Can someone help me with my lab results?

carolina_girl69
on 9/1/12 7:01 am - NC
RNY on 07/12/12
Ok this was my 1mth post op and I got my results,It states Ferritin lvl-328.5,Vitamin b12-1649,Vit D-62.0,ALT-87,AST-62. All these levels was high except my vitamin D and i was wondering when would i Receive a call or lettter from my team and finally maybe a week later I got a call. She said that my vitamin d  looks great stop taking b12 for 3mths and back off the iron some.So please give me yall expert opinion about my levels.
    
Winnie_the_Pooh
on 9/1/12 8:43 am
I would increase Vit D  maybe increase by 1/2 so if you were taking 10,000 mg per day take 15,000 mg per day.  I take 50,000 every other day and my last test I was at 87.  The time before I was at 23.

I would not stop B-12.  You could decrease the amount you take or take it every other day but don't stop.

 Winnie

 

Dave Chambers
on 9/1/12 8:58 am - Mira Loma, CA

B12 is ok, you want over 1000 up to 2000. For D, it's optimium to get labs of 80-90 or a little more. BUT, each patient is different on the amount of dry D3 needed to get to 80+ labs.  Example: I spent 2 years of 5 of the 50K IU dry D3 per week, and labs were at a 65.  After several years tryint to elevate my D labs, I began taking one 50K IU dry D3 per day, for a total of 7 per week. Labs 2 months ago, after a year of 7 per week, my D labs were a 104.  I discussed this with my bariatric Kaiser doctor, and she felt current D RDA levels were way off. Her opinion is that normal range should be 50-100, not the current lower levels.  At 104, she was comfortable with my current D3 intake.  I get these dry D3 and my Calcium Citrate Only from vitalady.com.  The calcium citrate only does not have D3 in it, but that's ok, I take lager amounts of dry D3.  Personally, I would not stop taking my B12.  Again levels retained depend on the patient. My 2000 B12 labs were using 3-4 of the 2500mcg sublinguals I take. My wife takes 7 of these per week and her B12 labs were at 1064.  She takes twice as much B12 as I do, and her labs are half of my levels. DAVE

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