Dodged A Bullet - Lab Error (Whew!)

[stopbush]

Hope it's OK to post this to my friends in the Hillary Group:

Had my annual physical this week, and at age 61 had tests run.

Well, my doctor called me with an urgent message that my psa test (prostate-specific antigen) screening came back at an astronomical number. She asked that I get the test redone as it looked like a lab error. I got the test redone, and it turns out there was an error, but in the meanwhile I had made an appointment with their urologist just to be safe.

The numbers: normal number is 4.0 or lower. My initial test came back at 282.6!!! My retest came back at 2.6.

Some error!

Went from "why aren't you already dead from cancer" to normal in 3 days.

Sorta scary, but it all worked out.

[MSMITH33156]

1. Glad to hear

you dodged that bullet! Here's to continued good health!

[LisaM]

2. Holy cats!

Sounds as if you have a good doctor, though. Phew.

[stopbush]

3. Good doctor, questionable lab technicians!

You'd think Quest wouldn't make that big of a screw-up. My doctor said Quest would be hearing about it from them.

[sheshe2]

4. That is scary!

Glad you are okay, stopbush.

[stopbush]

6. Thanks. Feeling relieved today.

Getting old, and you need to worry about such things. Just happy somebody decided to question an obvious mistake before things escalated to the next level.

[sheshe2]

8. I can just imagine your relief.

[stopbush]

9. Relief more for my family than me personally.

Two kids still in college and a wife who's semi-retiring in July. Yeah, you sort of flash through the range of possibilities and fight the feeling that you might be leaving them in the lurch. That's what was scary to me.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Are you being charged for Quest's error?

[stopbush]

7. No. Labs are free on my health plan.

Office visits cost me $20 though.

[LiberalFighter]

13. That is good.

Our plan covers lab fees but not clinic or facility fees that hospitals charge. So we tell our members to use LabCorp.

[Walk away]

10. I would have been a wreck! I am very happy for you...

go buy yourself something you always wanted!

[stopbush]

12. As soon as I get my $1000 from the Hillary campaign

to vote for her in the CA primary.

What, you didn't know that Hillary supporters in OC are paid to vote for her? It's true! Otherwise we'd all be voting for Lincoln Chafee.

[Walk away]

14. In that case I suggest to take the $1000 and buy another vote!

[lunamagica]

11. Yikes! That must have been SO scary!

I'm glad it was a false alarm

[shenmue]

15. Yay

[BootinUp]

16. Glad to hear it turned out to be nothing. nt

[NastyRiffraff]

17. VERY happy for you

I know the feeling. I got a false positive once for breast cancer. I know how relieved you are. Congratulations!

[Peachhead22]

18. Whew!

Glad you're OK. The doublecheck with the urologist is a great idea. I didn't think a 282.6 result was even physically possible!

[TwilightZone]

19. "why aren't you already dead" - for some bizarre reason, I heard that in the voice of the doc...

from the Simpsons. Don't ask me why - I'm a little odd.

Simpsons doctor: "According to these results, you're supposed to be dead!"

Glad it was just an error, though I imagine it was a very stressful couple days.

[Haveadream]

20. So glad you are ok!

They were off by a few decimal points on that first one!




Fantastic news after a terrible scare.

[Cha]

21. OH Wow.. So glad it was a lab Error, stop! my gods you must have

been Stressed!

Such a good feeling when something like that turns out to be a Big Mistake!.. but so scary in the meantime.

[kstewart33]

22. Really great to hear that.

Thanks for posting.