Blood and Pee

Hi There,

Had my bood pressure measured again today — 160/75. Then I went to the drug store and measured it in the machine. First reading was 154/94, 79bpm pulse. The second reading was 133/71, 78bpm pulse. I have no clue how accurate those things are, or why my blood pressure is so far over the map within just a few minutes. I think the anxiety about having my blood pressure measured may be making my blood pressure go up. Anyhoo, I got for a third reading next week, and if it’s still crazy high, my doctor wants me to go on medication. Uhg. I’ve got one week to learn how to relax.

At least my blood & piss results are looking good. My doctor called them ‘beautiful’. I’ve got no idea what several of these things are, just typing them in as they appear on the printout I got, with my best guesses in brackets.

Test results from April. 23rd 2005 (CR’ed for 3 Months)

Complete Blood Count and Differential
HGB 146 g/L (Hemoglobin)
RBC 4.74 10**12/L (Red Blood Cell)
HCT 0.43 L/L (Hematocrit)
MCV 90 fL (Mean Corpuscular Volume)
MCHC 345 g/L (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Conc.)
RDW 12.9 % (Red Blood Cell Distribution Width)
PLT 184 10**9/L (Platelets)
WBC 5.6 10**9/L (White Blood Cell Count)
NEUT (42%) 2.4 10**9/L (Neutrophils)
LYMPH (47%) 2.5 10**9/L (Lymphocytes)
MONO (10%) 0.6 10**9/L (Monocytes)
EOS (01%) 0.1 10**9/L (Eosinophils)
BASO (00%) 0.0 10**9/L (Basophils)
Cell Morphology
Alkaline Phosphatase 62 U/L
ALT 15 U/L (Alanine aminotransferase)
Creatinine
Creatinine 88 umol/L
Calculated Glomerular Filtration Rate >60 mL/min/1.73m2
Glucose, Fasting 4.8 mmol/L
Potassium 4.0 mmol/L
Lipid Battery
Cholesterol 2.93 mmol/L
Triglyceride 0.67 mmol/L
HDL Cholesterol 0.94 mmol/L
LDL Cholesterol 1.69 mmol/L
Total Chol/HDL Ratio 3.10
Sodium 145 mmol/L
Urine Test
pH 6.0
Specific Gravity H>1.030
Protein negative
Glucose negative
Ketones negative
Hemoglobin negative
Leukocytes negative
Vitamin B12 504 pmol/L
Ferritin 112 ug/L
TSH 1.77 mU/L