Hi, I am a 22yr. old female that has been
seeing a nuerologist for some leg pain and
migraines. I had an MRI done about 8
months ago and it came back showing a
white matter of non specifics. I still
kept having the problems and my doctor
sent me back for another one which, came
back showing nothing this time and some
blood work. The blood work however, showed
quite a few things and the nurse just gave
me a copy and the doctor will not discuss
the results with me until my next
appointment which isn't unitl July 30th
and I am going crazy wondering what all of
this means!!!!! My AST was low at 13, my
ASL was low at 29, my oamolality
calculated was low at 279, my RBC was low
at 4.06, my hematocrit was low at 35.9,
neutrophil was high at 63.3, my lymphocyte
was low at 27.4, and it also says this for
one test...Methodology: DNA analysis of
the factor II gene was performedby PCR
amplification followed by restriction
analysis. The diagnostic sensitivity was
>99% for both.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 05-24-08 14:54pm
OK, First of all, all lab work has a low
and high. But, it also has a low normal
and a high normal. What that means is you
can go either way and still be within
normal range of thier sliding scale. By no
means does that mean anything is wrong.
Your levels could be a bit low or high
but, still be within those normal range
limits. In that case your doctor would not
flag it. He would indeed wait for your
next appointment to go over them with you.
If something was flaged or alarming, I am
sure he would have called you in.
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luvumason
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Posted: 05-24-08 15:43pm
Well, on the paper though all the ones
that I am saying are abnormal are under a
category that says flag reference as well
as abnormal.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 05-24-08 16:33pm
You have to look to the left of the out of
range ones and find the labs reference
levels. Those are the levels you have to
go by. Without having it on the lab paper
it is hard for me to read it. What
basically I am saying is that you can't be
severe out of range or you would have been
notified before your next appointment.
Say your CBC was 10,000 and thier low
starts at 10,500 and highs out at 25,000,
that would mean you are low but, not that
low to cause alarm.
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Posted: 05-24-08 20:49pm
OK, thanks for your help!
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eeyore46
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If I were you, I would go to another
doctor and take your blood level readings.
Yes, everything will probably check out
okay, but for your peace of mind, waiting
until July 30th is crazy. I have never
had a doctor not discuss my blood levels
to me. In the last year, I have had 3
different doctors call me, or their nurse,
and discuss the findings low/high. If it
were serious, I am sure they would have
asked me to come in and talk to me about
it face to face. But, to just say that
they will not discuss it until July 30th
is very, very unprofessional! My advice
is to find a new doctor! I have never
heard of a doctor making a patient wait
for 2 months to discuss blood work, even
if it is PERFECT!
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luvumason
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Yeah, I think I am going to call my PCP
tommorow and tell him about it and bring
him the results and see what he can tell
me. I would have to agree about the whole
insane thing. I am not used to having to
wait like that because, with my PCP he
does the same you were talking about where
either he will call or the nurse. Just by
doing some research on the computer I
have discovered what two of the things
mean and one is anemia and the other is
overhydration and I think that those are
two things that I should probably be
treated for?!?!?!?
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Posted: 05-26-08 21:33pm
luvumason
wrote:
Yeah, I think I am going to
call my PCP tommorow and tell him about it
and bring him the results and see what he
can tell me. I would have to agree about
the whole insane thing. I am not used to
having to wait like that because, with my
PCP he does the same you were talking
about where either he will call or the
nurse. Just by doing some research on the
computer I have discovered what two of the
things mean and one is anemia and the
other is overhydration and I think that
those are two things that I should
probably be treated
for?!?!?!?
Absolutly.........Will give you some iron
pills not a shot because iron is obsorbed
slowly and depending on your dehydration
and how severe he thinks it is,
(electrolytes) you can either get them
through IV or orally.
