blood work--how often?

[Lisalu 89]

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

[imagine.dream.inspire 0]

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.

[Tiffykins 672]

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.

[Lisalu 89]

Thank you, that helps a lot.