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Hi all! I've been gone from the forum too long - lovin' all the changes with the fabulous Wiki and Support Groups!
I've been back on 6MP since '09. Gut-symptom wise I'm "normal". My current GI isn't proactive about evaluating remission. I'm due to get my 6mth labs (CBC and Liver Function Panel - had trouble in the past with liver levels), and was wondering what other tests I should ask for.
In the past my sed rate and wbc have been indicative of active inflammation. So I was going to ask for an ESR at least. But from reading around the forum it sounds like CRP and Fecal Calprotectin are also touchstone measures for evaluating remission? Is Fecal Calprotectin now a standard test? I don't remember my GI ever mentioning it (though I'm in a very medically isolated part of the US).
I guess what I'm really asking is: Am I reasonable in requesting that my GI to order all three - the ESR, CRP, and Fecal Calprotectin?
My GI's office is lax (I have had to call to find out the results of my routine labs), and it kinda makes me feel like I'm "going overboard" when I ask for things....
Thanks!
I've been back on 6MP since '09. Gut-symptom wise I'm "normal". My current GI isn't proactive about evaluating remission. I'm due to get my 6mth labs (CBC and Liver Function Panel - had trouble in the past with liver levels), and was wondering what other tests I should ask for.
In the past my sed rate and wbc have been indicative of active inflammation. So I was going to ask for an ESR at least. But from reading around the forum it sounds like CRP and Fecal Calprotectin are also touchstone measures for evaluating remission? Is Fecal Calprotectin now a standard test? I don't remember my GI ever mentioning it (though I'm in a very medically isolated part of the US).
I guess what I'm really asking is: Am I reasonable in requesting that my GI to order all three - the ESR, CRP, and Fecal Calprotectin?
My GI's office is lax (I have had to call to find out the results of my routine labs), and it kinda makes me feel like I'm "going overboard" when I ask for things....
Thanks!