6 month blood draw

Its actually only been 5 months and one week but I have been having a lot of heart palpitations and some light headedness so I called the doc and asked if I could get my blood drawn and they said yes. They drew 10 vials. That is a lot of blood. I'm anxious to get my results and hoping they are good. On a good note I am down 60.5 pounds and feeling quite good overall. I can't believe how time has flown by.

I get to go to Puerto Rico on Thursday and see my cousin's husband who when he last saw me said "you've gained weight, a lot of weight" Not any more! Can't wait to see him.

Wishing you good luck with your blood draw and a great trip.

Things that might be related to the heart palpitations...low potassium, low protein. 10 vials might not be enough depending on how the labs process the blood. My lab take 21 vials but I get a lot of stuff tested. Keep us posted and get a copy of your labs for yourself.

--gina

Hi Gina,

Do you have a quick and dirty list of all the labs you get done? I'm having my first set in a couple of weeks and want to make sure I get everything done that I'm supposed to. 

I have Vitalady's lab tracking form. Is that what you use?

I can send you my lab script for your doc to take a look at. I'll message you my email address. Yes, I basically use Vitalady's tracking sheet. I made it in Excel but list her targets and my lab's ranges on the right side.

--gina

Congrats on the loss.

BTW remember to stop taking vitamins 24 hours before the blood draw as you might get artificially high results otherwise.

good to know about the 24 hour thing. so if I have my blood drawn by 8:00am I should have had my vites in by 8am the day prior. Is it okay to be off by an hour?

I'd err on the side of not taking them, or just bring forward that batch a little so you get a clear 24 hours.

I stopped taking iron and D for one draw coz that's what they said they were measuring.  I don't think I stopped my zinc and that came back above range, so I dropped my dosage a little (down to 150mg) for a few weeks 'til my next draw and now I'm well below range, and suffering bad skin as a result.

I really hate skipping batches (I'm OCD and I do 9 batches of vites a day), so I understand your reluctance, but I'm kicking myself even worse now as I'm really struggling to get my zinc up.

Hi, sooo funny you mention the heart palpataions. I'm 5 months and 2 weeks out (our dates are similar) and I had a bout of heart palpataions last week that lasted 2 days. I had my labs done the week after and everything came out good.  Just weird!