[MENTALCOMPASS]

LABS

by MENTALCOMPASS on Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:08 am

I have a questions on my labs. I did the SEPE as a precaution because I've been having neurological issues that evade reasons. No bone pain, just strange muscle twitches, nervous feelings, tight muscles, tingling in hands, mostly left hand. It came on really quickly and has been ongoing since Nov, though I did feel, for a short time, that was healing (for lack of a better word). My doctor ordered the SEPE test. All my protiens were normal but 0.3H was found and determined to be an abnormal protien band 1. The suggestion was to do a serum immunofixation test because theres' a possible monoclonal protien (m-protien) present. I am waiting for those results. I'm scared, naturally, because I'm the 41-year-old mother of a 6-year-old disabled child. She needs me. The doctor says he ordered the serum immunofixation test to be sure, he said sometimes this a simple lab error; however, I was really sick when I took the test, very sick, and he claims that the abnormal result could easily have been from that too.

Can anyone offer me some insight?

I don't have any symptoms of multiple myeloma, just tight muscles, neurological problems (nothing ever found on any of the numerous tests I did), problem c-spine issues but nothing outside reputured dics, narrowing of spinal colum, bone spurs. I am also a migraine suffer, as is my mother. I don't bleed or bruise easily either.

I'm scared. I'm sorry to admit it but I am. I've known my health has been right for some time and I have tried to have the courage to face it down and get to an answer, which leaves me many tense moments as, like I am today, I wait for results.

Any encouraging words? I need them today.

Thanks for reading

[Lin]

Re: LABS

by Lin on Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:17 pm

I can certainly empathize with your being scared.

The encouraging words that I can give you today as you wait for results is that it's a good sign that you're not bruising easily.

The best of luck.
Linda