good news and bad news

i received the results of my blood test from the pulmonary specialist. the tests were for any traces of a viral, bacterial or fungal infection that would have caused the tumor on my lung. the doctor was expecting that i had valley fever in the past, as it is commonly found in people who live in desert climates (read: my hometown of phoenix, az) and has been known to leave abnormalities on the lungs of the infected. my test results were negative.

good news: tests came back negative, meaning i've never had valley fever or any of the other infections we were testing for.

bad news: that still doesn't explain what the hell this is. i'm due for a pet scan in about a month, so hopefully that will provide more answers.

i also received the results of the blood test my PCP ordered. we did a comprehensive blood panel plus iron and vitamin d.

good news: rbcs are normal, so i'm not anemic. vitamin d is normal again. iron made a huge jump from last time, so i'm not deficient. originally my iron was 3 (extremely low), now its 47.
normal iron for a woman my age is somewhere between 15-250. so, i'm actually normal now. well, at least in terms of iron. ;)

bad news: i still don't feel normal. so, whatever symptoms i'm experiencing that i thought were being caused by iron deficiency anemia, must be the result of something else. i still don't know what.

as a result of having very limited activity over the last 8 months, my muscles are actually starting to atrophy. i am actually physically incapable of doing much these days. i've been trying to increase my physical activity by walking, but even that is too much some days.

out.
- L