LabCorp. for DIY Diagnostic Testing- Reliable, Inexpensive and as Thorough as you Want It To Be-
As a long-term multiple myeloma survivor, I am on my own when it comes to managing my health. Evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, exercise, detox, bone health and mind-body therapies.
But I need a DIY diagnostic testing resource. To be honest, looking back at my MM diagnosis, I was too dependant on my oncologist. I should have been more independent in my thinking, my actions.
I have been a survivor of multiple myeloma (MM) since 2/94. I haven’t seen my conventional oncologist since 2000. My last appointment with my onc ended with “there is nothing more we can do for you.”
I live with a variety of long-term and late stage side effects from my aggressive chemo, radiation and autologus bone marrow transplant during the years 1995-’97.I live with an increasing risk of both myeloma relapse as well as a treatement-related secondary cancer.
ED.NOTE- I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy in January of 2019. Had I known what to look for during an appointment with a cardiologist at the end of 2010, I would have seen that I was experiencing chemo-induced heart failure symptoms.
DIY blood testing has become central to managing my health. I don’t like to self-diagnose my health issues but my PCP has little understanding of the complex health issues that I have lived with since my cancer diagnosis and convention treatments in ’94, ’95 and ’96.
The values listed below are the the blood test results for my cholesterol levels.
While I encourage people to work with conventional medicine I have found that doctors I have talked to about my MM, side effects, etc. just can’t provide any sort of reliable therapy for me when it comes to my health. I try not to sound critical but there is little that conventional medicine can do for me at this stage of my life. There are few if any 25+ year multiple myeloma survivors out there to learn from.
To learn more about MM diagnostic blood testing or more about the evidence-based, non-toxic therapies that I undergo daily, weekly, etc. scroll down the page, post a question or comment and I will reply to you ASAP.
Thanks
David Emerson
- MM Survivor
- MM Cancer Coach
- Director PeopleBeatingCancer
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11/5/2014
Cholesterol, Total 176 mg/dL 100-199
LDL Cholesterol Calc 118 High mg/dL 0-99
HDL Cholesterol 42 mg/dL >39
Triglycerides 80 mg/dL 0-149
T. Chol/HDL Ratio 4.2 ratio units 0.0-5.0
9/20/2011
Cholesterol, Total 170 mg/dL 100-199
LDL Cholesterol Calc 100 High mg/dL 0-99
HDL Cholesterol 57 mg/dL >39
Triglycerides 66 mg/dL 0-149
T. Chol/HDL Ratio 3.0 ratio units 0.0-5.0
9/10/2010
Cholesterol, Total 175 mg/dL 100-199
LDL Cholesterol Calc 102 High mg/dL 0-99
HDL Cholesterol 51 mg/dL >39
Triglycerides 110 mg/dL 0-149
T. Chol/HDL Ratio 3.4 ratio units 0.0-5.0
5/29/2009
Cholesterol, Total 181 mg/dL 100-199
LDL Cholesterol Calc 120 High mg/dL 0-99
HDL Cholesterol 43 mg/dL >39
T. Chol/HDL Ratio 4.2 ratio units 0.0-5.0
“…However, as today’s testing methods determine LDL (“bad”) and HDL (“good”) cholesterol separately, this simplistic view has become somewhat outdated. The desirable LDL level is considered to be less than 100 mg/dL (2.6 mmol/L),[73] although a newer upper limit of 70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L) can be considered in higher-risk individuals based on some of the above-mentioned trials. A ratio of total cholesterol to HDL—another useful measure—of far less than 5:1 is thought to be healthier.”
