Re: This week's blood tests

[Guest guest]

What about your PSA?

Positive Dennis

Alan Pater wrote:

>Hi All,

>

>My blood tests done this week seemed overall improved from those exactly a

>week earlier. Being out of the health care system seems to have given me

>more of the ON part of CRON. Still, there were some negative aspects to

>them.

>

>For my electrolytes:

>

>Chloride was 90 versus 95-110 reference range.

>Blood urea nitrogen and creatinine were okay.

>Liver proteins were fine.

>Total cholesterol remained like last week 3.66 versus 4-5.2

>Triglycerides remained low like last week at 0.35 versus 0.4-1.9.

>LDL was lower going from 2.36 to now 2.27 versus 1.68-3.4.

>So, my total cholesterol/HDL ratio improved from 3.24 to 2.95.

>

>For my cell blood counts:

>

>Most things remained very low as usual for me and my hemoglobin was the

>highest in many long years.

>Not much else had changes except that my neutrophils dropped to the all-time

>low obtained only once before recently of 0.6 versus 2.0-7.5.

>

>I have been advised by my doctor to go on long-term disability due to the

>low neutrophils and working in a hospital building.

>

>Cheers, Al.

>

>Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL

>A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email:

>apater@...

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dennis De Jarnette wrote:

What about your PSA?

Positive Dennis

Alan Pater wrote:

>Hi All,

>

>My blood tests done this week seemed

overall improved from those exactly a

>week earlier. ........

Hi Dennis and Al,

The last time checked in July 2001 my PSA (prostate specific antigen) marker

that is increased with greater risk of prostate cancer was:

reference range 0-4.0 and my value 0.3.

Cheers, Al.

Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL

A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email:

apater@...

[Guest guest]

I am jealous, i was wondering what Cron would do to PSA. Obviously yours

os so low that you san not comment on this.

Positive dennis

Alan Pater wrote:

Dennis De Jarnette wrote:

What about your PSA?

Positive Dennis

Alan Pater wrote:

Hi All,

My blood tests done this week seemed

overall improved from those exactly a

week earlier. ........

Hi Dennis and Al,

The last time checked in July 2001 my PSA (prostate specific antigen) marker

that is increased with greater risk of prostate cancer was:

reference range 0-4.0 and my value 0.3.

Cheers, Al.

Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL

A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email:

apater@...