Thanks for the good wishes. The hematologist said that it would probally come back normal, but I will be relieved to know for sure.
Santana
Some of the tests may be send-outs. Portions of the blood drawn may be sent to other specialty labs across the country. This takes time, and some of the tests themselves sometimes take several days to run. Good luck, and be sure to let us know when you get your results. Hope it's not an inherited factor for you.
Does anyone know why it takes three weeks to get these blood test results back?
Santana
I asked my neuro for the test to rule out clotting problems because of some family history. He ordered some baseline blood test but the lab could not read his orders. I just happened to have an appointment with my primary care doctor last week and told her what happened at the lab. She was going to go ahead and order the test but wasn't sure what the neuro wanted. So she said do you want to just go to a hematologist and a Reumatologist, I can refer you to both. I said yes that will be good. All of my doctors are at the same hospital which is one of the best in Tennessee. It is good to have them all there, that way they have easy access to eachothers records. By the time I got into the exam room with the hematologist he already had my neuro's records and I didn't have to send them to him. That was good for me because I am tired of chasing down records all over the place.
He told me that the lupus coagulant was not for lupus but thanks for explaining the difference to me, that helps a lot. Just keep pushing foward to keep narrowing the possiblities.
Santana
The lupus anticoagulant is not for lupus. It is for clotting, and just has a bad name that was never changed....
Hey Santana! Wow, so glad this Dr is going to put your mind at ease, hopefully. Either way, you'll be able to rule in, or out some of these factors.
Although I was dx'd w/MS last year, a couple flags on some early lab tests have made me want to seek out a hematologist. How did you go about finding yours? Was it referred by your Dr, or did you do your own research.
Sorry I don't have many comments on the tests, although I have had the lupus anticoagulant run, this is the one that flagged on mine. The factors were never run on me as a follow up. Keep us posted!
SL