My Bloodwork Results: Lupus & Hemolytic Anemia

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11 ай бұрын

In this video, I'll be sharing my bloodwork results with you specific to lupus and hemolytic anemia. I'll discuss my bloodwork results and share my experience with both conditions. I hope that by learning about my experience, you can get a better understanding of what you're dealing with and find the support you need to get through this tough time.
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My name is Samantha Boothe and I have been creating advocacy videos on KZfaq since 2009. This channel was formerly known as Live Hope Lupus and was created in order to start a community for those living with chronic illnesses. In September 2019, I transitioned to a plant-based diet and I have found my body is responding well to it. Along with my lifestyle change, I am learning to alter my focus more on the positive. My current content will focus on my healing journey, what food I am eating, and everyday life. I will still be posting an occasional update about my health. I hope you all are ready to join me on this crazy journey of healing. We are all learning how to navigate this life together. If you have subscribed, thank you! I appreciate your support and look forward to talking with you all in the comments.
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@carlaalmeida2092 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Samantha! Hugs from Portugal.

@juliafelicione2667 11 ай бұрын

AHHHH love to see such great looking numbers 🎉 i just had some labs done and i only got my cbc back so far but thank god its looking good 🎉 usually if somethings wrong my white count hits the floor so I’m happy 🥰

@Claudia-cr2pm 6 ай бұрын

Glad i found your channel. I am newly diagnosed but sick for 12 years.

@LinDuhLou 11 ай бұрын

Hi Samantha. It feels like it takes 3 doctors to figure this out. No one will give me a definitive diagnosis.

@charvankerck3426 Ай бұрын

only 3? dentist, 2 rhumatologists, 3 eye specialists including corneal dr . 1 GP. plus dermatologists. . I am going to go functional med.and keto diet . can't hurt.

@SWilla00946 12 күн бұрын

@charvankerck3426 ill start with it can hurt. It has hurt people. Keto might work but for most it doesnt.its only clinically used in seizure treatment or with diabetics. Aip is recommended to help you find what foods flare your symptoms but after that, the Mediterranean diet is what usually helps us. Keep fighting for diagnosis and treatment. Supplements help but they cant save you. Im going through something similar. I'm seeing my 10th doctor tomorrow. My first hematologist

@charvankerck3426 12 күн бұрын

@SWilla00946 I understand. we lost a granddaughter to seizures. keto didn't work for her. we have a long line of diabetics, some T1 and some T2. I have eliminated processed foods, grains, and sugar. so, basic keto. has helped with some of the issues like major bowel problems. so just keep trying . if I never get a diagnosis from a doc, I know what diet has helped. ps. off Bp meds also, which gave me headaches. dizziness. and vision problems. so, life's improved this year . keep trying.

@elizabethbaronebooks 11 ай бұрын

I'm impressed by your anti-dsDNA levels! Mine have always been crazy high. I have UCTD (basically a Venn diagram of Lupus, Sjogren's, and RA-mine leans more toward Lupus). No nephritis, thankfully, and my levels have improved dramatically since starting Benlysta. It's still positive but it's the lowest it's ever been for me. I used to watch your videos years ago when I first got sick, so I'm happy to see you're doing so well! Which immunosuppressant(s) are you currently taking? I just came off MTX after three years this time around and only take prednisone as needed, which is huge for me because for the longest time I needed MTX, Ben, AND pred.

@circleofleaves2676 11 ай бұрын

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) is often misdiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed by doctors, which is frustrating. MCTD is much more specific than the term/dx that gets too loosely thrown around. It's also not just an umbrella term; it's more specific than that. It is a combination of a positive U1-RNP antibody in the presence of an overlap of 3 specific autoimmune diseases, those being Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Polymyositis (PM), and Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma (SSc). Often doctors will give a MCTD diagnosis when what they really mean is either: a) Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) where a patient has some elements of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AI-CTDs) without really fitting the box for one in particular; or 2) a combination of two or more accurately diagnosed specific AI-CTDs. For example, while I have "a mix of AI-CTDs", I don't have MCTD. My AI-CTDs are Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS) with Polymyositis (PM), and Relapsing Polychondritis (RP). I also have other autoimmune diseases that aren't connective tissue diseases (they're gastrointestinal, dermatological, and neurological), and a connective tissue disorder that is genetic, not autoimmune. I have 5 positive autoantibodies: PL-7, gastric parietal cell, anti-ganglioside GM1, cold agglutinins, ANA (in two patterns - speckled and mitotic spindle).

@JonniStephenson 8 ай бұрын

Hello and thank you. I go back to the doctor for lab work at the end of this month. I was diagnosed this year. You are showing proof that everything is going to work out. I have been a vegetarian for bout 5 years. I am just now adding fish to my diet. Try protein shakes. That’s what I used to assist with my protein. Keep sharing it helps those that are new. Thank you once again.

@faithmomlife1504 11 ай бұрын

I had several bloodwork results flag included positive ANA, RNP and a bunch of the kidney numbers. But since my numbers aren’t super, super high she told me to come back in a year. I’m so sick I can’t imagine waiting a year to do anything. 😢

@HealWithSamantha 11 ай бұрын

Oh man, that is such a bummer. A year is a long time to wait. Do you have symptoms as well?

@faithmomlife1504 11 ай бұрын

@@HealWithSamantha yes, very symptomatic including 9 of the 11 lupus criteria. I’m in the process of waiting for a second opinion.

@HealWithSamantha 11 ай бұрын

@@faithmomlife1504 Okay, good. That was going to be my suggestion! Sorry to hear you are in pain and dealing with this.

@e.williams13 5 ай бұрын

Take all your labs and get a second opinion

@charvankerck3426 Ай бұрын

I understand. sub clinical numbers are not important to Western med docs.

