmommy]

I get wanting to be compliant but not at the expense of your health. Also, compliant or not, they can not take back your DS.

I haven’t seen my surgeon in 8 years. I’ll be 9 years out later this month. But according to his office I’m not a compliant patient. I am, however, a healthy patient.

I can "appear" to be compliant while keeping their subscription and taking Kirkland's multivitamin. Not ideal but I can play their game since I am currently having complications and have a stent in my stomach right now.

 

[Sheanie]

A stent for a stricture?

 

[Webmommy]

A stent for a stricture?

Yes. I caught a stomach virus the end of October and when I recovered my stomach was never the same.

 

[Sheanie]

OMG. A stent in the stomach seems like the worst idea ever. I hope he put you back on a PPI to reduce stomach acid. A muscle relaxer, too. I feel so bad for you!

 

[Webmommy]

OMG. A stent in the stomach seems like the worst idea ever. I hope he put you back on a PPI to reduce stomach acid. A muscle relaxer, too. I feel so bad for you!

I was on prilosec since the beginning and then when I saw the surgeon in November I was put on it twice a day. Now it's prilosec in the morning and Zantac at night. I am taking Zofran ODT twice a day and I have leftover pain pills from my DS this summer. So a half a tablet of Norco but I will be out of them soon. A muscle relaxant would be nice. I am sip, sip, sipping like I am two weeks post op. The spasms have cooled off in pain and frequency.