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Onomatopoeia 109 points 12 days ago

See a doctor - this ain't normal

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IEatCeleryAt7Degrees 14 points 12 days ago
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chunes 50 points 12 days ago

Get used to that. Doctors didn't care about any of my symptoms until I could no longer walk. They only care about what they can see

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IEatCeleryAt7Degrees -2 points 12 days ago

It's not about what they can see. I've had bloodwork done, and I've seen the lab results for myself since I requested to have them printed. I'm no longer going to pursue this because at this point it'll be like I'm a hypochondriac unhealthily obsessed with her health. I've got other things to do in my life. I just need to get on with it and cope with it.

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chunes 38 points 12 days ago

Surely you must understand that the most basic blood tests can't find everything that can be wrong. There are thousands of tests

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IEatCeleryAt7Degrees -7 points 12 days ago

Off the top of my head, without getting my magazine-thickness stack of lab result papers I had them print out, I've had TSH, hb1ac, potassium, sodium, urea, LH, FSH, prolactin, DHEA, testosterone, androgens, b12, folate, ferritin, full blood count, full white cell count, IgA, calcium, estrogen, ca-125, cholesterol, etc tested.

My white cells have been low since the testing began, but I was told this is normal because as you age your immune system declines.

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prism 24 points 12 days ago

The standard lab ranges are defined by “at least some people don’t show symptoms of deficiencies or issues or etc at these levels,” not “everyone is guaranteed to be fine in these ranges.” I was “in range” with B12 until I started developing nerve damage from a deficiency of it, with years of symptoms leading up to it that were ignored because I was “in range.” I was “in range” with folate, because the standard lab tests inactive folic acid and not active folate. I was “in range” with ferritin, and yet had significant improvement from taking more iron. I was “in range” with potassium and then ended up in the ER multiple times from hypokalaemia so bad that I could barely move.

You get the idea. “In range” is not the same as “will get no benefit from supplementing it,” but it’s the kind of thing that ideally is done with proper medical assistance if you think you’re deficient in things.

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