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Re: Useless Doctors
I have just had another blood sample taken today.
What alarms me about this testing process is the fact that when I phoned yesterday for last week's test results I was told that the anaemia test done last week was negative, and if I had not done research on the subject I would have just accepted that and stuggled on with my debilitating wearyness and breathlessness, and needing to sleep 11 hours a day.
Pernicious anaemia is due to vitB12 deficiency which can result from several causes.
The red blood count can be normal but the size of the red corpuscles indicates the deficiency. That size was not checked which is why I have had to provide another blood sample.
If I had not researched - I wouldn't have had this second test
I can only conclude that I would have been fobbed off with the usual 'old age' excuse.
If untreated, pernicious anaemia can wreak havoc on your body, and increase 3 fold the risk of stomach cancer (which incidentally is what both my mother and her sister died of)
The lesson I have learned is that we have to take responsibilty for our own health because others cannot be relied on to care, and will fob you off if it is the easiest way for them.
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