Another Update Sqad...pdate.i Was Wondering If Anyone Else Has Had Trouble With Their Gland Under The Arm?

[lilacben]

Have had results from x ray and all ok..no sign of bone/shadow or anything that shouldnt be.. Had more bloods yesterday for the pottassium. Today doctor has requested more blood tests to check for muscle inflammation? think that was it ...he did tell me the name but cannot remember what it was. Although he did say it would take at least three weeks to get the results back? Still pain under arm and around to the back. as I said to thr doctor sometimes it feels like a trapped nerve and it makes me jump then I have to move around to get comfortable... Many thanks for all the replies I have had. Brenda xx

[Sqad]

Thanks for the update.
It sounds like a fibromyalgia problem rather than anything sinister which from the start we thought was unlikely

[lilacben]

Thankyou sqad,, I am beginning to think my doctor has relatives in transylvania with all this blood.! Nurse couldnt get more than half a vail yesterday in one arm and the other after much prodding produced one.! Brenda xx

[lilacben]

sqad, can you think of what these blood test are called.? He said the name but I cannot remember it. He also said becasue my bloods where not right before and after chitsmas he wondered if it had anything to do with that.? thankyou xx

[Mamyalynne]

Probably Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) - one of the commoner ones to check for inflammation.

I have one a couple of times a year.

Hope they get to the root of your discomfort.

[Sqad]

lilac....they could be anti-nuclear antibodies.

Does that ring a bell?

[Sqad]

Yepp......mamy os correct....it could be ESR.

[lilacben]

Thankyou mamy.
Sorry Sqad that doesnt ring a bell either? x

[Mamyalynne]

Well, your answer sounds far more well informed than mine.

[Mamyalynne]

C-reactive protein (CRP) ?

[Sqad]

Try "C-reactive protein" for size....

[Mamyalynne]

Snap!

[lilacben]

Snap you are both of the same mind....but sadly not that one either.? Sorry xx

[Sqad]

Blood muscle enzyme levels........that is my lot.

[boxtops]

Next time you see the doc, lilac, write it down - we are intrigued to know now...

[Mamyalynne]

Creatine Phosphokinase Test (CPK)


Aldolase Test


Yes, write it down, we need to know.

[pixie373]

Rheumatoid factor?

[slaney]

Creatine Kinase CK ...
http://labtestsonline.org.uk/understanding/analytes/ck/tab/test/

[lilacben]

Ok my mind has overloaded and prehaps the last one is it? However when I go on thurday I will ask and writ it down I promise. I am really curious.. one thing why would any of these tests take three weeks to come through? as other bloods come within a few hours or day.?