Re: Quick ? - Lab Work...Sharon

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Sharon, I have all the symptoms of Sjogren's but not the positive

blood work. I had a tear test done and my eyes are extremely dry - I

think normal is 20+ and mine were around 5. They were tested before

I had Lasik surgery in 1998, 1 year before I got the implants and

they were completely normal. Since getting the implants out I'm not

nearly as thirsty and my eyes aren't as blurry and seem to be a

little better. I'll be getting them tested again in a few months

since I'm on the medicine Plaquenil for Rheumatoid Arthritis and it

can damage the color rods in the eyes. Nice, huh? The cure may

leave me color blind.

Pam

--- In , " Dave & Patty " <fdp3@c...>

wrote:

> Sharon,

> I don't know if you got a reply to this letter or not, (sorry, I am

trying to catch up!), but I know had a high ANA that

eventually went back to normal after explant. I know these test

results can be scary, but have faith that you can try to get your

health back to normal regardless of what they say about autoimmune

diseases being incurable--you just need to get explanted and take

some serious steps toward detoxing and rebuilding your immune

system. I am so sorry about this ANA stuff, darn, but it does happen

with implants! If only the medical field would just admit it and

start doing something about this to make implants safer...

> Let us know how you are coming in your search for a good explanting

doc...

> Patty

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: northwoods7380

>

> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:27 PM

> Subject: Quick ? - Lab Work

>

>

> Hi, heard from my Doc...all of last sessions blood work came back

> normal (Calcium, Lymes, B12....etc.) EXCEPT an ENA Antibody screen

> (different from ANA). Normal range is 0-20, mine was 195! My

Doc

> saw it on her computer, but I should be getting a call from the

> Rhuem. dr I saw. She said its an automatic send out to another

lab

> to check for Scleroderma and/or Sjogrens...I seem to have all the

> symptoms for the Sjogrens. I know these 2 are often associated

with

> implants. Have any of you had this test done? Were your results

> high? Did you have symptoms of either of these diseases?

> Thanks,

> Sharon