NoNamePerson
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 26, 2019 20:44:35 GMT -5
Geese! But look on the bright side. At least they caught the mistake and hadn’t started you on some treatment that would probably kill you Where do you live if you don’t mind me asking. I have California on the brain but can’t wrap my head around such incompetent health care there! "Glad" they made a mistake though and you are “OK”
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 26, 2019 21:49:14 GMT -5
Why am I bothered about this? You have symptoms that bother you, and they point to a problem. I would ask that they repeat the bloodwork.
JMHO
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Post by dannylion on Sept 26, 2019 22:19:17 GMT -5
Shasta, I'm glad to hear your subsequent lab results were normal and that burden has been lifted.
When you have time and access to appropriate healthcare resources and a PCP who will (one hopes) listen to you, consider asking to have a sleep study if you have never had one.
A good friend was treated for polycythemia with regular phlebotomy treatments for well over a decade because of consistent significantly elevated platelets on his lab tests. The PCP who made the diagnosis eventually retired and his new PCP was very thorough and started from scratch with his evaluation. His new PCP was apparently better trained or had more experience or suspected something was amiss with his diagnosis for some reason and had him do a sleep study. It seems that sleep apnea can cause thrombocytosis to compensate for the oxygen deprivation and cause lab results to mimic the results seem in polycythemia patients.
It turns out my friend does have sleep apnea and once he began using an appropriately fitted and regulated CPAP, his labs returned to normal, and he has discontinued the regular phlebotomy treatments.
This sort of thing is why it is often a good idea to get a second opinion whenever possible.
In any event, I hope your results continue to be normal and that you can have the time and peace to sell your house and start your new life in Oregon in good health.
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NoNamePerson
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 27, 2019 7:35:58 GMT -5
Why am I bothered about this? You have symptoms that bother you, and they point to a problem. I would ask that they repeat the bloodwork. JMHO I would be finding another doctor if possible!!
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 27, 2019 10:28:38 GMT -5
Why am I bothered about this? You have symptoms that bother you, and they point to a problem. I would ask that they repeat the bloodwork. JMHO I would be finding another doctor if possible!! But that doesn't seem possible based on this statement from Shasta: "I have to see an RNNP because my doctor quit and they haven't been able to find a new one who wants to move here". So this "diagnosis" was not even made by a doctor but an RNNP (whatever that may be →RN/NP?). Good luck finding another doctor if there is not a doctor in the first place.
However, I have one additional point to bring up and that is that Shasta has now been told what it is not? How about finding out what does cause her pain?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 27, 2019 11:27:21 GMT -5
I would be finding another doctor if possible!! But that doesn't seem possible based on this statement from Shasta: "I have to see an RNNP because my doctor quit and they haven't been able to find a new one who wants to move here". So this "diagnosis" was not even made by a doctor but an RNNP (whatever that may be →RN/NP?). Good luck finding another doctor if there is not a doctor in the first place.
However, I have one additional point to bring up and that is that Shasta has now been told what it is not? How about finding out what does cause her pain?
Didn’t realize she lived in town with only one doctor. Overlooked that part. And yes she needs to find out what is causing her problem but with no doctor there and apparently a lousy lab/interpreter of test how is this going to happen?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 10:23:32 GMT -5
I'm curious why my labs were so weird in the first place. I don't know if I had some sort of illness that resulted in the weird blood work or not. The RNNP I saw didn't know.
A few days prior to the appt, I was feeling horrible. My joints all hurt, I had a fever, and I thought I was getting the flu. I spent the entire day in bed asleep. The next day, I felt a lot better and a couple days later I had the initial labs drawn.
RNNP's are nurse practitioners. They are fairly similar to doctors but have less education. They prescribe medication and everything, but have doctors overseeing their work. It's common for those of us with Medicaid to have to see these lower-paid practitioners...
At this point, I am planning to be in a different state with different medical coverage 6-9 months from now. Trying to get paneled to a different clinic and established with a new doctor will take longer, so I'm kinda stuck with the current situation.
I don't really plan to go back unless something else comes up. I've been stretching my psoas muscle and that is helping the groin pain. It's not gone, but I have had more pain-free days since I started stretching it than I have in about a year.
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