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Pre-op bloodwork came back
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 490724" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">Okay, thank you all.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">My surgery is scheduled for January 9th for a total knee replacement (lots of bleeding, a transfusion is not uncommom).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">My iron and folate levels are fine - so iron supplements will not change anything.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">Low RBC and WBC can be indicative of an autoimmuno deficiency based on what I've read so far and, being an asthmatic, it would not be surprising if that were the cause. Plus, I do take a couple of medications that may skew things. However, I am concerned about this.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">Cholesterol I should be able to handle with diet (and once I heal from the knee replacement, movement). I would not take medications for that as the levels aren't through the roof high (total 216, LDL 141 - controllable). </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">My Dr isn't concerned about the cholesterol - she feels that once I've healed I can begin exercising and for now I can cut fats and sugars out of the diet, no biggie. She is concerned with the anemia mostly because it is not caused by an iron deficiency - so she had me redo that part of the test. I am hoping the numbers are better this time around; we did use a different lab. The first test was a fasting test as it was very comprehensive, but this second one didn't need to be fasting as it won't change the CBC.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thanks again!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 490724, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#006400][SIZE=2]Okay, thank you all. My surgery is scheduled for January 9th for a total knee replacement (lots of bleeding, a transfusion is not uncommom). My iron and folate levels are fine - so iron supplements will not change anything. Low RBC and WBC can be indicative of an autoimmuno deficiency based on what I've read so far and, being an asthmatic, it would not be surprising if that were the cause. Plus, I do take a couple of medications that may skew things. However, I am concerned about this. Cholesterol I should be able to handle with diet (and once I heal from the knee replacement, movement). I would not take medications for that as the levels aren't through the roof high (total 216, LDL 141 - controllable). My Dr isn't concerned about the cholesterol - she feels that once I've healed I can begin exercising and for now I can cut fats and sugars out of the diet, no biggie. She is concerned with the anemia mostly because it is not caused by an iron deficiency - so she had me redo that part of the test. I am hoping the numbers are better this time around; we did use a different lab. The first test was a fasting test as it was very comprehensive, but this second one didn't need to be fasting as it won't change the CBC. Thanks again![/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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