I had my surgery in another state so I need to do follow up here with my PCP. How often do you'll get blood work done? What do I need besides a CBC?

Thanks

For me it was 1st check-up at 3 months consisting of an upper GI, CBC, and SMAC24.

You should check with your surgeon (even if out of state) to see if he recommends other tests.

My program pulls labs at 3,6,9, and 12 months for the first year, and then every 6 months for the next 2-3 years. After the 4th year, it's annually.

My labs are a full metabolic profile it's either a Chem 12 or 20 (I can't remember, and I don't want to dig through my records right now) This includes cholesterol, glucose, liver, kidney, pancreas and other enzymes.

CBC with a diff

T3, T4, TSH (thyroid panel)

Vitamin B, B12, A, D and D3

Calcium (I also have a bone scan every 2 years but it's not related to my sleeve)

Folic Acid

Copper, Selenium and Zinc ( I asked that these be pulled)

My surgeon likes to either scope or do an upper gi around a year out. I was scoped at 8 months when I had my gallbladder removed, and declined the upper gi because the radiology guy on base was being a douchebag and expected me to suck down 64oz of Fluid in less than 30 minutes, and I laughed at him. I told my surgeon that I'd do it off-base through my PCP, but I wasn't going to tolerate a little punk try to scold me for not being able to drink that horrible stuff that fast.

Thank you, that helps a lot.