Not sure I trust my doctors or my blood tests... advice?

[jules0160]

Hi everyone, I've had chronic symptoms for awhile and I feel like very few people are listening to me. I've missed 25+ days of school so far this year from various illnesses. I had pneumonia in the fall, mono in January, strep three weeks ago, and countless viruses and infections in between. I've gone to my primary care doctor at least five times since the beginning of the month, and they're just as dismissive each time. Now, it wouldn't be the first time, as it took them years upon years, a gastro specialist, and an endoscopy for them to diagnose me with acid reflux. Personally, I find this relatively ridiculous, considering the amount of people affected by the condition. Anyways, between my frequent illness and constant symptoms, I started looking into different diseases and conditions that matched up. Quite a few did. I may have become quite the hypochondriac in this time, but I truly did match up with some. I was especially wary of immunodeficiency disorders, given my record. An immunodeficiency disorder that matched perfectly? Leukemia. Of course, I knew it wasn't certain or anything, but I am sure there must be something wrong. Eventually, I got my doctor to do a blood test on a Friday. They said it'd be back Monday. Well, I  called everyday that week, every time they said they'd call the lab and call back later that day. Well, it took very much emphasis and on Friday that I was still sick for them to get them. I went in that day to be examined because, like I said, I'm still sick. They said I was fine and the only abnormality on the blood test was the mono I had in January. Later that day, a nurse called my house to say the mono was positive, in which we said they already told us. She responded, saying somebody entered something or the other in wrong.

This got me thinking, in order for a blood test to be accurate, the machinery must be accurate, lab technicians and the doctors on my end must do everything correctly, and it must be free of clerical errors. So, does anybody how accurate the tests actually are? I'm not sure what it could be, but I truly feel that there is something else, and that my doctors are dismissing my symptoms, after all, it wouldn't be the first time. Any advice or stories of similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.

[putonajacket]

I've had trouble with doctors being dismissive too, it's annoying but you have to remember they're dealing with a lot of people, like people who come in for a sick visit after 2 days with a cold and ask for antibiotics. I know a pediatrician that gets that constantly. That's no excuse for being dismissive, though.
You could also check your diet. It's unlikely it would cause this much trouble, but you know the classic vitamin c immune system boost. That could help, but probably not much.
As for the tests, they are very accurate, although it depends on what they're testing for. Usually stuff like liver function and deficiencies(Probably what they tested for) are very accurate. And it's unlikely that something got mucked up in the actual results. Anything that would be inaccurate would probably be due to an error in the time from when the results were read to when you personally got them back. Do you know specifically what they tested you for?  If they did a thorough test for everything, then they probably tested for some cancers that cause immunity issues. If they didn't you can ask them for something like that.

Good luck (I'm not an MD, but I have a lot of experience with doctors and medical testing and whatnot. Don't take anything I say as definite)