Sunday, March 18, 2012

Dr. appointment at TVC 3-13-12 TAKE TWO!

SO I TRIED DOING IT ALL ON ONE POST, BUT MY COMPUTER WANTED TO BE ITS OWN SELF. SO HERES TAKE TWO. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MY NIECE AND I GOT UP EARLY, GOT DRESSED AND WE HEADED OUT THE DOOR TO GET BREAKFAST BEFORE WE WENT TO NASHVILLE. MYKENZIE CHOSE KRYSTALS FOR BREAKFAST (I TRIED MAKING THIS DAY ALL ABOUT HER AS MUCH AS I COULD.) AFTER BREAKDRAST WE HEADED TO NASHVILLE. BLESS HER HEART, SHE TALKED MY EARS OFF, ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. MY PCP OFFICE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SENT A NEW REFERREL INTO VANDERBILT FOR INSURANCE REASONS. I WAS INFORMED THAT IF THEY DONT GET IT THEN I WOULD HAVE TO  RESCHEDULE MY APPOINTMENT. (UH
UHH!!! NOT HAPPENING)
NOW AFTER WAITING FOR DR. DANIELS OFFICE TO FINALLY OPEN, I GOT IN TOUCH
WITH THE LADY THAT "FAXED IT IN 5 TIMES" AND GOT HER TO DO IT 3 MORE TIMES, AND FINALLY AFTER GIVING HER ANOTHER NUMBER SHE FINALLY GOT IT TO GO THROUGH.
I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS GETTING ON THE SCALE, BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST SUMMER. BUT TO MY SURPRISE IM BACK TO MY SAME WEIGHT THAT I WAS AT BEFORE I GOT SUPER SKINNY. DR. PERRI TOLD ME SOME INTERESTING THINGS. I TOLD HIM THAT HIS OFFICE WAS SO COLD YOU COULD HANG A HOG, AND ALSO I HAVENT HAD MY LITTLE MONTHLY FRIEND SINCE SEPTEMBER. HE SAYS ITS
 FROM THE LIVER DISEASE, AND THATS WHY I STAY COLD. ALSO LIVER DISEASE MAKES LITTLE THING LIKE THAT JUST SORTA GO AWAY, BUT AFTER TRANSPLANT, UNFORTUNATELY COME BACK. I HAD NO IDEA :p
THAT THEN BROUGHT UP THE TOPIC OF GETTING MY TUBES TIED, CAUSE THIS MAMA(POINTS TO SELF) AINT HAVING NO MORE BABIES!!!
JUST MY LUCK I CANT HAVE IT DONE, BECAUSE ITS TOO RISKY TO BE PUT TO SLEEP. EVEN THOUGH ITS A VERY MINOR OPERATION, ITS STILL TOO DANGEROUS. SO HE IS GOING TO TALK TO ONE OF HIS HIGH RISK OB/GYN's  TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOME OTHER LESS INVASIVE PROCEDURE.
SURE HOPE SO.
OH BY THE WAY. THE LABS ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD. AND I HAVE TO SEND IN ANOTHER REFERREL SO I CAN MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FOR THREE MONTHS FROM NOW.

Dr. appointment at TVC 3-13-12

I am just gonna go ahead and start this blog off with the same old "boring lab results" (its ok, I still have a hard time understanding them!).

CBC
 WBC: 2.0* thou/uL (3.9-10.7) Hemoglobin Blood: 9.4* g/dL (11.8-16.0) PCV BLOOD: 29* % (36-43) PLATELET COUNT: 38* thou/uL (135-371) Red Blood Cells: 3.01* mil/uL (4.00-5.50) MCV: 96 fL (81-98) MCH: 31.2 pg (27.0-32.0) Mean Corpuscle Hemoglobin Concentration: 32.5 g/dL (31.0-35.0) RDWSD: 53.4* fL (37.4-52.4) Red Blood Cells Width Distribution: 15.7* % (11.1-14.3)

DIFFERENTIAL
 NUCLEATED RBC: 0 /100_WBC NUCLEATED RBC#: 0.00 thou/mL
   
COAG
 PATIENT (PT): 19.0* sec (11.8-14.5) INR: 1.7 
 
BMP  
Sodium Blood: 139 mEq/L (135-145) Potassium Blood: 4.2 mEq/L (3.3-4.8) Chloride Blood: 112* mEq/L (95-105) Carbon Dioxide Blood: 23 mmol/L (23-30) Urea Nitrogen Blood: 7 mg/dL (5-25) Creatinine Blood: 0.77 mg/dL (0.70-1.50) eGFR: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2 eGFRAA: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2 Glucose Blood: 83 mg/dL (70-110) Calcium Blood: 8.6 mg/dL (8.5-10.5) AN-GAP: 4

CMP
 PROTEIN TOTAL BLOOD: 6.2 g/dL (6.1-8.4) ALBUMIN BLOOD: 3.0* g/dL (3.5-5.0) BILIRUBIN TOTAL BLOOD: 2.1* mg/dL (0.2-1.2) ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLD: 96 U/L (40-110) AST: 52* U/L (4-40) ALT: 31 U/L (4-40)
   
 
ROUTE
CHEMISTRY Bilirubin Conjugated: 0.5* mg/dL (0.0-0.3)  
 
 

Monday, March 5, 2012

2-29-12 labs....no med change yet?

CBC
  WBC: 1.3* thou/uL (3.9-10.7)
    Hemoglobin Blood: 9.9* g/dL (11.8-16.0)
PCV BLOOD: 31* % (36-43)
    PLATELET COUNT: 39* thou/uL (135-371)
    Red Blood Cells: 3.31* mil/uL (4.00-5.50)
    MCV: 92 fL (81-98)   
MCH: 29.9 pg (27.0-32.0)

DIFFERENTIAL
 NUCLEATED RBC: 0 /100_WBC
    NUCLEATED RBC#: 0.00 thou/mL 
 
COAGULATION  
 PATIENT (PT): 18.8* sec (11.8-14.5)
    INR: 1.6
  
BASIC METABOLIC PANEL
 Sodium Blood: 137 mEq/L (135-145)
    Potassium Blood: 4.2 mEq/L (3.3-4.8)
    Chloride Blood: 111* mEq/L (95-105)
    Carbon Dioxide Blood: 25 mmol/L (23-30)
    Urea Nitrogen Blood: 5 mg/dL (5-25)
Creatinine Blood: 0.62* mg/dL (0.70-1.50)   
eGFR: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2   
eGFRAA: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2
    Glucose Blood: 75 mg/dL (70-110)
    Calcium Blood: 8.4* mg/dL (8.5-10.5)
    AN-GAP: 1 
 
COMPLETE METABOLIC PANEL 
PROTEIN TOTAL BLOOD: 6.3 g/dL (6.1-8.4)
    ALBUMIN BLOOD: 2.9* g/dL (3.5-5.0)
    BILIRUBIN TOTAL BLOOD: 1.8* mg/dL (0.2-1.2)
    ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLD: 83 U/L (40-110)
    AST: 42* U/L (4-40)
    ALT: 27 U/L (4-40)


CURRENT MELD SCORE = 14. SO FAR SO GOOD. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MY LABS LOOK GOOD, FOR ME. THEY STILL HAVENT CALLED TO DECREASE THE PREDNISONE. MAYBE TODAY? (WHO KNOWS). I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE 13TH OF THIS MONTH TO SEE DR. PERRI. IM HOPING I CAN COME OFF THE PREDNISONE COMPLETELY BY THEN. BOY WOULD THAT BE NICE.

ERIN