3 year labs.. Problems, questions..

Still Fawn
on 9/20/11 3:01 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

My lab work for my three year check up came back today. I had been supplementing with tender iron for two years now.. Ferritin had been low two years ago, got it to an all time high of 15 last year, and now back down to 6... Numbers are as such:

WBC: 3.7
RBC: 3.44
HGB: 28
MCH: 26
MCHC: 32
Ferritin: 6

My b-12 is 1078 down from 3100 (I had been over supplementing). My other numbers are normal and steady from last year..

Not sure what other supplementation I should be doing..

Feel like I have been hit by a truck lately, and my insurance (tricare prime at an mtf) apparently won't cover infusions- at least my PCP won't refer me.. He thinks it's low, but not soo bad.

Advice? Please..

I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
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Jackie
Multiplepetmom
on 9/20/11 3:21 am

VSG on 08/05/08

blarg, I haven't had my 3 year labs done yet and I need to.

did you cross post this somewhere Major Mom would see it, like Light weights? I know you'll get good imput here, too.

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Still Fawn
on 9/20/11 3:25 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

I put it here and on the main VSG forum... I am frustrated as all get right now. I have been slightly low on my levels since I hit puberty, so this isn't completely new to me, but the trend is discouraging..

Go get ur labs done lady!

I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson

Jackie
Multiplepetmom
on 9/20/11 3:41 am

VSG on 08/05/08

I am waiting because it looks like I may have health insurance in a month or two (that'll be odd) and then I assume it'll be cheaper. a LOT cheaper.

once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.

PM me if you are interested in either of these.

size 8, life is great

k9ophile
on 9/20/11 3:48 am

blarg, I haven't had my 3 year labs done yet and I need to.

Go get your labs done before you shrivel up and die of some horrid deficiency. We need funny pictures and your wit.

Everyone else can return to your regular reading.

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Jackie
Multiplepetmom
on 9/20/11 3:52 am

VSG on 08/05/08

thank you, so sweet

nice post, good use of colors in your font and graphics, plus it's a wee bit snarky.

once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.

PM me if you are interested in either of these.

size 8, life is great

Elizabeth N.
on 9/20/11 3:22 am - Burlington County, NJ

DS on 12/04/06

It is far past time for infusions. Fight the system. Find the MTF patient advocate and learn where to go to get over PCP's head. A Tricare patient advocate MIGHT be helpful, too--though remember they are there to keep from spending money :-).

Back in my day, this would have involved just walking into the patient advocate's office and saying HELP. I don't know how things work now.

I got two infusions this summer with all my markers still in the low-normal range but showing a consistent downward trend over a year or so. I was fatigued and always bruised. I KNEW I was getting into trouble even though the lab results were clinically in range. I found a doc that agreed it was an intelligent thing to do. Voila! Two weeks after the second infusion I felt SO much better.

It's time for labs again, so I'll see how much things picked up with that intervention.

Still Fawn
on 9/20/11 3:29 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

Thanks Elizabeth. We used the mtf patient advocate with success in regards to a surgery my husband recently had, so maybe that is what I need to do. I think my PCP is just clueless- I have an appointment for Oct 6th and I am going to just come out and demand the referral to a hematologist. I am just tired of being run down all the time. At this point I can't tell where my anemia ends and ADHD begins anymore! I was chalking it up to recovery from my TT for a bit, but over two months out from that now and I am not getting better. Sometimes I feel like I yawn all day, just to get enough air, and my fingers are always freezing lately.. All not great indicators..

I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson

(deactivated member)
on 9/20/11 3:42 am - North Brookfield, MA

Fawn can you ask for a referral for a hematologist? That would help to keep things straight in the anemia dept.

cheynne03
on 9/20/11 3:48 am - West Monroe, LA

Lap Band on 04/22/08

Fawn, wondering why you suffer from a lack of vits and nutrients when you had the VSG, I thought it was not a malabsorptive surgery.... Are you just not able to eat enough to get what you need?

Theresa

                S 254/C168/G150
          "Patience is the companion of wisdom." St. Augustine

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