Thanks for responding. They haven't pursued the finding any further. But here in town, my gp isn't exactly the most thorough. I believe I had an ANA titer at Mayo, I'll have to go pull those records from my files.
Thanks again and I hope you are feeling well.
t.
I just pulled my labs from Mayo. They did a serum ANA with the result being .6 (less than 1.0 considered negative). I'm assuming that since nothing else was noted that "with pattern" wasn't done here. When I was at Mayo they were going to send me to a Rheumatologist but I was running out of time as my insurance was covering 100% until Mar. 1. I opted to see the gastro and endocrinologist instead.
Just thought I'd post back with the ANA results.
I hope you are doing well today.
t.
I have had nonspecific chest pain for going on two years. I have not only chest pain but arm, armpit, jaw and neck (on the left side) discomfort. I have seen 4 cardiologist, had many tests and my heart is fine. The last cardio I saw at the end of our visit said we'd just have to wait for something to present itself. I am just looking back at my labs to see if I can put something together that would be causing this. It is not related to stress (that I can tell) and comes on out of the blue. I've been to many other docs; gastro, pulmonary, endocrine, ob/gyn, allergist and even a chiropractor (bad, bad experience!!).
When it is bad, like today, I have a shortness of breath, tightness around the left side of my chest to my back (under the arm) and just a general "out of sorts" feeling.