first blood work. MRTC
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:33 am
Hi all,
I had my initial blood work done yesterday. Standard tests, questions and so on. I wanted to put in my 2 cents on the mrtc issue. I spoke in length about it with the clinic Neuro. I have heard a lot of theories about why folks test negative. First, my clinic has had only one negative mrtc out of six and that one had a questionable diagnosis. Only one small lesion on the mri and a cannibas user. Her thoughts in general are that the results can be comprimised by a number of things. Residual crab drugs, previous trial drugs, pot, pain meds, steriods, etc. In my case, she was convinced after looking at my mri (apparently a world record number of lesions) that I was certain to test possitive until I told her I was on Advair (steriod based) for asthma. She actually tried to get me to delay the test until I was OFF Advair. I declined and went ahead with the blood work. At this point if I test Neg I cannot re-test until I am "clean". I also must be off it to take part even if I test Pos. The list of meds that are not allowed is long as I'm sure you all know. So to get to the point, like all of you I now wait and hope with my best attitude.
I had my initial blood work done yesterday. Standard tests, questions and so on. I wanted to put in my 2 cents on the mrtc issue. I spoke in length about it with the clinic Neuro. I have heard a lot of theories about why folks test negative. First, my clinic has had only one negative mrtc out of six and that one had a questionable diagnosis. Only one small lesion on the mri and a cannibas user. Her thoughts in general are that the results can be comprimised by a number of things. Residual crab drugs, previous trial drugs, pot, pain meds, steriods, etc. In my case, she was convinced after looking at my mri (apparently a world record number of lesions) that I was certain to test possitive until I told her I was on Advair (steriod based) for asthma. She actually tried to get me to delay the test until I was OFF Advair. I declined and went ahead with the blood work. At this point if I test Neg I cannot re-test until I am "clean". I also must be off it to take part even if I test Pos. The list of meds that are not allowed is long as I'm sure you all know. So to get to the point, like all of you I now wait and hope with my best attitude.