Posts by briskeagle39

We repeated the CBC, and those platelet numbers were definitely a lab error.
Unfortunately, we didn't go to the same lab this time—so I don't want to make any direct comparisons regarding the other parameters...
But that platelet count was clearly a mistake, just as they themselves suggested might be possible.

Just a quick summary:
RBC 4.47
Hb 130
Hematocrit 0.390
MCV, MCH, and MCHC are all normal

Platelet 232 (!)

Leukocytes 6.0
CBC is normal

By the way, this test was also done using capillary blood—that was the doctor's decision.

Thank you all so much for the response. 🙂

A 9-year-old boy—naturally quite thin, though otherwise healthy
Over the last week, he’s been complaining about fatigue and a dull headache right across his forehead (which sounds a lot like a tension headache to me)... I suspect it might be linked to the wild temperature swings lately—switching between blasting AC and that scorching American summer asphalt
The biggest issue, honestly, is his mood—he's feeling really down, worrying constantly about these symptoms, even though he insists the pain isn't constant or particularly intense
Of course, we saw his GP (though he isn't seeing his pediatrician anymore)
We decided to go private for some blood work to rule out any potential infections—just to make things easier when we follow up with the specialist taking over his care

Here are the results:

It looks like they need to re-run the platelet count via a proper venous draw, but if this thrombocytopenia is actually real, I am spiraling a bit—especially seeing it alongside anemia...
He’s never dealt with anemia before, and while this doesn't seem catastrophic, it's still unsettling...
To save me from endless guessing, could anyone with medical expertise (since I certainly don't have any!) please help me interpret these results? Please...

Look, even if someone just does a standard copy-paste—and since we're talking about content that’s already been published on another news site—it would be common courtesy to actually mention where it came from, wouldn't it?

Thanks. I actually already touched base with the moderator over there—we decided it was probably best if I didn't include the link. It’s not because they think it’s some sort of advertisement, but honestly... everything you'd need to know is already right there in what I wrote.

I assume there's a rule against linking to other subreddits?

Wasn't the web address www.teme.org at one point?
Or maybe I'm just getting my wires crossed...

Quote: from Hell said:...

When I brought up chatting—you know, grabbing drinks or coffee and all that—I wasn't talking about forum threads, but rather meeting up IRL. You know, when people actually decide to meet face-to-face after getting to know each other here... though, honestly, it doesn't really matter now.

As for the rest of your message, you're essentially throwing my own behavior back at me—except you didn't bother to set any boundaries for yourself. Internet forums—including this one (even if it isn't always called by this name)—were around long before the current generation of "I live online" types 😁 People were posting back in those darker days too 🤣

Nicholas King, my entire post was meant to be ironic. But then again, you know what they say: it takes one to know one 🤷

Regardless, it’s not particularly kind of you to claim I'm talking nonsense just because I didn't call you out personally; I made it very clear I wasn't targeting you 😢 Your words actually made me To get sick.
I truly respect the time, effort, and energy you pour into being helpful 🙏 🙏 🙏 if that's truly the case—I can't say for sure since I don't follow your every word, but I take your word for it because I respect you as a conversationalist 🙂

Nicholas King said:It just leaves this bitter aftertaste in something that ought to be pure joy—in something where people, acting in good faith rather than just chasing personal gain, finally decide to invest their time, their effort, and their resources.

I won't dive into the rest of the thread, and please excuse me if this is off-topic, but what was quoted here feels a bit extreme to me. Honestly, most people hang out on forums because they enjoy interacting with others without having to physically drive somewhere—it's a great way to play the expert and share advice, read those "my secret" threads, bicker over nonsense, play the moral high ground, flirt a little with interesting characters, or just coordinate a coffee, a beer, a chat, or even a trip... and so on and so forth. 😁
I mean, there's really no such thing as someone selflessly investing all that time, effort, and resources 🤣

Look, I realize I can only speak for myself (and maybe a few people I know well 😁). But I find it hard to believe that the motives of other forum users are somehow significantly more noble. Again, if I'm wrong, my apologies.

shadowpilot8 said:There are quite a few of us here who never touch a drop... 😬
Don't judge others based on your own yardstick... 😁

Some of these recent moderator moves—if you look at them objectively—lead one to conclude that we might be dealing with a case of temporary confusion caused by, say, a few too many cocktails... However, if those decisions from the higher-ups aren't just the result of someone being intoxicated, then there's something else going on... 😁

Of course, I’m certainly not referring to the moderators over at the Economy... 🙂

Charles Martin78 said:Why not just head down to the local branches and ask them straight up? I heard through the grapevine that Chase might be offering some specific loan programs tailored for American citizensinfo@skb.si

The points sasa00 (is) omitting actually have absolutely nothing to do with what you all are looking for here.

Look, I am simply looking for information regarding brokers from sasa00—nothing more, and certainly nothing less. 😁

Great, thanks for getting back to me.

What kind of agency are we talking about here? What's their actual niche—what do they do day in and day out? Do they have a website I can check out? If not that specific one, maybe you could point me toward a similar firm that handles the same type of work?...

Alright, but who exactly are these intermediaries? How did you manage to track them down?

There’s no need to share any sensitive identity details—just let us know how one actually finds these middlemen... are we talking about lawyers, specialized agencies, or something else entirely?

