No Wonder I'm Tired...

[penguin]

Don't get me wrong, I love my dr, she uses an overall kind of approach and doesn't shoo you away with precriptions. She also sends a summary of your bloodwork to you, which has the basics in laymans terms.

I didn't know my platelets were high and my RBC's were small until I mentioned I had that in the past. I wasn't anemic this time, though I was pretty borderline.

I lost my summary that she sent, so I asked for a copy of the lab report. First, I was surprised that my cholesterol was higher than I thought, though not dangerous or anything. My triglycerides were really high, though! 257! I'm only 22! And not very overweight!

I did read, however, that high triglycerides and low hdl were found in children with untreated celiac, so maybe those will go down. Hopefully the same in adults. Eating flax now, just in case. Bring on the Omega-3's!!!!

What surprised me is that my SGPT (ALT) was low, that's a vitamin B-6 deficiency. No wonder I'm tired!

Just once, I'd like all of my bloodwork to be in the "within range" column

Glad I got the report! Although, my flipping out over blood work is the exact reason the dr says not to get too hung up on the blood stuff. It's making me see why she said it was celiac with just a high IgG, though...the other bloodwork supports it, too.

[minibabe]

now that is so annoying . All we are searching for is the truth is that to much to ask? Why cant they jsut give you everything. It would be wonderful to have a set of your own charts. I will have to get a copy of mine to see, it would be interesting

Amanda NY

[debmidge]

I've had a lot of experience with Doctors as my husband visited a lot of drs in the past 27 years and was misdiagnosed for all of them; but when we get blood work or any test I always get a copy of the reports (even for my bloodwork and tests). I keep a file for each of us for each year, example Deb 2001, 2002, 203, 2004,, etc. And I make a Health Resume for each of us which is a yearly synopsis of what conditions we do have, what medicines we take or took and the dosage, and when we go to a new doctor we include this Health Resume in his/her file on us.

For example, my husband was diagnosed with IBS so I'll show that on the Health Resume and the year he was first diagnosed, then in 2003 I'll show how he was diagnosed with Celiac, in 1999 I'll show that he had hernia surgery, etc. I try to keep it to one page just like a work resume.

In this way, no doctor can say that they didn't know our history.

I'll also include a copy of current blood work results.

Sometimes I get strange looks from the new doctors but hey, it's my health and I learned I have to watch out.

[Guest Robbin]

Deb, That is such a great idea. I have had drs. who are reluctant to give me the copies of my bloodwork and I wonder why? I paid for it! I miss my old family dr. in OH who always left the chart open so you could read it and gave you copies of everything. Now it's like top-secret stuff they write or something. Ticks me off. They are so afraid we might learn how to care for ourselves and understand the reports and maybe, just maybe might not need them so much. Cuts into the profits if we actually know about our own bodies and how they work.