Hello, I’m a 30 year old female and really scared about my health right now. Any advice would be appreciated.
In January 2018, I took a routine blood test and it showed slightly elevated platelet’s at 388 (reference range 150-379). I got really concerned about it because it had never happened before and everything that I was researching online said cancer.
My doctor said to repeat the test in a month to check the level again so I finally did on Friday morning. The platelet’s were 328. However, on Friday night I had a panic attack because I’m terrified that I have cancer somewhere in my body and I’m just not getting the right tests to catch it. The hospital took another blood test and my platelet’s were 378. I know that blood test results from different labs can vary slightly but I thought that it was only by a few points? How could there be that much of a difference on the same day?
Another problem that I noticed was that my total protein was different also. The results from my primary care doctor were Albumin 4.5, Globulin 3.0. The results from the hospital showed Albumin 4.3, Globulin 3.8. This really scared me. And again, these tests were taken on the same day so how could there be that much of a difference in the globulin? I looked back on older tests from two and three years ago and my globulin was always in the 2 range.
I’m really scared that I could have cancer and something is going on. I don’t know what to do.
