Am I the only one that had an LP and did NOT have blood work done at the same time?

I now understand that I needed to have blood work done at the same time or the LP doesn't mean much. My neuro just doesn't seam to have he's act together.

I only ever had bloodwork....never got an LP.

I don't recall having blood work done with my LP either - but like you - I think it was your post on the other board where I learned that you should have both done at the same time....

That was the first I had heard of that.

Snoodles...

They didn't draw any blood work at all before or after your LP??????

The only way to see if there is an immune response in the CSF is to compare it to a sample from the blood. If there are any O-Bands in the CSF, that result has to be compared to the blood. If there are the same number, then it is normal. If there are 2 or more bands in the CSF not present in the blood, then that is diagnostically important. Other diseases can cause O-Bands in the CSF, but if the rest of your clinical picture is indicative of MS, that could be the final piece of the puzzle.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! A good explanation!!

There is blood work and there is THAT BLOODWORK done in conjunction with the LP/ST. Different, very different!

We all get loads of bloodwork for mimics etc, but this blood work is a very different animal and might well be the defining piece in your puzzle.

I have had 4 LPs all with bloodwork, and for one the LP was actually delated till the orders for the bloodwork showed up...the Radiologist refused to proceed til then, said it would be a waste of time and unfair to me.

Ooops, need to introduce myself soon...I'm a stowaway from that other place.

Tante

OMG, all of that sounds so aweful! I hope they don't "have" to redo yours! I'm just going to do the happy dance with BG that I never had to get an LP.

My LP didn't have a blood test with it. My bloodwork, and lots of it, came weeks afterwards.

I had my LP and MRI on the same day, if I recall correctly. I had already had the blood work done prior to the LP and MRI.

My case was a bit odd, in that I was diagnosed on the same day I went for my MRI, however.

I had bloodwork about a week before my LP but not the same day.