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dawnie55
CA
RNY (11/21/11)
Member Since: 08/08/11
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Post Date: 2/3/12 9:05 pm
just wondering about blood work ...i have heard different storys 3 months 6 months ...i reall like to know
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poet_kelly
OH
RNY (11/04/08)
Member Since: 09/12/09
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Post Date: 2/3/12 9:06 pm
Some people do it more often than others.

Most docs recommend it every three months the first year.  Then either once or twice a year.  I do mine every six months.  I think a whole year is too long to go without labs.

Kelly

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and do not play one on TV.  Any advice I give about vitamins or other topics is what I would do personally or what I personally believe.  Do not rely on it as medical advice.  See a health care professional if you want medical advice.
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dawnie55
CA
RNY (11/21/11)
Member Since: 08/08/11
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Post Date: 2/3/12 9:16 pm
ok thank u
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rbb825
Suffern, NY
RNY (10/27/08)
Member Since: 04/28/00
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Post Date: 2/3/12 9:24 pm
I am 3 years plus post op and still get labs done every 3months and in between if there are problems that need to be rechecked
  
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Diminishing Dawn
Windsor, Canada
RNY (07/05/06)
Member Since: 01/17/05
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Post Date: 2/4/12 3:11 am
I agree with poet-kelly.  Once you get to the year mark, do not leave your labs to "one time a year only".   There' s too much that can go wrong.

I did so as recommended by my surgeon, and my iron completely tanked this year.  I'm at a ferritin level of 5 (maybe less now) and my usual level is 100-110!!!  I'm waiting to see how my current batch of bloodwork turned out and then may have to be referred to a hematologist to get iron transfusions.  Go at least 2 x a year...3 is even better.

Dawn

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