Please Decipher my Labs
I can say that I have worked really hard on my B12, Iron and Vitamin D Levels. My actual results are in RED and I have shown the Standard Range where it was provided. Please let me know what I need to work on. I will go over these labs with my doctor this Wednesday.
Transthyretin - Prealbumin - 18.3 mg/dl
Vitamin B1, Plasma - Vitamin B1, Serum/Plasma - 33 ug/L
Vitamin B12 and Folate
Vit B12 - 1460 - Standard Range 243-894 PG/ML
Folate - >20 - Standard Range 4.20-19.90 NG/ML
Ferritin - Ferritin - 50 - Standard Range 10-150 NG/ML
Hemoglobin A1C - HGBA1C % - 4.8 - Standard Range 4.3-5.8 %
Iron, TIBC and Transferrin Saturation
Iron - 82 - Standard Range 30-160 UG/DL
Total Iron Binding Capacity - 267 - Standard Range 228-428 UG/DL
Iron/Total Iron Binding Capacity - 31 - Standard Range 13-50 %
Urinalysis with Reflex to Microscopy
Speficifc Gravity, Urine - 1.017 - Standard Range 1.005-1.025
PH, UA - 6.5 - Standard Range 5.0-8.0
Urobilinogen -
Kelly
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You're only taking iron twice a week? Or did you mean twice a day? If you take it with vitamin C you'll absorb it better. I know it has some C in it but not enough to help with the absorption of iron. You need 200 mg C for every 30 mg iron for that, so this has 65 mg iron and 125 mg C, so you'd need another 300 mg C with it. And take it at least two hours away from calcium.
Kelly
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Yep, I only take Iron twice a week. I was also taking a multi-vitamin with iron, but when I re-ordered, I didn't get the ones with iron. Next order will include iron.
~Barb
Highest - 279 (08/2009) Program Weight - 256 (03/10) Surgery Weight - 232 (05/24/11) 
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
