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[lizlee]

I wrote on here last week regarding my Medicheck results and was advised to see my doctor , I went and the receptionist took my results in for the Doctor to read ,she came back and told me to come back in the morning and see the Doctor , my luck changed I saw a Locum and she took a look at the results and decided to have a full check up as follows, these are the results I have up to now Serum Vit B12 244ng/L 223 - 1132ng/L

Serum Folate 1.5ug/l 3.9 - 20ug/L

Serum Vitimin D 82nmol/L 50 - 125nmo/L

Total white cell count 15.3x10*9/L 3.5 - 11x10*9/L

Red blood cell count 4.9 10*12/L 3.8-4.851012/L

Haemoglobin estimation 136 g/L 112 - 148g/L

haematocrit 0.43 1/1 0.34 - 451/1

Mean Corpuscular volume (MCV) 86.7fl 80 - 100fl

MCH 27.8pg 26.2 -33.8pg

Platlet count 340x10*9/L 1.8-8x10*9/L

Neutrophil count 10.1x10*9/L* 1.8 - 8x10/9L

Nuculated red blood count 0.01x10*9/L 0-.1x10*9/L

Lymphaocyte count 4.1x10/9L 0 - 4.4x10*9/L

Monocyte count 1x10*9/L* 1.8 - 8x10*/9L

Eosinophil count 0.1x10*9/L .5x10*9/L

Basophil Count 0x10*9/L 0-.3x10*9/L

I cannot contact the surgery until Tuesday next week , there was no message on my answer phone , maybe more test results to come The Locum Doctor wrote these tests she wanted done TFTS B12 Folate Intrinsic factor and parietal cell antibodies. FBC Vitimin D Iron studies and CRP hope you can advise me once more. thank you

[shaws Administrator]

I shall add SeasideSusie into your post as she's so good at interpreting blood tests.

Your locum doctor has to be applauded that she accepted Medichecks results as many doctors don't like private tests but we are forced to do so if we want to get a chance of being well.

[lizlee in reply to shaws]

I agree Shaws my own Doctor would not even take the time to check ,the Locum was very good my doctor only wanted the b12 and Folate rechecked out ,and it was certainly my lucky day the nurse who did the blood tests for me also has hashimotos , so Wednesday was a good day after feeling so down and confused , the reason I paid for Medicheck was my Doctor would not do a B12 or any other vitimin checks for me .

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

lizlee It's good that the locum has ordered those tests

Folate Intrinsic factor and parietal cell antibodies

This follows on your poor folate and B12 and is looking to see if you have Pernicious Anaemia I believe.

FBC Iron studies

I'm not good with these unless they suggest iron deficiciency anaemia which they don't as far as I know, so she may be looking for something else.

CRP

I imagine she wants to see if this has reduced from your previous high result.

Vitimin D 82nmol/L

Unlikely to be prescribed anything for this. The Vit D Council recommend a level of 100-150nmol'L so you might want to buy your own supplement. Come back and tell us what she says, we can suggest a D3 supplement along with it's cofactors.

TFTS

This will be repeating your thyroid function tests. Be aware that rT3 wont be included, the NHS doesn't do it, and I believe they know nothing about rT3.

Platlet count 340x10*9/L 1.8-8x10*9/L

Neutrophil count 10.1x10*9/L* 1.8 - 8x10/9L

Nuculated red blood count 0.01x10*9/L 0-.1x10*9/L

Lymphaocyte count 4.1x10/9L 0 - 4.4x10*9/L

Monocyte count 1x10*9/L* 1.8 - 8x10*/9L

Eosinophil count 0.1x10*9/L .5x10*9/L

Basophil Count 0x10*9/L 0-.3x10*9/L

I can't interpret those I'm afraid, but your Platelet Count result doesn't look right at 340 when the range is 1.8-8. Neutrophil Count shows over range and you've put the same range as Platelet Count, is one of them wrong? Monocyte Count and Eosinophil Count are both below range. You should ask your GP about all of these if no-one else comes along with an interpretation. Or you could look up on labtestsonline.org.uk/under...

[lizlee in reply to SeasideSusie]

Seaside Susie thank you for getting back so quickly , Platelet count should read 340x10*9/L 150-400x10*9L

neutrophil count 10.1x10*9/L* 1.8 - 8x10*9/L

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to lizlee]

So the Platelet Count is within range, but your Neutrophil Count is over range and you should discuss with your GP along with the other out of range results.

[lizlee in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you Seaside Susie ,I will try and get an appointment next week ,i thought they may have rang me because they must have read the results if I have them on my computer.