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Well I wasn't expecting that 😳

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I ordered a MMA urine test from medichecks, the kit arrived today. In it was a 5 litre container!!!

I thought it was the weedkiller I had ordered from Amazon lol 🀣

I'm going to have to go some to fill that 😳

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Nackapan profile image
Nackapan

☺ Goodness

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That reminds me of the container I was "required" to fill over a twenty=four hour period back in 1968 and 1972 for the two "Schilling" tests I had for P.A. :)

How are you expected to return the container - by post?

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miravetβ€’ in reply toclivealive

Hi Clive, no you have to pee in it over a 24 hour period, then there is a much smaller container with some weird wadding and stuff in it, you then fill that container and send it back to them.

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply tomiravet

At least my pee contained radioactive B12 and it used to "glow in the dark" :)

And I had to lug the whole lot to the hospital on the back of my motorbike.

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Dangerouscurvesβ€’ in reply toclivealive

πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ A sight to behold.

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply toDangerouscurves

:)

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Nackapanβ€’ in reply tomiravet

One of my grown up children had to take her 5ltr bottle full of urine on the bus to the hospital! !

Hope it has a label

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply toNackapan

:)

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Midnight_Voiceβ€’ in reply toclivealive

Gives a whole new meaning to taking the p*ss!

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fbirderβ€’ in reply toNackapan

Always reminds me of the old, old story about the little old lady who took her urine sample to the hospital in a whisky bottle but left it on the back seat of the bus.

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FlipperTDβ€’ in reply toclivealive

Being on the laboratory receiving end of these things, it's always a concern that the patient hasn't actually complied with the instructions and doesn't collect the full 24 hour sample. That will compromise the result. When a '24 hour collection' arrives at the lab, it's vital to get it mixed, measured and a sample taken, with the rest down the sluice as quickly as possible. Fresh, it's fine. Stale, and in summer, frankly, it can be 'quite unpleasant'!

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply toFlipperTD

Thank you for your dedication for us FlipperTD

I still remember how much I regretted 50 years ago the strength of the bleach they used round the neck of the container. for the Schilling test.

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FlipperTDβ€’ in reply toclivealive

That was in 'the good old days' of the Schilling test. It was improved greatly with the introduction of DiCoPac, using two different Cobalt isotopes. This allowed us to measure bound and unbound simultaneously, using two capsules, one injection and only one visit, and cut down on the potential errors. Sadly, it went out of production a good few years ago now. Consequently we're only left with the IF antibody test, which works [when it works]. I could go on, but won't!

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply toFlipperTD

Thanks for that - at the time I had no idea what was happening to me.

I'd had a perforated peptic ulcer and partial gastrectomy at the age of 17 in 1959 and although I'd made a good recovery by the mid 1960s things were rapidly going downhill health wise.

I was sent for a Schilling test in 1968 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which was inconclusive and when I was sent for another in 1972 I saw the same "technician" who told me categorically that "no-one has two tests" to which I replied "I do" and did - which was positive for P.A.

My then doctor asked whether I wanted the good news or the bad news.

I said "give me the bad news" She said "You're going to die and within 2 years"

I asked "What's the good news?"

"You're not going to die if either you eat raw liver three times a day or have B12 injections every four weeks for the rest of your life"

I love liver, with bacon, onions and gravy but chose the injections and I'm still "clivealive" aged 78.

I wish you well

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FlipperTDβ€’ in reply toclivealive

Lovely story, and a good doctor. You got sound advice, and a decent outcome. Getting a 'good' Schilling test result was more complicated than many folks realised, especially doctors! To get a meaningful result we needed the patient to be replete for Vitamin B12 before we performed the test, and that caused problems on occasion.

Keep well.

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clivealiveForum Supportβ€’ in reply toFlipperTD

Thank you FlipperTD

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Redmealworm

I was thinking of ordering that haha! Please update as to how you got on. Do you actually have to fill that and post it back? Am actually laughing at this x

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miravetβ€’ in reply toRedmealworm

Hi, no, you get a MUCH smaller container to send back, I think that they just want 24 hours worth, then you decant some into the little container and send it back.

The smaller container is about the same size as a usual sample pot

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fbirderβ€’ in reply tomiravet

They need a 24 hour sample so they can determine how dilute your urine is. If they took a single small sample it may have high levels of MMA because of a problem or because your urine is very concentrated.

They can use standard markers (things like creatinine) to determine how concentrated your urine is.

I was given one of those when I was in a clinical study about bone density. My first comment when they handed me the large plastic shopping bag it was it was "is that for a week.". It was just for a day though so they may be allowing for all eventualities. They also gave me a nice plastic 1 litre jug and that was actually what you peed into then topped up the container.

The jug was designed to be used by both men and women and I understand my wife has found it quite useful from time to time.

I have got to say that this is the first time I've read a post here that had me laughing until I had tears in my eyes - and I'm still snickering. Thanks, all of you.

Jayne, aka Dopey-Grumpy-Sleepy

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