How to Request Ambry Full Panel

tara · Jul 2, 2007

Thanks guys! You know, this didn't even bother me until I was in the hospital in April. My nurse has a daughter with CF and they said her mutations are unknown but her sweat test keeps coming back positive (with CF symptoms to boot!)

So now I'm second guessing myself and freaking out...what if...and if so, I'd want to know ASAP to get preventative started. My son seems to be healthy as an ox. Just like his dad. But part of me is a tad worried about my daughter. Always constipated, never loose stools. And she was so small at birth (not a CF symptom) but remains at the bottom of the charts. She has eczema but that's all. Not really CF symptoms. She's just tiny for her age, but she's 2.5 and she's been that way all her life, it's not like she plummeted to the bottom of the charts. In fact she climed onto the charts and has stayed there (5th to 10th percentile for height and weight)

Ok, I'm done convincing myself she does not have CF. But part of me still wants to get the test anyway. I'd rather have my husband tested (less traumatic) but I think we'd have a hard time convincing the insurance to cover it.

Tara

tara · Jul 2, 2007

Thanks guys! You know, this didn't even bother me until I was in the hospital in April. My nurse has a daughter with CF and they said her mutations are unknown but her sweat test keeps coming back positive (with CF symptoms to boot!)

So now I'm second guessing myself and freaking out...what if...and if so, I'd want to know ASAP to get preventative started. My son seems to be healthy as an ox. Just like his dad. But part of me is a tad worried about my daughter. Always constipated, never loose stools. And she was so small at birth (not a CF symptom) but remains at the bottom of the charts. She has eczema but that's all. Not really CF symptoms. She's just tiny for her age, but she's 2.5 and she's been that way all her life, it's not like she plummeted to the bottom of the charts. In fact she climed onto the charts and has stayed there (5th to 10th percentile for height and weight)

Ok, I'm done convincing myself she does not have CF. But part of me still wants to get the test anyway. I'd rather have my husband tested (less traumatic) but I think we'd have a hard time convincing the insurance to cover it.

Tara

tara · Jul 2, 2007

Thanks guys! You know, this didn't even bother me until I was in the hospital in April. My nurse has a daughter with CF and they said her mutations are unknown but her sweat test keeps coming back positive (with CF symptoms to boot!)

So now I'm second guessing myself and freaking out...what if...and if so, I'd want to know ASAP to get preventative started. My son seems to be healthy as an ox. Just like his dad. But part of me is a tad worried about my daughter. Always constipated, never loose stools. And she was so small at birth (not a CF symptom) but remains at the bottom of the charts. She has eczema but that's all. Not really CF symptoms. She's just tiny for her age, but she's 2.5 and she's been that way all her life, it's not like she plummeted to the bottom of the charts. In fact she climed onto the charts and has stayed there (5th to 10th percentile for height and weight)

Ok, I'm done convincing myself she does not have CF. But part of me still wants to get the test anyway. I'd rather have my husband tested (less traumatic) but I think we'd have a hard time convincing the insurance to cover it.

Tara

tara · Jul 2, 2007

Thanks guys! You know, this didn't even bother me until I was in the hospital in April. My nurse has a daughter with CF and they said her mutations are unknown but her sweat test keeps coming back positive (with CF symptoms to boot!)

So now I'm second guessing myself and freaking out...what if...and if so, I'd want to know ASAP to get preventative started. My son seems to be healthy as an ox. Just like his dad. But part of me is a tad worried about my daughter. Always constipated, never loose stools. And she was so small at birth (not a CF symptom) but remains at the bottom of the charts. She has eczema but that's all. Not really CF symptoms. She's just tiny for her age, but she's 2.5 and she's been that way all her life, it's not like she plummeted to the bottom of the charts. In fact she climed onto the charts and has stayed there (5th to 10th percentile for height and weight)

Ok, I'm done convincing myself she does not have CF. But part of me still wants to get the test anyway. I'd rather have my husband tested (less traumatic) but I think we'd have a hard time convincing the insurance to cover it.

Tara

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

LouLou · Jul 2, 2007

no advice on how to get it done but I think it's a good idea to get them both checked out for it. my hubby had the genzyme 89 mutation test in 2004. It wasn't until I came here that I knew Ambry and Quest were checking for over 1000s of mutations. As soon as I have my son's life insurance policy in place I will be gettting him tested...regardless of if he has symptoms or not. we all know preventative care is where it's at so we wouldn't want to wait with our little one's to show signs. good call. go mama tara!

JazzysMom · Jul 2, 2007