Good Heavens! There was a lot of chit chat about the topic of testing on my Facebook page! It seems that smart and beautiful women of all ages have struggled with this little butterfly in their throat!
So, why am I the only one writing about it? Because women never complain? But how do we get the word out if we don’t write about it?
I fasted last night because I had a blood draw today. Only my veins had a different idea. I called the doctors office on Friday and requested a butterfly needle like the ones they use in the pediatric ICU. I took one look at the needle this morning and prepared myself for the fact that this blood draw was probably not going to be successful. And sure enough, my vein rolled. Which means that when the doctor tried to inject the needle, my vein “rolled away” from the needle so that she was not able to get a blood flow to fill the tube.
So tomorrow we do it again. At the lab. I can’t always say they are successful either but they seem to have a few more tricks up their sleeve, pardon my pun.
Yes, it helps to drink water. So I drank three bottles before 8:15 am. And put hot compresses on my arms. And to relax.
And, of course, its Valentines Day, which means I will be eating Chocolate. It will be very interesting to see how that impacts the blood tests!
So, what are the blood tests? In addition to all of the thyroid tests, a comprehensive metabolic panel, a comprehensive nutritional panel, a full lipid panel to check cardiovascular function, and another test called Apolioprotein E Genotyping, which is determines a person’s genetic risk for heart disease associated with the commonly studied gene called apoE, which is involved in the metabolism of cholesterol and triglycerides (fats in the blood).
So back to the lab in the morning. Hope my veins are cooperating and a vampire is the phlebotamist!
