Bloodwork....
Different doctors do different tests. I would expect a CBC, CMP, Lipid profile, Vitamin D (25 hydroxy), A, E, thiamine, folate, B6, B12, copper, zinc, selenium, serum iron, ferritin, pre-albumin, PTH at a minimum. But not all docs routinely order those things, unless you ask for them.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Do you think I should be asking for a bone scan? I'm only 36 but had a hard time getting my requirements in the beginning due to extreme nausea. So to make long story short I ended up on TPN for a few months. So should I be worried about bone loss in that short of time?
HW/217 1st apt/202 SW/191 CW/115
1st goal:140 @9months
2nd goal:130 @11months
3rd goal:115 @16months
If you didn't have a baseline bone scan pre op, then yeah, you should have one now. What the ASMBS currently recommends, I think, is one pre op and then every couple years post op. But if you didn't do one yet, do it now. And then every couple years, depending on the results.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
