Monday, March 29, 2021, 9:15 a.m. I decided I was going to fast, even though I was not told to fast for this blood draw. I want to see if fasting makes any difference in the lipid panel. Also, I stopped taking biotin as of last Wednesday, based on Dr. Brian Mowll’s statement: “Biotin in large…
Category: Lab tests
Kaiser Pain Management Group online, Session 4
Monday, July 6 Today I woke up with a severe pain in my right shoulder and arm, very much like the neck pain I had in all of 2017 when Dr. Chan wouldn’t give me a muscle relaxant. Nothing helped! None of the pain management exercises or meditation and mindful breathing. Not even taking an…
Fasting Blood Draw
Monday, November 25, 2019, 11:00 a.m. I woke up at 9:30 a.m. and got out of bed then. I checked my blood then decided to take a shower and get clean clothes on, just so I would feel better. It was a sunny morning but very windy. I hit EVERY single red light at every…
Annual Physical 2019
Monday, November 11, 2019, 2:00 p.m. I wondered fleetingly if my appointment was valid, being on a national holiday and all. It was. We just didn’t get any mail today. It has been 15 months since my first annual physical with Dr. Prabaharan. Last August, on the same day I was first approved for Medical…
Lab Tests, Fall 2019
September 9, 2019 [Email sent to Dr. Prabaharan on 9/3/19] I got a message from your office letting me know that I need to come to the lab for my 6-month A1C test. Which I will do. I would like to know if you could order a TSH (or T3,T4) as I am having symptoms…
Spring 2019 A1C (& other Tests)
Friday, March 8, 2019 Linda was still hurting so much that I drove myself to the San Leandro Kaiser lab for the required blood tests. When I checked in, the receptionist asked me if I knew that a urine test was requested and was I able to do one today. After what I hoped was…
Lab Tests Again
Thursday, December 6, 2018 After my acupuncture appointment today, we drove directly to the San Leandro Kaiser where I got two lab tests: one for TSH which Dr. Prabaharan had ordered three months ago to be done on December 6, and the other one the c-peptide test that I had requested. As I pulled out…
The Rest of the Routine Lab Work
September 7, 2018 Even though Dr. Prabaharan had strongly recommended “going early in the day” for a blood draw, I was not able to get up and out until 11:00 a.m. so I asked Linda to take me. “I adulted yesterday,” I reminded her, “when I drove to my dental appointment.” The laboratory waiting room…
Routine Lab Work
August 31, 2018 It was a lazy morning at home, with no particular rush to get to the Kaiser Laboratory, except that I couldn’t eat anything or drink coffee because I had to have a fasting blood draw for the lipid panel. As I waited, I absentmindedly watched the digital screen that displayed various Kaiser…