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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--"you've been tested for everything under the sun", do you have copies of the results of all those tests, and can you share them with us?
Forgive my skepticism, but when people say that, we often find that what they've been tested for is what their doctors can think of, which is often not as extensive as it can be.
That's part of the reason Liza Jane created her neuro testing spreadsheets (with input from many others here) to help people track test results over time, and to suggest tests that docs don't always think of. It's the most comprehensive list of possibilites I know:
www.lizajane.org
Far too many of us have been through what has been termed "comprehensive" testing only to find out it really wasn't that comprehenisve. Of course, we do recognize that there may be time and monetary/insurance considerations in attempting to gothrough even a subset of what's on the spreadsheets, but the fact remains that finding a neuropathy cause is often a long, arduous process of elimination. |
These are the results I have on hand
Folate RBC - 498
Hematocrit - 43.2
Immunoselect Serum : IFF Serum - 928 IGM-Serum - 108
IGA Serum - 323
Total Protein - 7.10
Albumin - 4.28
Alpah-1 - .30
Alpha-2 - .82
BETA - .79
Gamma - .92
Sodium - 139
Potassium Serum - 3.6
Chloride serum - 100
Carbon Dioxide - 24
Blucose (fasting 24 hour) - 74
Urea Nitrogen - 10
Bilirubin Total - 1.8 (have gilberts disease)
Calcium - 9.6
AST - 22
ALT - 22
Alkaline Phostp. - 63
Total Protein - 7.3
Albumin - 4.9
Globulin - 2.4
Iron Serum - 70
Uric Acid Serum- 6.7
Creatinine - .8
TSH - 3.73
Westergren Sed -3
ANA W/Titer - Negative
Rheumatoid Factor - 7
CBC (w.differential)
WBC - 5.5
RBC - 5.35
Hemoglobin - 15.8
Hematocrit - 45.7
Mean Corpuscular Volume - 85.4
Mean Corpuscular HGB - 29.5 W/Concentrn - 34.6
Red Cell Distribution Width - 12.1
Mean Platelet Volume - 10.3
Platelet Count - 207
Neutrophils - 49.7
Neutrophil Absolute -2.75
Lymphocytes - 32.4
Lymphocyte Absolute - 1.79
Monocytes - 14.3
Monocyte Absolute - .79
Eosinophils - 3.4
Eosinophil Absolute - .19
Basophils - .2
Basophils Absolute - .01
Lipid Panel
Total Cholesterol - 164
Trigycerides - 75
HDL - 57
LDL - 92
VLDL - 15
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio 2.88
EMG/NCV Impressions
Left/Right Peroneal Motor Amplitude Is Reduced at the Fibular Head. I Suspect Peroneal Neuropathy At The Fibular Head. Absent Medial Plantar Sensory Latencies Suggest Small Fiber Neuropathy.
ECG
Sinus tachycardia - 119 BPM
MRI Cervical W/Wo Contrast
C4-C5 Slight Dehydration, There is minimal broad posterior bulging. Central canal and neural foramina are within normal limits.
IMPRESSIONS - No significant dis herniation or central canal stenosis. No abnormality or enhancement of the cervical cord is identified.
SSEP
Don't have sheet here with me, test was withing normal limits!
Brain MRI
Don't have report either, nothing out of ordinary.