Another charming feature of Lyme disease!!!

Hi astroman-

Unfortunately I did not get a copy of the orders. There were about 10-12 different items listed and it took the Lab Core nurse a while to pull them all up in the system. I requested a copy of the results to be mailed to me so when I receive them, I will post the itemization of what was tested on here for you. Hopefully I will have them within a week.

Also, I need to note, in the info packet my LLMD provided, he listed the following, but I think they were actually what the MOCHA infection panel consist of vs being separate tests as I had listed above.

MOCHA (infection) Panel consists of:
>>>>> Fibrinogen
>>>>> T/AT (Thrombin/Antithrombin)
>>>>> Fragment 1+2
>>>>> Factor II Activity

So I think at the very least, you could ask for the MOCHA infection panel. And then ask if there is a hereditary panel also.

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CDC positive IgM +23, +41.
Diagnosed Dec 2014
Tick bite spring/summer 2013

lymie mom x 2 -

thanks for the info

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Lyme symptoms late 1980's, Dx'ed 2013 by LLMD. Doxy, Flagil ABX. Felt better for a while.

Astroman!

Hey, hope you didn't think I forgot! I got these back in the mail today...hypercoagulation test results.

This is what they were looking for:
-Activated Protein C resistance (anything greater than 2.1 = negative for the Factor V Leiden phenotype)
-Antithrombin III Activity
-Factor II Activity, Clotting and Coag Factor II Activity
-Protein S activity
-Fibrin Monomer, Prothrombin Fragment 1.2
-Thrombin-Antithrombin (TAT) Complex
-Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI-1)

Hope this helps!

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CDC positive IgM +23, +41.
Diagnosed Dec 2014
Tick bite spring/summer 2013

I'm bumping this post from several years ago (restarted in February 2015) as I have now had two blood tests come back with no results because the person at Quest says my blood "had too much fat in it" to be tested for ammonia.

This thread has me suddenly worried about this-I'm wondering if this might be hypercoagulation?

Based on this page the symptoms line up--loose stools/IBS is one of my steadiest symptoms. http://www.diagnose-me.com/symptoms-of/hypercoagulation-thickened-blood.html

Thoughts? Astroman, lymie mom, Georgia Hunter or others? Thanks.

It appears Nasalady and Bucci aren't on here anymore. Yet. I
find it very helpful reading their posts. Thank you Astroman or
whoever revived the conversation.
I did take Heparin
for several years about 6 years ago. That was actually before I was
diagnosed with Lyme. When I changed doctors, my current one
didn't prescribe it. Maybe my blood had thinned out. But reading
over what has been written here, I'm thinking of having it
rechecked. I didn't know it might help with Babesia or cut down
on inflammation. I was taking Nanokanaise an herbal blood
thinner. Now, I have a lot of low blood pressure. I don't know
if that may in some way be related. Lots of good info here and
this is the first time I've seen others share that have taken the
Heparin and gotten good results. I always thought I was the only
one doing this treatment and wondered why I'd never come across
it. Interesting.

I feel your pain Lymenstuff. My blood is always thick--almost looks like the consistency of motor oil coming out of my arm.

For what its worth, when they couldn't analyze my results in May, my LLMD told me to take nattokinase 2x per day (I thinkdose is 100 mg) and flaxseed 2x per day to help thin the blood. This seems to have worked at least a little--I haven't had any blood draws that were too thick to analyze since I started that (though the phlebotomist usually comments that my blood comes out slow).

My LLMD says this happens because the Lyme creates biofilm to protect itself and the biofilm makes blood thicker.

I have a call in to my doctor's office and hoping to get tested for this soon to get some answers one way or the other. Sure don't want to keep feeling like a pin cushion every time I get a blood draw.