Post Op Dr Visits

[Vance_ 217]

I was wondering if when you go into your Dr's office for post op visits, do they ever take your blood to test you for Vitamin or other deficiencies?

[Bedhead 158]

My surgeon doesn't seem to do any testing- he sends me to my PCP for all of the bloodwork that I need to have done.

[Indymom 132]

My surgeon will do bloodwork to check my levels but he doesn't do it until a year after surgery (unless there's suspicion of any deficiencies or other issues).

[favoredone 590]

I had blood test 10 days after and I will have more every 3 months for the 1st year.

[illgeturhairdid 176]

Every 3 months for the first year for me as well.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

about every 3 months for me in the first year too...

[Vance_ 217]

Thanks all! I will check with my Dr when I go back to see him in a couple of weeks. I would like to have my labs done and to me it seems crucial to know things are going internally.

[RickM 1,752]

My doc normally has our PCP do the bloodwork and fax him a copy, which I need to now before my 9 month/goal visit with them. (At least it's a fairly routine blood draw, unlike my wife's annual post-DS draw that takes around 17 vials!)