I find it odd...

CindyKae64
on 5/14/12 7:23 am

RNY on 05/22/12

My surgery is next Tuesday and I have to have my labs done 2 weeks prior to my 3 month post-op appt.

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Reel
on 5/14/12 7:38 am

My surgeon did labs at the 2 week mark, 1 month mark, 3 month mark and 6 month mark. However he advised that the body has 6 months of B12 and Iron reserves after surgery. So perhaps since those two vitamins are a priority with RNY patients maybe thats why some surgeons just wait.

Dee.spunk
on 5/14/12 8:22 am - Sacramento, CA

RNY on 11/30/11

You shouldn't have found a whole B-12 vitamin in the toilet cause were supposed to be taking sublingual b-12, because we don't absorb it any other way.

Height:5'1.5 RNY:11/30/11 HW:307 SW:234 CW:136 GW:140 (LOST 73 Lbs. PRE-OP)

hedrider
on 5/14/12 9:30 am - Midlothian, TX

RNY on 03/29/10

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THE_life10
on 5/14/12 10:15 am

RNY on 03/26/12

My office does them every 3 months

Height: 5'9 Hw: 285 Sw: 272 Cw: 167 Surg. goal: 165

1m: -20 2m: :-18 3m:-10

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1Haute Diva
on 5/14/12 12:25 pm - Fort Stewart, GA

RNY on 03/20/12

My doc did my labs right before surgery and then every 3 months thereafter unless something is deficient then he'll order them earlier.

- Shaw

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on 5/14/12 12:44 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

My surgeon does her first set of labs at 6 months, but I asked my PCP to order the primary ones at 3 months out just to be sure nothing was really out of whack. Some insurance companies balk at paying for labs every 3 months especially since some of them (e.g., the Vit D test) are very expensive.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

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