Worried about Blood Work

Jan 16, 2009

Well I followed up  with my surgeon thorugh all of the visits as well as having blood work done at 3 mos and 6 mos and everything was good.  I went to my primary care dr and she wanted to check my cholesterol levels as they had been elevated and she was thinking as I was that they were coming down.  Well that was not the case so she started me on cholesterol meds.  I have had a problem in the past with any of the statins giving me leg cramps well this one didn't and I thought everything was fine.  So after a month she checked my levels and they were very elevated.  This was righ after Thanksgiving.  So she had me come back in in two weeks to have them redrawn which of course I did and the blood work showed that the levels were still elevated but coming down.  She said lets get some more blood work in two weeks which was this last Monday.  She kept saying she did not think it was the choleterol meds but due to my having surgery and the pain meds that could elevate it.  Well the levels were still up and even higher than the one done about 6 weeks ago so I had to go back and have more blood work done.  So now I am sitting and waiting for a call from her regarding the results.  This is very worrisome as I have never had a problem.  She did tell me to stop taking the pain meds my orthopedic gave me and she wrote a prescription for something that doesn't have any tylenol in it and I am to stop taking the cholesterol meds; which of course I did.  She has asked me each time she has called if I am yellow or have any belly pain.  I haven't had any of these symptoms so I find it strange that my liver levels are so out of whack.  She even sent the blood work to the same lab my surgeon uses to check the results.  I am justing having faith that everything is going to be okay.  She did tell me that if this blood work comes back abnormal that she is going to send me to see a specialist. 

I have every confidence in my primary care dr as she was the one who encouraged me to have the surgery and has been one of my biggest supporters as she knows how much it means to me to get this weight off after my fall several years ago.  Heres to praying everything is going to be okay; with as much blood as they have taken I would not be surprised to be told that my Hb is low.

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