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I had my glucose test last week and they took an additional 8 vials of blood for some CF center requested tests.
I got a call from the CF doctor herself today saying that they're kind of concerned with some of my labs.
1. I'm anemic - my hemoglobin was at a 10 g/dl - last time they checked (probably a year ago) it was at 14. Yet when I checked looked up pregnancy and hemoglobin I found a statistic that says in the 2nd trimester a woman is anemic when the hemoglobin level is less than 10.5 g/dl. And in the 3rd trimester, a woman is anemic when the hemoglobin is less than 10 g/dl. The way the doctor said it though was that I've lost a third of my oxygen carrying capacity and that is why my asthma must be so unstable (ie I'm terribly anemic). But I'm not totally buying it because I'm just barely anemic for a pregnant woman entering her 3rd trimester.
I started taking Floradix last week since the OB nurse called to tell me about the low hemoglobin too.
2. My vit A level was quite low. I occasionally took a Vit A+D but stopped taking it and started taking a D supplement alone because I was worried about too much A during pregnancy. So I guess I need to start taking some A again.
3. My Albumin level was low. I *think* she said it was at a 3 and low end of normal is 3.6. So she said I'm not eating enough protein. I've been told this before and thought I was. I told her I need a target for how much protein I need to be eating so I think she's going to have the dietitian call me back. I don't know if I can get enough protein from my diet at this point since it is getting harder to eat at meals so I will have to get some protein shakes or something - anyone have a recommendation?
All in all I still don't like my CF doc too much.... she just has no bedside manner and can be kinda rude. The tone of the conversation wasn't all that nice. But I will do my best to remedy the bad lab report and get myself fixed up.
I got a call from the CF doctor herself today saying that they're kind of concerned with some of my labs.
1. I'm anemic - my hemoglobin was at a 10 g/dl - last time they checked (probably a year ago) it was at 14. Yet when I checked looked up pregnancy and hemoglobin I found a statistic that says in the 2nd trimester a woman is anemic when the hemoglobin level is less than 10.5 g/dl. And in the 3rd trimester, a woman is anemic when the hemoglobin is less than 10 g/dl. The way the doctor said it though was that I've lost a third of my oxygen carrying capacity and that is why my asthma must be so unstable (ie I'm terribly anemic). But I'm not totally buying it because I'm just barely anemic for a pregnant woman entering her 3rd trimester.
I started taking Floradix last week since the OB nurse called to tell me about the low hemoglobin too.
2. My vit A level was quite low. I occasionally took a Vit A+D but stopped taking it and started taking a D supplement alone because I was worried about too much A during pregnancy. So I guess I need to start taking some A again.
3. My Albumin level was low. I *think* she said it was at a 3 and low end of normal is 3.6. So she said I'm not eating enough protein. I've been told this before and thought I was. I told her I need a target for how much protein I need to be eating so I think she's going to have the dietitian call me back. I don't know if I can get enough protein from my diet at this point since it is getting harder to eat at meals so I will have to get some protein shakes or something - anyone have a recommendation?
All in all I still don't like my CF doc too much.... she just has no bedside manner and can be kinda rude. The tone of the conversation wasn't all that nice. But I will do my best to remedy the bad lab report and get myself fixed up.