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ELU (C094) blood test, does anyone know what this is for?

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Hi, my Colin has just had a letter to go for this blood test and not to eat meat for 24 hours before. Just wondered if any of you who I feel are friends now have any idea what this is for.

He has had one stent and had to wait 3 months to take his kidney out which had cancer, this is out and gone now. We are now eight weeks on and he has just had his Myoview scan. He has put the stone back on that he lost after surgery eight weeks ago. Think this is due to the mountains of chocolate bars he is eating lol.

Just feel a bit low because you start feeling things are getting better and something else happens to drag you back down. I keep saying to myself “it’s just a blood test” I obviously don’t want to show I am worried.

I think I am low because I also have just been told by my son he is going in to have an operation. He broke his fibia and tibia fourteen years ago and has had twelve operations on his ankle. He has had bolts put in, has had it fused 3 times and finally been given a plastic ankle last year. Apparently he is young to have this done , he is 42 . The problem is he is still in so much pain they are now going to fit something on the outer side of his spine, then thread wires to his brain to see if the brain can tell the foot not to hurt.......hope I have explained this properly! He has to trial this for three weeks and if it works they will do the operation to place this device on the inside on his spine.

I am so so worried for him but this is a last resort, it hurts me so much to have seen him limping badly in pain for all these years. Want it so much to work. Has anyone heard of anyone that has had this done?

Regards Ursula x

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/256...

That's what comes up on Google, may or may not be the right one.

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MydogBrandy in reply tobantam12

Thanks so much for answering so quickly, sounds really complicated . I wonder if it is checking his red blood cells after he has had the Myoview which was putting radioactive stuff into his body?

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I haven't a clue about the blood test sorry but I can put your mind at rest about your son. It sounds like he's having a spinal cord stimulator fitted. How I wish I could get one. In layman's terms it's a bit like a TENS machine fitted inside the body . It has electrodes on fine wires that control the nerve that's causing all his pain by disrupting the pain signals that go to the brain. He will have a trial one outside the body to see if it works and if it does, they implant one just under the skin of the abdomen or hip. He will be able to control it himself. Amazing things for anyone in constant pain. I wish him every luck. Tell him to look at painsupport.co.uk/forums/fo... and search for SCS. There's lots of advice and information.

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MydogBrandy in reply toQualipop

Thank you so so much for this knowledge of yours, hoping it will help him, he deserves it after being in pain all these years. Will show him your post thanks.

With regards to the blood test, just got back, the nurse said it is a KIDNEY function test. I suppose it’s to see how his remaining kidney is doing. X

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MydogBrandy in reply toQualipop

Hiya, just thought I would give you an update. My son has now been refused the spinal cord stimulator, the reason being that it has been decided that he has mechanic pain, which is pain when he weight bears and moves around. This means he is having to go back to having steroid injections, trouble is this only lasts about a week. Really getting upset about thus, it hursts to see him walking in so much pain and he is only 42 years old.think we are going to get a second opinion on the replacement ankle he has had and whether it is worth replacing it again because it obviously hasn’t worked.

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Qualipop in reply toMydogBrandy

OH what a pity but there's no point doing it if it's not going to help. I hope he does find some ease from the pain. I'd give anything to be able to stand up for more than 5 minutes.

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Qualipop in reply toQualipop

Has he tried Bowen Therapyt? A strange incredibly gentle but very powerful treatment. It seems as if it couldn't possibly work but it got me from being bedridden to walking again ( if not for long distances). You need a good therapist or someone who teaches it.

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MydogBrandy in reply toQualipop

Thanks Qualipop will look into this too x

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Qualipop in reply toMydogBrandy

Bowen is just a rolling stroking of skin therapy; no manipulation at all which seems as if it couldn't po0ssibly work. I was having treatment at home when my dog had jaundice. I noticed the therapist spent a long time fussing her. The folllowing week our vet was amazed the jaundice had gone. The Bowen therapist had given her a treatment to clear her liver without saying. My other dog later had a slipped disc; again he did the gentle rolling treatment and the feeling came back in her feet. If it works on animals who can't imagine things it must work. You don't even undress, just wear thin clothing. A good therapist should tell you ifthere's no im[provement after 3 sessions,they won't continue so you don't end up paying for nothing. I long to have more but my therapist has emigrated.

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MydogBrandy in reply toQualipop

Find that really interesting thank you x

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Acupuncture is the best painkiller there is (if you can afford it).

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Qualipop in reply toMaisie2014

Yes acupuncture is wonderful but not a permanent cure. I found it only lasted about a week.

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MydogBrandy

Hi hadn’t thought about that, thanks Maisie x

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I had bursitis in my right hip. I limped into the acupuncturist and walked out. I had a course of ten sessions of Chinese acupuncture at the time and haven’t had any trouble with that hip since.

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Think I will get him to try this, thanks

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