#Blood Tests

[anonymousangstmonster]

Prompt #21

After the Spectra incident left the teens of Amity Park suspicious of others being ghosts, they and their parents demand the mayor to do something. He calls for every citizen to get blood drawn and sent to the Fentons to test for ectoplasm.

How do they react when their son’s blood sample tests positive?

[rosewind2007]

With a spoon…because it will hurt more

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Imagine you’re reading a document which is explaining the details of a scientific trial to you, a trial you are considering volunteering to be a participant in…a guinea-pig to use the metaphor…

…if the document describes blood sample volumes, would you rather the volumes given were in milliliters (and do you prefer the abbreviation ml or mL?) teaspoons/tablespoons or something else?

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For example:

We will take approximately 75mL of blood at this visit

We will take approximately 75ml of blood at this visit

We will take approximately 5 tablespoons of blood at this visit

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[potsiepumpkin]

Doctor: “Great news! Your blood tests look all normal!”

Me who knows something’s wrong:

[softersolace]

second acupuncture appointment today - and results of my cortisol and other tests should come in tonight if I'm lucky. Fingers crossed!🤞

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

Well, a mixed bag on the blood test this time. Some improvement in Cholesterol numbers, but no improvement in Hemoglobin A1c, which is really annoying, given how few times I went off Low Carb and had a treat in the last few months... like 2 or 3x, IN 6 MONTHS! So annoying.

I looked back at tests from 2017, when I was working out more frequently and weighed less, and the A1c was about 5.3, so it never has been super low. Does it get super low? I don't know. I'm going to have to do more research on it.

I have a DR appt tomorrow to go over all this, so we'll see what they have to say about it all. These doctors haven't been as asshole-y as some I've had, so hopefully they will have something useful to say.

I really don't want to go on more meds; I'd like to get off the BP meds I'm already on, but that isn't in the cards at this point either.

Sigh.

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[klc-archive]

Young Dracula: 1x13 ‘Blood Tests’

[crystallinecryptid]

Got blood drawn for the first time today. I loved seeing it fill up the vial, but I'm not such a fan of the fact that strangers have my blood now.

[lilleluv]

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[sl33py-g4m3r]

Anyone else have fun with blood draws at the doctors?? Just remembered that I have to get stabbed at some point.

They have problems sometimes sticking me because my veins are either bad (?), or they roll.... So that's a lot of fun... they often have to get the transport nurse to do it, lol. or ship me off to a town 45 minutes away for some reason....

And last time for some reason after the blood draw was done; I got white static in my field of vision, and my ears rang so bad that I couldn't hear almost.

I hope that doesn't become a normal occurrence because it's happened to me twice already....

idk what that was but it's terrifying... what was that??

Did some research and i guess my blood pressure could've dipped low? Or something?? But why would that happen after the draw and not during???

???

Now I need to actually call the clinic and make an appointment for it. Which I should be able to do; just need to get myself to do it in the first place.

am sorry for posting so much personal stuff lately ~~~

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

Lab Results, Jan 2023

I got my lab results back from the blood and urine tests the doctor did on Wednesday. The highlights are:

Cholesterol is high, but not OTT high. I feel like continued low carb dieting and exercise can improve these numbers.

My A1C number is high for someone without diabetes, but I'm sure I am diabetic, though it is under control because of doing keto for the last month or so. For someone with diabetes, it says the diabetes is well controlled.

Blood glucose is IN NORMAL RANGE! I know this would not have shown in normal range prior to me dropping the sugar and refined carbs from my diet for the last month or so. I'm SUPER HAPPY about this.

Urinalysis shows traces of ketones, which means am in ketosis. This IS GOOD! (this is not the same as ketoacidosis, which is dangerous). I am worried that this might confuse my doctors, because many of them don't subscribe to the low carb eating and being in ketosis theory of health, but I guess we'll see when I go back.

Overall, I'm happy with what the last month and a half of (mostly) eating low carb and exercising have done for my lab results.

I do have high blood pressure (142/100 per the nurse at the doctor's office), and will start taking LOSARTAN 50 MG TAB for that today. I hope that continued weight loss and healthful eating and exercise will make that unnecessary in the future.

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[littleprincessfawn]

Pretty sure I have a kidney infection or something? It's a little scary and very very painful. Gonna make an appt once drs offices open, hopefully I can get seen today. Seeing my haemotologist today so maybe she can sort me out, idk.

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Okay update I saw the haemotologist and

a) my blood tests are showing so far that the treatment is going really well! My platelets are back up to 120, still low but nothing to worry about. My red blood cells have been surprisingly chill throughout, they are unbothered, moisturised, staying in their lane. So it's all going well.

b) she got me to pee into a cup and will get back to me about the possibly kidney infection or possibly other thing, and will have results from the BCR-ABL test too (hopefully).

c) I no longer have to have WEEKLY blood tests now it's monthly instead which is awesome. My poor arms get a bit of a break to recover

Now I'm back home and sitting with a heat pack and paracetamol to help with the pain, trying to keep drinking plenty of fluids, if it gets too bad I'll go to emergency if I have to but I don't seem to have a temperature yet, just a lot of very strong pain, so I'm hopeful.