@marandagreene8897 11 ай бұрын

Samantha! ❤ thankful for still sharing with us. Your numbers look awesome. You look so happy and healthy. I will be moving over to more plant based. Hopefully lupus will be into Remission. Do you have any suggestions so vasculitis? Glad your doing well! Have you thought about babies?

@HealWithSamantha 11 ай бұрын

Hello! Thank you. Good luck on your plant based journey. I think eating more plant based has been beneficial for me, I hope you have good results as well. I have only had experience with vasculitis in my eye. They gave me prednisone to treat it at the time. I would check with your doctor on the best route to take. As for babies, I am still considering. Since I am 30 now, it may happen soon as long as my numbers are stable. :)

@dianemower7422 10 ай бұрын

I've got my first rheumatologist appointment on Saturday, after showing i have anti ccp antibodies in my blood. I have been in chronic pain for 4 years and had numerous mri's on my spine and brain but nothing shows up, accept normal wear and tear for someone my age (59) I can hardly walk because my spine feels like its being crushed. Plus neck/shoulder/hands/stomach etc pains really get me down. I'm trying not hard not to hope to get a diagnosis because the disappointment I experience hits really hard. Especially when they say nothing wrong and its past trumor trapped in my body 😢

@LivingDead53 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I don't have lupus, but you guys keep appearing in my feed, and it was nice to see how strong you are. I don't know what I have. I had to take iron for a while for being anemic, but my kind or whatever was where I didn't need a blood transfusion, but my red blood cells were smaller and not getting enough oxygen. I am not concerned about that, and it seems odd to me. My oxygen is fine. I'm a fatty diabetic though.

@megabaneen8057 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your journey. Daily living can be challenging as we get older. it gets soo hard to wake up every day to live. Work out eat well take meds and supplements the schedule is quite exhausting. All your efforts and hard work are paying off - i am shouting hope you hear me? YOU LOOK AMAZING SAM!!!

@charvankerck3426 Ай бұрын

sams not over 40. just wait 20 years . see what changes take place after battering this disease for years. takes its toll, especially when docs are so ill-informed.

@rachelschultz6472 11 ай бұрын

I seen a rheumatologist two years ago and he diagnosed me with Lupus and has not ordered any labs since.

@Christinesobsevations 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

@hannahyost3721 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, time to get my routine blood work done. My complements are always low :( trying to get them up.

@junechristie2497 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing How are you being treated? Do you use diet and lifestyle?

@shai292003 5 ай бұрын

Hi Samantha, is it possible to have RA with a negative RF and positive lupus blood test results?

@OBOG-zf9ke 8 ай бұрын

Hi Samantha Thank you! This video helped me to understand how to read ANA test results. My daughter suffers from some kinds of autoimmune disease. Now I figure learning about lupus and RA is a key. Please give us suggestions about autoimmune diet that are very helpful for you.

@jessiec1194 5 ай бұрын

I’m curious as to how you got these crisp results, all mine from a hospitalization in 2019 were “abnormal” without much clarity.

@TheFrugivorediet 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. The low globulin and elevated Bilirubin are more an indicator of liver damage or disease, not to do with a vegan diet, more likely a result of medication. Would like to see your lactate level too.

@princesscoolgirl1804 11 ай бұрын

Helpful info thanks. Have lupus, raynauds, sjogrens. Would be interested to see update on medications you have tried and your experience with them if you have time. I take plaquenil and have taken prednisone but feel unsure about trying the injections.

@HealWithSamantha 11 ай бұрын

This is a great video idea. I can definitely plan on filming an overview of my experience.

@pippippin1854 11 ай бұрын

I have ana postive but I have sjogrens and I was iron deficiency anaemia

@lilibian5466 6 ай бұрын

ME TOO GIRL! hemolytic anemia and lupus 🧛🏻‍♀️💜

@monicamali5402 5 ай бұрын

What exactly do you eat ? Im kind of vegan too just some time fish but i dont have good weith

@ansuthackwray4841 11 ай бұрын

Sam, at one stage you followed Dr G's protocol. Did you return eating animal products?

@James-mv4tu 4 ай бұрын

Is it every time you catch Covid you get hemolytic anemia because I have costochondritis tmj vcd slipping rib not sure if I have rheumatoid arthritis dont know what tests to get for diagnosis but for me I caught Covid this Christmas and ive got jaundice and other symptoms currently waiting on blood test results but in your situation do you see your hemolytic anemia coming back after Covid or not sorry if this is a bother

@angelapresto3896 7 ай бұрын

Plz help lol really no joke so the Dr thought I had MS my ANA was negative but all of my blood work is showing inflammation:( my liver is good my kidney are good so he said I could have lupus or connective tissue disease I’m so lost now idk what’s going on so is it possible for me to have autoimmune and the ANA show nothing:(

@Renofirefly30 23 күн бұрын

I had a positive ANA speckled titer 1:160. I was also diagnosed with Hereditary Hemochromatosis in February. My Ferritin is over 3,000. My Ferritin is not going down after 3 months of phlebotomies. I also have cirrhosis due to iron overload. I suspect I might have lupus due to other symptoms. I just had blood work done. Idk why but doctors don't seem to take the ANA seriously "because it can mean a lot of things."

@venomx4093 2 ай бұрын

Were your Monocytes and Neutrophils ever elevated with Lupus?

@janicestankewicz6440 4 күн бұрын

What is the name of tests

@lauradakers6052 7 ай бұрын

My most recent CRP was 20. Before that it was 53. I’m still undiagnosed with anything for sure other than I do have Lyme disease. My ANA was negative but my symptoms are pointing to Lupus.

@9doyouknow09 7 күн бұрын

Do you have fever due to high crp?