Good Luck
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Posted: 05-26-08 21:37pm
Yes, I would! If it is someting serious,
you need immediate help, if not, you need
peace of mind. That is ridiculous, it is
your LIFE we are talking about. I
guarantee you if that doctor had blood
levels done, he would want to know before
two months. If he is too busy to talk to
you, he should have his nurse call you, or
not be taking new patients, or get an
additional doctor in his practice.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 05-26-08 22:36pm
eeyore46
wrote:
Yes, I would! If it is
someting serious, you need immediate help,
if not, you need peace of mind. That is
ridiculous, it is your LIFE we are talking
about. I guarantee you if that doctor
had blood levels done, he would want to
know before two months. If he is too busy
to talk to you, he should have his nurse
call you, or not be taking new patients,
or get an additional doctor in his
practice.
You are abosoluty right. But, in all due
respect, I also have to take the side of
the office staff, as I was part of a team
for 5 years. Unfortunatly, we can not call
every patient that had an out of range
flaged lab level. If it is serious enough,
yes. But, buy rule of thumb, we are not
allowed to give out any serious lab
results over the phone. Just suppose it
were you and we had to give you bad news
of a life threatening lab result or likes
of it. We do not want to jeperdize the
health and welfare of the patient on the
other end of that phone line. Would be
good to have the doc tell the patient and
that is why we have the patient come right
in. Now, in this case, if you would have
been called right in........then you need
to start to be conserned.
Bottom line.......we have to take the time
to deal with the patients that really have
something wrong. Not that you are not
important.........just an office has got
to make priorities.
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luvumason
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Posted: 05-27-08 09:22am
O.K., thank you both. I spoke to the nurse
today at my pcp and she seems to think
they should have at least briefly
discussed any results with me. They told
me I can come in this afternoon and they
will go over them with me.
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Posted: 05-27-08 09:59am
luvumason
wrote:
O.K., thank you both. I
spoke to the nurse today at my pcp and she
seems to think they should have at least
briefly discussed any results with me.
They told me I can come in this afternoon
and they will go over them with
me.
Awesome! Now, taking the side of the
patient. No better way to make an unhappy
patient then make them wait for results.
Those must be the longest days of my life.
Just want you to know that I am also on
the other side of this fense now. And
there have been many times I have lost it
with the staff over the phone. When it
comes down to us in the picture, it is an
altogether different story.
Let us know how you make out. I will be
waiting.
Carrie
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luvumason
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Posted: 05-28-08 09:26am
He said that everything was just a little
out of wack but, he thought that my weight
might be a factor. Before I had my two
year old I was an average sized person. I
weighed 130lbs. Now I weight 181 and he is
very concerned so, he told me that I need
to go on a diet and join an exercise
program.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 05-28-08 10:53am
Now at least you can calm down a bit.
Knowing that it is not life threatening or
other. Since I now have been forced into
taking the patients point of view, I have
also change my tone. It's just a fact of
life that what we don't know will hurt us.
I was alway priveed to my test results and
read them myself. Sure do miss that
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mcf
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blood Posted: 08-10-08 08:32am
my blood work came backas a high alp what
is this ? alos I have a low hdl what is
this? Thank You for being here. mcf at
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Hi, I am a 22yr. old female that has been
seeing a nuerologist for some leg pain and
migraines. I had an MRI done about 8
months ago and it came back showing a
white matter of non specifics. I still
kept having the problems and my doctor
sent me back for another one which, came
back showing nothing this time and some
blood work. The blood work however, showed
quite a few things and the nurse just gave
me a copy and the doctor will not discuss
the results with me until my next
appointment which isn't unitl July 30th
and I am going crazy wondering what all of
this means!!!!! My AST was low at 13, my
ASL was low at 29, my oamolality
calculated was low at 279, my RBC was low
at 4.06, my hematocrit was low at 35.9,
neutrophil was high at 63.3, my lymphocyte
was low at 27.4, and it also says this for
one test...Methodology: DNA analysis of
the factor II gene was performedby PCR
amplification followed by restriction
analysis. The diagnostic sensitivity was
>99% for both. 
