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Ferritin blood test

I was diagnosed with CLL a year ago and am o watch and wait. My blood test results are apparently still good but I’d like to know how they compare to normal ones. Thank you.

I’m an otherwise healthy 53 year old who had a PSA blood test, and while that was thankfully clear, I was told I had high cholesterol (above 7.5). I’ve been put on a statin and have started a healthy eating and increased exercise regime. I consider my diet was pretty healthy anyway but have cut out red

Hi All, on going (20 years) of discussion with GP about exhaustion. He agreed to injections for a while but that stopped during Covid. I've injected myself for a bit. Now he has agreed to do further test (as blood comes back a huge number because I am injecting!). I think the test may be homocysteine

Hello all Just wondering if anyone can advise to help ease my fears... as ever, there always seems to be a stress before egg collections or transfers, doesn't help doing it abroad! I am due to go for a natural FET in Cyprus in the coming few days (my last with own eggs :/ ), I am tracking ovulation

I have been complete idiot. I went to the petting farm with our toddler yesterday and fed the sheep out of my hand. I washed them well afterwards but have woken up today and have bad sickness and diarrhoea. I’m hoping it’s just a coincidence but the midwife said I have to go in when I’m well and have

My latest blood tests have just come back. I’d be grateful for comments from the amazing admins please. At the moment I’m not feeling great, my last tests about 8 months ago showed my B12 to be low so I started taking a liquid B12 supplement sublingually. I’m not taking any iron supplements. I take vit

I have recently started to use the app,! I have to say how easy it is to use. Recording symptoms is so quick and handy and I even added my own. I added all my recent blood tests easily too. I think it will help us patients all provide a good record of how we are feeling to our medical teams and help

I started Besremi two weeks ago. My first dose was 100 mcg. I am supposed to take my second dose today, and increase it to 150mcg. The thing is, I had a BMB this week, since my MPN specialist wanted to have a baseline, and prior to the biopsy had some blood tests at the hospital. I got some of the results

After seeing the doctor today for the first visit, I would like to get the thoughts of some of the knowledgeable people on this forum. He didn’t rule out PMR, because of the blood test I had in January. At that time, I was on the Pred. He did blood work and is testing for several other possibilities

Hello everyone! I recently started taking ocaliva. I don't know if they help, I'm due to go and have some blood tests done. Pros...the sharp pain I used to occasionally have in the liver area is gone. Cons. The itchy skin drives me insane, can't sleep, I'm always tired and to add insult to injury some

I am currently on 1mg Prednisolone and have been for the past 12 weeks. I have always reduced this drug very slowly on the recommendation of this extremely helpful forum and have never experienced a flare. My routine yearly blood tests are now due at my GP surgery and I have been in touch with one

hi everyone I hope you don’t mind me asking for help again. I had a blood test request from my endocrinologist last January and was very disappointed he hadn’t requested T4 let alone T3. He’s only interested in TSH and my cholesterol. He also tells me to Jake my Levothyroxine just before a blood test

Hi again, I recently managed to get some more blood tests done including some vitamins as recommended by the amazing people on here. In my previous tests, my high antibody counts suggested that I have Hashimotos, my TSH this time round is 2.41. I don't take any medication yet. My cholesterol is high,

The metabolic dysfunction theory as I understand it, states that the energy production factories inside the cells, i.e. the mitochondria, are for some reason not producing sufficient energy supply for the cells to survive, thus they die off. For instance, the dramatic decrease of dopaminergic neurons

I have just received my recent thyroid results from a blood test 13 months ago it was 1.3 and now 2.6 have been taking 50 mg of Levothyroxine been on this dosage for the last 10 years. I asked my Gp if l needed to increase the dosage and he advised it’s still in the normal range.

I am experiencing neuropathy in feet and hands. I have Hashimotos and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2009 but my diabetes is controlled through diet and my blood tests have been within normal range for several years. I understand neuropathy can be a symptom of the hypothyroidism and wondered if

Been taking Prednisolone for 18months or so and am currently working my way down from 3mg to 2mg . So far apart from a couple of mini flea . I am doing OK. Recently went to see my GP to arrange the usually CRP and EST blood tests and she thought I should do a morning Cortisol test. I was however puzzled

Hi all - what a wonderful community! I've been lurking a few days but would appreciate some advice on my blood test results please (F53). It's a bit of a long history but I thought it may be useful for others and for when I have updates - blood results below if you want to skip it. I noticed a small

The last time I wrote to you all was about 2/3 years ago when I started Ruxolitinib. The first 6 to 8 months I was a different person, I felt great. I started to swim, (200 lengths in 1.5 hours) then I started to get water infections, one after the other, chest infections, ear infections and shingles

My doctor is keen to reduce my cholesterol as it is 7.3 and I can't/wont take statins. I also have problems with palpitations so can't even raise my levo. I am a bit worried I am developing a heart condition too. I am just waiting for a blood test and xray before I go back to the doc who has suggested