Lanesra
17-11-11, 12:38
Just had my blood test results back and was told that some of my results were "ok" but my doctor wants to see me about my high sedimentation rate and wants me to have another blood test in 4 weeks to keep an eye on my high white blood cell count :-( Due to the nature of my surgery's appointment system you have to ring up on the morning you want the appointment so I can't book until tomorrow so have to try and keep my anxiety at bay for today.
One of my biggest fears is Leukaemia so naturally when I heard 'high blood cell count' I started to panic.
I read that high sedimentation means that you have inflammation somewhere in the body which could be caused by infections, cancers or arthritis. Naturally my eyes fell to the 'C' word despite knowing that I had food poisoning a week and a half ago and the white cells and sedimentation could be caused by that?
I can deal with waiting for the docs appointment tomorrow but 4 weeks for the blood test? I'm tempted to ask for the highest dose of Citalopram as is possible!
One of my biggest fears is Leukaemia so naturally when I heard 'high blood cell count' I started to panic.
I read that high sedimentation means that you have inflammation somewhere in the body which could be caused by infections, cancers or arthritis. Naturally my eyes fell to the 'C' word despite knowing that I had food poisoning a week and a half ago and the white cells and sedimentation could be caused by that?
I can deal with waiting for the docs appointment tomorrow but 4 weeks for the blood test? I'm tempted to ask for the highest dose of Citalopram as is possible!