Will the lab REALLY call the doctor on a weekend if lab results are dangerous?!?
The woman at the lab assured me that if the results were way off, the lab would contact the doctor even though it is the weekend (and then the doctor would contact me). It's almost 2pm Saturday, though, and I have heard nothing, so i am wondering if the LabCorp people will REALLY call the doctor on a weekend... or if they have even processed the bloodwork yet, for that matter.
Any of you folks in the medical field have any idea?
I did not take my coumadin yesterday or today, but I have several really big and/or dark purple bruises (for no known reason), a scratch from the puppy's toenail that was barely deep enough to draw blood now has a large very black scab on it, and I have a large lump on the top of my forearm that is not discolored, but hurts like a bruise and is making it painful to move my wrist or thumb. Classic symptoms that the PT/INR are way too high... and I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and go to the ER rather than wait for a call from teh doctor that might never come. I hate the ER... but with the bleeding symptoms that I can see, I worry about the remote possibility of internal ones that I cannot see.
Lora
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I noticed a new bruise appearing on the palm of my hand (the pad of my thumb), so if I don't hear anything by this evening I think I'll have to go to the ER.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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Just wanted to say that I'm glad your back and I've missed seeing you around the board. I'm sorry you are still having so many health problems. I agree about going to the ER if you don't hear from your doc, especially with the increased bruising. And I hate the ER too. Been there too much.
Good luck!
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Jan
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I'm going to have a hot bubble bath and then go to the ER this morning, though. Maybe they will be less busy on a Sunday morning.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.