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W hen have most of you had your first bloodwork done? I am 9 weeks and haven't had any yet.

I am curious to know how I'm doing with my Vitamins.< /p>

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I just had my four month appointment, they sent paperwork beforehand to get the blood work.

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I had mine at my 2 week post op appointment, At one month post op and have need to have it drawn again for my 5 month appointment.

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Have an appointment Monday and am 14 weeks out and they are supposed to do blood work then. I am really tired so I hope I am just low on something so I can fix it.

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Be careful what you wish for!! My numbers are off now I'm going into the hospital Monday morning for a 90 minute 1500 dollar scan....

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Be careful what you wish for!! My numbers are off now I'm going into the hospital Monday morning for a 90 minute 1500 dollar scan....

Laura, what numbers were off? I'm going for my first blood work soon. Sorry about going in on Monday for scan. What type of scan?

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Laura' date=' what numbers were off? I'm going for my first blood work soon. Sorry about going in on Monday for scan. What type of scan?[/quote']

So all my "numbers" looked good.. But something weird about the Calcium....

My Calcium ( and d) were good but they also look at your "blood calcium" it's hard to explain but if you not getting enough calcium your parathyroid pulls it from your bones. Now I had good calcium numbers but for some reason the parathyroid is out of whack and those numbers are 169 ( they are supposed to be 10 - 50)

I really don't have a lot of answers yet But what they are concerned about is the 4 "parathyroid" glands on the sides of of the thyroid.. The test indicates that I have an parathyroid "adenoma"

So anyway I am going the hospital Monday morning for imagining ( Sestamibi scan ) of these glands to see which ones have it so they can remove them.

The thing I wonder right now is this is a pretty obscure test... So is it something that can happen with this surgery??? I didn't really have the presence of mind to ask at the time..

But the surgeon said it is a really good thing they found it??

Symptoms being very tired, depressed, headaches, aches and pains and just not feeling well.

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So all my "numbers" looked good.. But something weird about the calcium....

My Calcium ( and d) were good but they also look at your "blood calcium" it's hard to explain but if you not getting enough calcium your parathyroid pulls it from your bones. Now I had good calcium numbers but for some reason the parathyroid is out of whack and those numbers are 169 ( they are supposed to be 10 - 50)

I really don't have a lot of answers yet But what they are concerned about is the 4 "parathyroid" glands on the sides of of the thyroid.. The test indicates that I have an parathyroid "adenoma"

So anyway I am going the hospital Monday morning for imagining ( Sestamibi scan ) of these glands to see which ones have it so they can remove them.

The thing I wonder right now is this is a pretty obscure test... So is it something that can happen with this surgery??? I didn't really have the presence of mind to ask at the time..

But the surgeon said it is a really good thing they found it??

Symptoms being very tired' date=' depressed, headaches, aches and pains and just not feeling well.[/quote']

Good Luck Laura! I hope all goes well. Thanks for the info!

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I am on dialysis, and I have to take a pill to counter act the Calcium and vitamind for my parathyroid, maybe you can do this?

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I am on dialysis' date=' and I have to take a pill to counter act the Calcium and vitamind for my parathyroid, maybe you can do this?[/quote']

That's interesting! I will ask about this too,

Thank you.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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