Experiences with

LDH test

I am 73, previously fit and active ,diagnosed with iron deficiency and PV after a Postive JAK2 IN MAY 2024. I had 2 venesections and had "luckily" been on Aspirin for 2 years prior to diagnosis. Later commenced HU but after 10 days my platelets had fallen drastically and I required hospitalisation ,

So I was at the Hemo/onco last week. I kind of jokingly asked him, "So do you think I will live another 10 years?", and he said "Maybe". Now before you get mad at him, he did, of course, quantify that no one knows, and no one can predict the course of the disease exactly yada yada [i]BUT,[/i] he thinks

Encouraging news in this abstract from CLL/SLL researchers at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, for those with aggressive/complex karyotype CLL/SLL* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39243299 The abstract, with my emphasis; [i]Accelerated

I was just diagnosed last week. Wbc of 14 and alc of 8.8 - no symptoms or lymphadenopathy. My tests were just completed and everything seemed very favorable except one thing. The good was low ldh (138), low B2M (1.79), low CRP (.05mg/dl), only 13q14 deletion on FISH (everything else normal on that

Hi greetings to everyone. I was Dx two years ago per the only one test of Flow Cytometry, still in W&W, seeing GP and hematologist/oncologist every three months. In my last visit to the clinic on July 3, the NP found two more larger lymph nodes about 1/2 inch in diameter under my chins. Since then

Goid evening, I visited a local hematologist this week, not my MPN specialist, due to non coverage and he suggested trying combo of Hydroxyurea and Anagrelide. Has anyone used this combination for treatment of ET? Also, maybe (2) 81 mg baby aspirin/ day to counteract the ever increasing platelets which

I was advised to ring if not heard about Allele burden results in 2 weeks. just had a call a week after test . Allele burden 5. Which is good… We discussed my concern. About elevated. LDH . Seems the my chart lay out causes alarm with lots of patients as it appears to be highest result (yellow

Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed this October. My current WBC is around 15,000. I am Del 13q and mutated, so good markers. My 3 month blood draw actually showed a slight decrease in WBC, however for the third draw in a row my RBC and HGB have gone down. HGB is low end of normal and RBC is slightly

Hello, I have had Behcet's disease for 10 years, which does not respond to treatment, and after treatment with infliximab and mycophenolate mofetil, I have perianal fistula, skin abscesses, severe heartburn, cystitis, prostatitis, night sweats, inguinal lymphadenopathy, and weight loss. ... I have become

My wife is having a nagging health issue that is still unidentified, only visible thing is I have chronic inflammation and iron deficiency anemia but my other tests are normal like Ana test, HPLC TEST, LDH, LFT, KFT, cholesterol, thyroid, hba1c and fasting blood suger everything is normal only lower

I am coming up on the one year of my wife's passing. On this day last year, she was sitting in her hospital bed eating frozen fruit. She was at 99% Sat with 1l of O2, and the plan was to turn it off in the morning. LFT's bang on Normal. Indirect Billi is still high, direct normal. Albumin low Plat low

Hello there, I'm a 42-year-old man. I've been experiencing significant anxiety over the past weeks as I'm preparing for a medical check required for a residency visa in a foreign country after about 3 weeks week. I've been feeling fatigued and very tired, so I decided to have a general blood test before

Information in Bio Hoping to try a PARP inhibitor or Provenge perhaps, I don’t know much about this, but my medical oncologist keeps mentioning pluvicto, I’m not interested in doing that yet. Information from Bio below: Diagnosed 07/01/2022 Diagnosed By PSA Score 942.40 06/24-2022-07/06/2022

Hi All, I was recently taking Dexamethasone and have started a new medication called Belzutifan. I have stopped from Tuesday 19th November 2024. I had a Liver blood test done on Tuesday 19th November 2024 and normally I am in normal range for everything please see below my blood test results is

As some of you have posted about previously, today I also entered the NIH natural history study for CLL. The visit was good, efficient and pretty painless. Getting on the campus was straightforward only requiring a driver's license and a pre-registration with the CLL team that was seen by security.

I’m only on second round of six total. So far, labs are looking good except LDH is slightly higher than normal. I, like you, ask my oncologist for info. Mostly, I focus on how am I doing today…. What’s my energy level, status of my hands and feet (hand and foot syndrome for which I use Voltaren

I earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Worked in Silicon Valley for several years and managed to join a start up company prior to it going public that was very successful. During 2015 I started seeing a Naturopathic doctor and became impressed with

ON PET SCAN THEY FOUND 3 stating not psma avid on MRI stating they are psma avid How bad is this ? PSA went from in a month 0.77 to 3.61 PSA al Range May 2, 2024 3.61 ng/mL 3.61ng/mL <=3.99 ng/mL <=3.99 ng/mL Apr 4, 2024 0.77 ng/mL 0.77ng/mL <=3.99 ng/mL <=3.99 ng/mL Mar 7, 2024 0.4 ng

Hello, I haven’t posted before. My 44-year-old husband was diagnosed 2 years ago. He has been in watch and wait. We just met with his oncologist. His other blood counts are relatively stable, just increasing at a low rate. But his LDH has steadily increased the last 3 tests and is elevated. His oncologist

Hello Family, I am on my 8th week of pegasys treatment which I seem to be tolerating well @ 45mcg. I am also in the process of seen an MPN Specialist in few weeks who has ordered bloods tests including LDH . I had a BMB 8 weeks ago and waiting results for same which is nerve wrecking. Do I have