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Hepatitis C Main Forums => On Hepatitis C Treatment => Topic started by: BattleTheBeast on November 29, 2014, 06:04:22 am
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Hi All,
Sitting up in the middle of the night again and decided to look at all my blood work since June when this all began. I had paid something with my FSA for my IDHero and I was trying to get numbers to match so I could send in the backup documentation they want, always something right?
Well anyway I am starting to working on a comparison spreadsheet with my lab results. I am a tiny bit more educated about this beast I was really looking at the tests that were run and understanding them better UNTIL I got to the Fibrosure results and I realized I still didn't quite understand them so I went searching and found this PDF explaining it without it being overly complicated. Hope it helps some of you: http://www.hemophilia.co.il/documents/Fibrotest.pdf
~Mel~
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Hi All,
Sitting up in the middle of the night again and decided to look at all my blood work since June when this all began. I had paid something with my FSA for my IDHero and I was trying to get numbers to match so I could send in the backup documentation they want, always something right?
Well anyway I am starting to working on a comparison spreadsheet with my lab results. I am a tiny bit more educated about this beast I was really looking at the tests that were run and understanding them better UNTIL I got to the Fibrosure results and I realized I still didn't quite understand them so I went searching and found this PDF explaining it without it being overly complicated. Hope it helps some of you: http://www.hemophilia.co.il/documents/Fibrotest.pdf
~Mel~
Good morning Mel,
Did your Fibrosure lab results contain the pie chart?
Bucky
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Good morning Mel,
Did your Fibrosure lab results contain the pie chart?
Bucky
No Pie for me, not that I needed it anyway! I checked the original along with the final report but no luck. I really like how I can get all the results online and now save everything to a Google Drive. Should I email Labcorp and ask for a Pie Chart?
~Mel~
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No Pie for me, not that I needed it anyway! I checked the original along with the final report but no luck. I really like how I can get all the results online and now save everything to a Google Drive. Should I email Labcorp and ask for a Pie Chart?
~Mel~
No reason really, it just looked cool. One thing that it did show was how wide a range the results could be interrupted and that it wasn't an exact test. My IDS only using them as a guide for people who haven't had a biopsy yet. After I was harpooned in the side she quit doing them on me.
Bucky
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In looking at the study results, the FibroSure had a Pearson’s R Correlation score ranging from .70 to .80, when compared to a liver biopsy. This means a possible error rate of 30%.
Although a correlation of .70 is statistically significant, it is by no means as conclusive as a biopsy.
Best wishes, Mike
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My IDHero took pity on me and didn't make me get stabbed or harpooned in the side since I got stabbed in the neck for a wrong diagnosis. He said unless I was going on a clinical trial it could wait.
I ended up approved so fast on the S/O we didn't have time to blink, let alone harpooned. ;)
I hope mine is off by 30%, that could be great news for me!
~Mel~
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Hi BattleTheBeast,
I had a liver biopsy and equate it with volunteering to be shot.
I would certainly take the FibroSure/Fibroscan over another biopsy (unless there was a clinical reason to have the biopsy over the others).
Best wishes, Mike
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Hi BattleTheBeast,
I had a liver biopsy and equate it with volunteering to be shot.
I would certainly take the FibroSure/Fibroscan over another biopsy (unless there was a clinical reason to have the biopsy over the others).
Best wishes, Mike
Mike,
I certainly agree with you.
Bucky