Re: Hannah & all- my latest test results-another autoimmune disease?

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Good plan Shelia! I swear sometimes doctors are so clueless... it really makes the most sense till you get to a doctor you trust 100% and educate yourself as best you can as well.

Last night I had my first appt with my allergist - good news? I like his nurses. Bad news? He is a complete asshole. As my arm was swelling to the size of a small car... "well I have never seen someone allergic to so many substances so we must be experiencing a large scale false positive" and then he went on to say "I can tell you from experience that your weight is the biggest factor in everything here" Um, moron... I have lost approx. 50 pound this past year while watching my allergies intensify.

So should I find a new allergist? His nurses are really smart and quite nice. And from what I understand I will be seeing them 90% of the time.

And what's the difference between ANA antibodies and Hashi's antibodies? I thought they were the same thing...

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Hi Hannah! sometimes it just amazes me how doctors let things slide.

I did call my endo's office today and talked to the medical assistant. She is the one who goes over lab results with patients (unless it's something serious). Now she had no idea I had a copy of the labs. It's convenient sometimes to work at my PCP's office!

Anyway, she told me everything came back "normal." I said, "what about my ANA antibodies which came back borderline? What does that mean?" She said, "Oh, sometimes that happens. It's normal so everything is fine." I was having a hard time expressing myself because I was so busy at work and because I was nervous. I did as her how do we know it's not indicative of another autoimmune disorder. She said, "well one time I had to test for cancer and it came back positive, but it turns out I didn't have cancer."

Okay...so I'm assuming there was a note from the doc or the nurse practitioner on the front that said to tell the patient everything is normal. Our docs write notes like that. They review all the labs; if everything is okay and normal, they indicate such and the medical assistants call the patients or write letters to them.

Anyway, I decided I don't care. I see my endo in mid-Feb, and I'll ask him about it then. In the meantime, I'm just gonna assume that everything's okay.

Maybe my Hashi's affected the ANA antibodies, or perhaps it was my bronchitis.

Maybe it is the beginning of something else. but I'll get his opinion in 6 weeks. Until then, I am not going to worry or get myself worked up. I have no problem waiting 6 weeks to discuss this. I really don't care because I've got my piggie pills and I feel much better with them!

Hugs, Sheila

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OMG! I would not step foot back into this doctor's office. What a dumba_ _. He's going to be the one running the show, nice nurses or not. ANA is the general test for autoimmune disease (antinuclear antibodies). When this is positive, they usually go on and do specific testing for the specific type of antibodies testing, like for the lupus, for thyroid (thyroid peroxidase is one), rheumatoid factor, etc...

Tx

Re: Hannah & all- my latest test results-another autoimmune disease?

Good plan Shelia! I swear sometimes doctors are so clueless... it really makes the most sense till you get to a doctor you trust 100% and educate yourself as best you can as well.

Last night I had my first appt with my allergist - good news? I like his nurses. Bad news? He is a complete asshole. As my arm was swelling to the size of a small car... "well I have never seen someone allergic to so many substances so we must be experiencing a large scale false positive" and then he went on to say "I can tell you from experience that your weight is the biggest factor in everything here" Um, moron... I have lost approx. 50 pound this past year while watching my allergies intensify.

So should I find a new allergist? His nurses are really smart and quite nice. And from what I understand I will be seeing them 90% of the time.

And what's the difference between ANA antibodies and Hashi's antibodies? I thought they were the same thing...

Hannah Pasisz

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Yea, I am fairly certain I will be seeing my bosses allergist next. I just need time to recover. She has alot of the same weird problems as I do so hopefully he won't only be a nice doctor he'll be able to help me. I am still having horrible fallout from the testing... my arms are still way itchy, I have had a migraine since 1 hour the testing began and my fibro pain is through the roof! I was just weary of getting another co worker recom. for a doctor... the last two have been awful. I'm pretty sure my boss's doc will be good though... she is allergic to nearly everything as I am AND have a rare brain disorder where a few nerves in her brain started attacking the rest. Pretty serious stuff... So if he can handle and treat her well I should be a walk in the park!

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OMG! I would not step foot back into this doctor's office. What a dumba_ _. He's going to be the one running the show, nice nurses or not. ANA is the general test for autoimmune disease (antinuclear antibodies). When this is positive, they usually go on and do specific testing for the specific type of antibodies testing, like for the lupus, for thyroid (thyroid peroxidase is one), rheumatoid factor, etc...

Tx

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Hannah,

I hope this one is " Dr. Right " . The other allergist was a jackass.

Jan

> Yea, I am fairly certain I will be seeing my bosses allergist next.

I just need time to recover. She has alot of the same weird problems

as I do so hopefully he won't only be a nice doctor he'll be able to

help me. I am still having horrible fallout from the testing... my

arms are still way itchy, I have had a migraine since 1 hour the

testing began and my fibro pain is through the roof! I was just weary

of getting another co worker recom. for a doctor... the last two have

been awful. I'm pretty sure my boss's doc will be good though... she

is allergic to nearly everything as I am AND have a rare brain

disorder where a few nerves in her brain started attacking the rest.

Pretty serious stuff... So if he can handle and treat her well I

should be a walk in the park!

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> Hannah Pasisz

> www.starbrightdesigns.net

> My Sales on Ebay: http://tinyurl.com/2cye3

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnderExposed/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenArtistsWork/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LadiesCraftHour/

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>

> OMG! I would not step foot back into this doctor's office. What

a dumba_ _. He's going to be the one running the show, nice nurses

or not. ANA is the general test for autoimmune disease (antinuclear

antibodies). When this is positive, they usually go on and do

specific testing for the specific type of antibodies testing, like

for the lupus, for thyroid (thyroid peroxidase is one), rheumatoid

factor, etc...

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>

> Tx