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SPOOKY STUFF !
The amazing thing is that I entered the test request on my lab work that found this. A CBC. Yes I did. Here's how .... My internist was sending me to the lab for a cholesterol blood panel to see if I had, on my own, reduced dangerously high inflammatory markers over the past year. That I did do, remarkably so, without the suggested statins. I did it with lots of anti-inflammitory vitamins,some herbs and spices (13) and by totally changing my eating habits.
Anyhow, as I used to work for many years in a medical laboratory, I added a CBC to the labwork and drew a yellow line across the page just like she did on all the other tests. No one would ever know I added it. Until.. I went to see my Doctor - The GOOD news - The cholesterols were now within a normal panel. The BAD news. "Who ordered this CBC?" she said, "You should never do this ... you should have called me. But, why did you do it? (Because I had Swine flu last year and I wanted to see if my blood count had settled down since that infection).... Oh Oh, BUSTED! Well the CBC didn't look good and the short of it is it was repeated in three weeks - still not good, then 11 vials of blood and a bone marrow biopsy and aspiraiton, flow cytometry, ya de ya de ya....lots of tests, and a diagnosis... Primary Myelofibrosis with a positive Jak2 mutation and a few other blood cell things goin' on too.
A friend who shared many of her ways of dealing with her "similar path" has really helped me a lot in "knowing" that this path that I have chosen of visualization, positive attitude, family/friend support, journaling and asking for help is a strong way to deal with the now and, "the then".
One thing she did share was a book she read which helped her. “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions for Writing and Life” by Anne Le Mott. I am going out to find it because I do like to write and am writing still on (an on and on) my book for children project. She said that the author recommends that when you are facing a big project such as writing a book,(or THIS "condition") that you cut it into bit size pieces and work on a segment at a time rather than try to work on the whole book at once. Good advice. I am going to get it for my writing which I hope to throw myself back into and as a metaphore for this.
The "Whole" is a bit overwhelming really. Just maybe a sort of "whats up for today", a "bit by bit" approach and then...make the best of it. Thats all any of us can do.
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Pay Attention!
"Spooky Stuff" as you call it is very real ...wake up calls, warnings. YOU ordering your own blood test, and discovering this is no accident. Nothing to take lightly. And reading about your own diagnosis in the book (novel) you were reading. Know that you are operating on a very high frequency and you can use THAT frequency to facilitate healing. Stay focused, stay positive seek support and love, and good medical knowledge from several sources.