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(Sorry- long story!) So through last winter, i went through all of the pre-op requirements for education and all appointments with surgical team and psychologists, lost the proper amount of weight and everything.. then in my final meeting with the surgeon, she ordered a set of labs that showed that my thyroid was off, so postponed the surgery until that could be treated (this was in March). In April, My primary provider also ran another set of labs and found that I was also low in iron, calcium, Vitamin D and C, AND that I have blood in my stool. So he has me on Levothyroxine, and a colonoscopy scheduled for AUGUST (no appointments available sooner). In the first 6 weeks I was on Levo, my TSH numbers went UP higher than they were at my initial testing and so PCP doubled my dosage and we will check them again in another 6 weeks. My surgeon's office assistant just called me to say that she had found a normal TSH reading (I don't know where, because there hasn't been a normal one since it was first discovered to be off) and wanted to schedule the surgery. Am I wrong with thinking we should wait to get the thyroid thing truly under control AND get the source of the blood in the stool identified BEFORE proceeding with any gastrointestinal surgery?

My most recent labs were on May 10th, and a follow up appt with PCP on May 17th (which showed the TSH even more elevated than it had been previously). I think I will call the surgeon back and explain what is going on.