Thursday, May 29, 2014

May 29, 2014

5/27/14
I meant to go to the lab to get my blood tests done before work.
Well...it didn't quite work out that way.

I didn't get up early enough, so I decided to not have anything to eat the whole day.
I went to work and by noon I was starving!

I hadn't had anything to eat since 10pm the previous evening.
I asked to leave work early, which was granted.

It was already 1pm by the time I got to the hospital for my lab work.
Surprisingly, there weren't many people waiting.
I registered within a few minutes.

The lab tech must have been new.
He used a 25g butterfly to draw blood.
Since there were several vials, it clotted on the last one.
He needed to use my other arm to draw the last vial of blood.
Sure, why not? Grrrr....

The following day, 5/28/14, I got some of the blood tests back.
CBC, lytes are all normal.

No syphilis.  No surprise there since I don't have sex anymore.

My CD4 went down slightly.
It was 541 the last time on 2/3/14.

Now it is 474.
CD4% went down from 25% to 21%.

Cholesterol is high, triglycerides are very high.  Yikes!

Today, 5/29, I got my vial load result.

Undetectable.

Great!