Guest guest Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Noreen, the highest mine has been is in the 40 - 50 mm/hr range. I wish I could work in a lab or have one in my basement. I'd be running all kinds of tests for fun. Some of the ones I want to experiment with require radioactive materials, so I probably would either get cancer or have Homeland Security at my door in no time. I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] RA titer > My RA titer was 86. I don't think though, that the titer actually is an > indication of the severity of the disease. Is that correct and a? > Since a person can have RA and be seronegative, the actual number probably > is not that significant. > > I'm a lab tech, and whenever I'm having a bad day, I run a sed rate. (perks > for working in the lab, if you consider getting blood taken a perk). > Even when I've been feeling really sore, the highest my sedrate has been is > about 36. Sed rates of course, are only an indication of some sort of > inflammation, and are not specific to RA, but since I've seen many people > who have sedrates in the 90's to 100's, I have developed great sympathy. > If I " m having a flare at 36, people with those extremely elevated levels, > need to be commended for being able to move at all. So my question is, how > high have others sed rates been? Of course not everyone is nuts like me, and > had blood drawn on a whim, but if you have results, I'm curious. > > Noreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 LOL, . Now if I could do any test I wanted, I'd probably have radioactive tests too. I can only sneak the ones we do in house, which is limited. Sed rates are one I can do without wasting too much reagent and not getting in trouble, so it's easy. Noreen [ ] RA titer > My RA titer was 86. I don't think though, that the titer actually is an > indication of the severity of the disease. Is that correct and a? > Since a person can have RA and be seronegative, the actual number probably > is not that significant. > > I'm a lab tech, and whenever I'm having a bad day, I run a sed rate. (perks > for working in the lab, if you consider getting blood taken a perk). > Even when I've been feeling really sore, the highest my sedrate has been is > about 36. Sed rates of course, are only an indication of some sort of > inflammation, and are not specific to RA, but since I've seen many people > who have sedrates in the 90's to 100's, I have developed great sympathy. > If I " m having a flare at 36, people with those extremely elevated levels, > need to be commended for being able to move at all. So my question is, how > high have others sed rates been? Of course not everyone is nuts like me, and > had blood drawn on a whim, but if you have results, I'm curious. > > Noreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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