Hello again,
I have to be rather brief here as I should be somewhere else right now :lol:
It's quite common for a doctor not to have heard of certain specialised blood tests. What is unusual is that they have the humility to admit it! The whole blood thing is extremely complex even for the best of doctors and often, docs will be limiting themselves to what they need for their speciality (for a GP that would be the general bloodtests). It's great that your doc has got in touch with the rheumy and that it is being investigated further.
I may be wrong on this but I there may not be that definite answer you are looking for. There are always several potential reasons and they may or may not show up in tests. The MRI will certainly help tell the doctors if there is anything unusual going on that need monitoring but it may not give you the "concrete" answers you are looking for.
sorry to be so rushed, speak soon,
Katharine
I have to be rather brief here as I should be somewhere else right now :lol:
It's quite common for a doctor not to have heard of certain specialised blood tests. What is unusual is that they have the humility to admit it! The whole blood thing is extremely complex even for the best of doctors and often, docs will be limiting themselves to what they need for their speciality (for a GP that would be the general bloodtests). It's great that your doc has got in touch with the rheumy and that it is being investigated further.
I may be wrong on this but I there may not be that definite answer you are looking for. There are always several potential reasons and they may or may not show up in tests. The MRI will certainly help tell the doctors if there is anything unusual going on that need monitoring but it may not give you the "concrete" answers you are looking for.
sorry to be so rushed, speak soon,
Katharine