So apparently I'm more messed up than I realized...
After the whole palpitations thing, I was told to call 2 weeks later for my blood results. I asked for an HIV test and the doc figured "well, I might as well run everything else too". So after two pricks he drew 3 vials of blood.
So I call now, awaiting my test results. Although I'm anticipating a negative, which I'm sure many of those who are now positive were doing the same thing, I'm still a bit nervous calling and waiting for her to recover my file. She runs through the other stuff, Cholesterol is too high...247 damn.. I'm only 26 how is it that high, it wasn't that high last year (although I did eat cause I wasn't expecting to draw blood). LDL is either 91 or 191 can't remember which... "and oh yea, your iron is extremely low, did you know you're anemic?"
come again?
"Yes, we're gonna have to put you on iron pills for a month so you can get that up and re-test you after that and you should fast then so that we can get an accurate reading of your cholesterol."
So I'm having heart palpitations, breathing problems, and now anemia?
WOW, my kid is screwed
4 comments:
Welcome to the club! Jen and I both experience palpations. Jen gets on the verge of tears from hers and I make whatever I'm sitting/laying on shake (not kidding). Just put a quarter in me and I become "magic fingers" from the cheapest motel you can find. Oh and u are soooo gonna love taking iron pills...they're so yummy and a majestic color of forest green (from what I remember the last time I had to take them for 4 years, 3x a day, when anemia was associated w/ my Ulcerative Colitis). Yeah that was fun.
All that aside -- sorry you're going through this, believe me I can empathize. If there was ever a person that wouldn't wish debilitating health on anyone it would be me, it changes you on so many levels, beyond physical. However, the big plus on your side is you have US! Whatever and whomever you need to talk to/confide in/get answers from/ support/ love/ stability/vent to and everything else in between, we'll be here.
By the way....You think your kid's gonna be screwed -- HELLO! Mine's gonna be FUCKED!
A dreamer is one who can only find her way by moonlight, and her punishment is that she sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Hey I feel your pain, doc's can sometimes mess shit up. Well at least you know what the deal is so you can put your shit in order.
Your braver than me, cause i have to get tested to make sure that i dont have cancerous cell and im taking my sweet time.
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