A Bad Trend
I was notified this evening that another test result was posted in my medical chart. Compared to how bad it could be (and what I have seen in other patients), this test result isn't horrendous but it is indeed bad with a very bad trend. For the past five years, this particular number has elevated farther and farther out of normal range. This particular number is directly related to my mast cells which are the cells that aren't behaving normally due to my illness so this test result is a primary marker for my rare myeloproliferative disease. My current treatment drugs are supposed to be keeping this number as close as possible to the normal range and keeping my mast cells as stable as possible so this number should be trending in the other direction. Instead it is elevating farther and farther from normal. This test result, by itself, is likely enough to be a concern but when we also look at the other test results that I wrote about previously showing one problem with my