I Just Talked To My Surgeon....................



I had my labs drawn on May 3rd and am doing it again the first of Aug.
Every three months. All was fine. They did the CBC w/diff, metabolic
panel, kidney tests such as BUN and creatnine, Liver function tests
etc, U/A etc.
Thanks for your concern
Laureen
410/280/180

JOLINDA RANEY wrote:
> Laureen,
>
> I am glad you are doing so well. I was wondering, though---when was the last
> time you had labs done. ie.. CBC, etc? I think 125 lbs in 5.5months is an
> extreme amt of of weight. I was bulimic in my weight lifting days due to
> family issues( I had never in my life been over weight till this last few
> years), and due to that, it has caused havoc on my heart. I now take at
> least 40mg of Lasix a day and have to have my potassium checked once a
> month. I also take a prescribed potassium supp. Along with that test, my dr
> orders a complete CBC count every 3months. There are so many things that can
> be "hidden" in ones health. I just had an echocardiogram on thursday. Have
> you had one of these since your surgery? Please take care of yourself. It
> would not hurt for you to have these tests.
>
> Hugs.
>
> "Laureen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with my
> > husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128 lbs in
> > 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
> > call. He said my weight loss is fine. When I addressed the issue of how
> > my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of heart
> > trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a heart
> > attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for enlarged
> > heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post operatively and I
> > dont suspect you're having trouble right now. Not to worry, you've been
> > a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
> > Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44% reduction
> > in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also reminded him that I
> > had surgery a month ago and have drank down gallons of soup to keep
> > stools small and thin thus causing the excelerated weight loss
> > Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!
> >
> > Laureen
> > 410/282/180
> >
 
That is wonderful, Laureen:)

"Laureen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I had my labs drawn on May 3rd and am doing it again the first of Aug.
> Every three months. All was fine. They did the CBC w/diff, metabolic
> panel, kidney tests such as BUN and creatnine, Liver function tests
> etc, U/A etc.
> Thanks for your concern
> Laureen
> 410/280/180
>
> JOLINDA RANEY wrote:
>> Laureen,
>>
>> I am glad you are doing so well. I was wondering, though---when was the
>> last
>> time you had labs done. ie.. CBC, etc? I think 125 lbs in 5.5months is
>> an
>> extreme amt of of weight. I was bulimic in my weight lifting days due to
>> family issues( I had never in my life been over weight till this last few
>> years), and due to that, it has caused havoc on my heart. I now take at
>> least 40mg of Lasix a day and have to have my potassium checked once a
>> month. I also take a prescribed potassium supp. Along with that test, my
>> dr
>> orders a complete CBC count every 3months. There are so many things that
>> can
>> be "hidden" in ones health. I just had an echocardiogram on thursday.
>> Have
>> you had one of these since your surgery? Please take care of yourself. It
>> would not hurt for you to have these tests.
>>
>> Hugs.
>>
>> "Laureen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with my
>> > husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128 lbs in
>> > 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
>> > call. He said my weight loss is fine. When I addressed the issue of how
>> > my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of heart
>> > trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a heart
>> > attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for enlarged
>> > heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post operatively and I
>> > dont suspect you're having trouble right now. Not to worry, you've been
>> > a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
>> > Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44% reduction
>> > in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also reminded him that I
>> > had surgery a month ago and have drank down gallons of soup to keep
>> > stools small and thin thus causing the excelerated weight loss
>> > Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!
>> >
>> > Laureen
>> > 410/282/180
>> >
>
 
[email protected] wrote:
:: How do you know that? From what i gather he's just a surgeon.
::

What makes you think he hasn't supplemented his formal education with
additional reading, continual education, and conferences?


:: TC
::
:: FOB wrote:
::: But this isn't an ordinary doctor, this is a weight loss specialist.
:::
::: In news:[email protected],
::: [email protected] <[email protected]> stated
::::: http://lowcarb.owly.net
::::
:::: I would venture that with what you've learned by reading about low
:::: carb, you have better knowledge of nutrition than most medical
:::: doctors.
::::
:::: TC
 
Roger Zoul wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> :: How do you know that? From what i gather he's just a surgeon.
>
> What makes you think he hasn't supplemented his formal education with
> additional reading, continual education, and conferences?

Check. And Robert Aktins was just a cardiologist. Some
read about nutrition, some don't.
 
Doug Freyburger wrote:

> Roger Zoul wrote:
>
>>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>>:: How do you know that? From what i gather he's just a surgeon.
>>
>>What makes you think he hasn't supplemented his formal education with
>>additional reading, continual education, and conferences?
>
>
> Check. And Robert Aktins was just a cardiologist. Some
> read about nutrition, some don't.
>

Wouldn't the specialty of cardiology (and cardiac
surgery) in itself mean that nutritional education
has to be included, probably similar to
gerentology and endocrinology?

Marsha/Ohio
 
Marsha wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
> > Roger Zoul wrote:
> >>[email protected] wrote:
>
> >>:: How do you know that? From what i gather he's just a surgeon.
>
> >>What makes you think he hasn't supplemented his formal education with
> >>additional reading, continual education, and conferences?
>
> > Check. And Robert Aktins was just a cardiologist. Some
> > read about nutrition, some don't.
>
> Wouldn't the specialty of cardiology (and cardiac
> surgery) in itself mean that nutritional education
> has to be included, probably similar to
> gerentology and endocrinology?

Should keep up vs actually does keep up depends on the
individual doctor.

Dr A was taught to prescribe a low fat diet to his patients
so he did. In time he noticed that could could stay on
it even risking death, and that many who managed to stay
on had their blood numbers get worse. That's when he
started searching for an alternative. That alternative
was low carb. Weight loss was incidental to the improved
blood numbers for his heart patients. That launched him
on his low carb career.

Incidently, that's one of two stories of how he got
involved in low carb. The other is that he as getting
fatter and he tried low carbing on itself. When it
worked he wrote it up and that launched him on his low
carb career. Notice that the two stories aren't in
conflict. I think both stories are true and the
combination of them is what gave him so much conviction.
 
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