AnyLabTestNow (Plano) saved my life…literally!
In December of 2008 my youngest son and his wife purchased the franchise for AnyLabTestNow . Being the good parents my husband and I are, we drove from Wichita Falls to their Plano location. We purchased one of the packages which happened to include an Iron Binding Capacity and Ferritin. I only was interested in my cholesterol levels, and I was shocked when upon receiving my results a few days later, my Total Iron Binding Capacity and Ferritin levels were through the roof!
Medical Lab Testing
The Quest Diagnostics ( a lab used by most physicians, clinics and hospitals) report was easy to read and understand because beside the test result numbers was a column that gave me the norms for every test. After searching the Internet I found that more than likely I had a genetic blood disease called hemochromatosis. Of course, I made an appointment right away with my doctor who said I needed a Hereditary Hemochromatosis DNA Mutation Analysis before treatment could begin.
AnyLabTestNow drew more blood and a week later I had positive confirmation that I did, indeed, have this little known Iron Overload Disease! More research on the Internet revealed that most people are only found to have this condition upon autopsy! My physician said that I was “very fortunate to have found this out now!” The extra iron my body was producing was being dumped in my heart, kidneys, lungs, and liver! Iron overloading the liver is one of the causes of some liver cancers!
Weekly phlebotomies ordered by my doctor will eventually reduce my iron levels to a normal rate and my organs will begin to dump any excess iron at the same time so I can avoid the obvious dire consequences of this disease. So, AnyLabTestNow, and my son, saved my life…….literally!