It could definitely be connected—especially if "they" happen to be the moderators. 😁

shadowpilot8 said:This reminds me of the issues we faced at the Department of Commerce regarding Forex, back before we banned covert advertising and started issuing instant bans. Now, the discussions surrounding Forex are civilized, intelligent, and free from those who prey on human stupidity.

As a medical professional, I have one piece of advice for the moderators of Alternative: never, under any circumstances, allow someone to advise others to abandon conventional medicine, lest they face legal repercussions. That choice belongs solely to the patient and their family. If they wish to supplement conventional medicine with midnight-harvested dew, so be it. However, anyone claiming that such dew can cure them—or insisting they quit conventional treatments in favor of it—should be banned immediately and their post deleted.

Exactly. But here’s the catch—they’ll frame it as being "the patient's and family's decision." This usually happens after they've spent hours "researching" or "educating themselves" via the internet—which, of course, includes forums and similar rabbit holes.

I’ve seen this pattern on countless other message boards; that’s always the ultimate deflection. It isn't technically wrong, but it's incredibly unproven...

bluemason3, in that specific case I remember, the parents actually ended up facing legal consequences. Actually, just the father, if I recall correctly...

Ryan Gomez4 said:Yeah, and what does your example have to do with people getting scammed on internet forums?

We were discussing whether inciting someone to reject conventional cancer treatment is a prosecutable offense, weren't we? In your view, it isn't—even though you admit you aren't a lawyer, and you acknowledge that practicing medicine without a license is just as illegal as fraud. Look, I don't know if it's legally actionable or not... but I certainly think it's unethical.

Plus, if a parent decides to deny their child Western medicine simply because some user named "XY" was rambling about it on an online forum during a critical moment—and then that child suffers the health consequences—well, I truly hope both the parent and "XY" end up facing a judge...

Ryan Gomez4 said:Just sharing my take with bluemason3. Honestly, there’s no point in arguing this further until we get a real legal opinion. By the way, everyone here thinks they’re a legal expert, but being a pseudo-lawyer is just as bad as being a quack.

If I actually believed in karma, I’d be terrified of recommending that seriously ill people skip conventional Western medicine—mostly out of pure self-interest, really...😢

Maybe it isn't strictly illegal, but it is certainly reckless. And frankly, I don't consider recklessness to be a virtue.

Besides, there are plenty of cases where parents have been held accountable in court for refusing standard medical care for their children.
example

placidjackal36 said:They really need to go through a systematic screening process. If it turns out their length is under 10 inches, they're immediately disqualified... I honestly have no idea what the criteria are for female candidates.

For women, they basically test their ability to eyeball size accurately—you know, just seeing how well they can handle basic measurements and precision... 🙂 😁

What does a car accident have to do with anything? Are you imagining a scenario where you're both in a wreck, only one survives, and then they just patch them up using your organs...? 😁 It’s like kids making those paper collage pictures—come on, really.

If your child—God forbid—actually needs an organ that you can't donate while you're still alive (like a heart), even if there's a perfect tissue match, what are the odds that some fatal accident happens right at that exact moment to put you in a position to give them that heart?
If your child truly needs an organ, you would turn heaven and earth upside down to help them. If they are on the transplant list, an organ will reach them sooner or later—but for some people on that list, it ends up being too late. Those organs come from the people who didn't attach any strings to their donation. The more people like that there are, the faster those waiting on the lists get a second chance at life.

Roger Martinez8 Asks:
Can you actually file a formal statement against organ donation with your primary care physician—the one who manages your medical records—to ensure your wishes are respected, even if it isn't your immediate next of kin making the call? ... I'm wondering if there's a way to make that official...

So, look—I wouldn't say I'm explicitly against it, per se...

I’d only ever give my heart to the people I truly love—the ones who actually mean something to me... As for that mystical, universal love for everyone? No chance. I’m just not that noble...

I simply will not allow anyone—absolutely anyone—to decide what happens to my organs instead of me...

What really bugs me—and I’ll admit, thinking about this is a bit difficult—is whether a doctor could actually include that "but" in my medical records... specifically when excluding close family members, which would be quite a challenge to document, if you know what I mean...

Of course I’m all for it—but only SELECTIVELY, and there's no other way to look at it. Honestly, seeing how some of those self-righteous "saints" have been judging people... it actually hurts my feelings, man!

It honestly seems pretty senseless—mostly because the odds that someone you’d actually want to gift an organ to would happen to need one at the exact moment of your passing are incredibly slim... not to mention the massive headache of tissue incompatibility and all that. Organs can't just be stored away on a shelf, either; you know from the movies how they have to rush them via helicopter just to get them transplanted in time. Maybe there's some room for negotiation there... 😁 If I were facing my final moments, I’d give up my organs in a heartbeat—provided they went straight to people who actually needed them right then... but there's a catch, isn't there? The idea that if one of my own loved ones ever needed a transplant down the line, they would receive someone else's gift instead. It's a bit of a heavy thought, I suppose... Still, let's be realistic—you'd certainly get an organ if you were on the list, especially if you ran into someone who didn't attach so many conditions to their donation as I do... 🤷 🙄 Look, if nobody on that list of yours actually needed anything—and you had already donated everything you owned—then we’d just be talking about a total waste of time... which is basically just a massive screw-up. ☕ It’s certainly not easy for you...

Karen Green said:In my case, all my test results came back perfectly fine—I actually had my annual physical through my employer just a few months after these issues first started.

Anyway, my primary care physician told me that these symptoms can linger for about 6 to 9 months in some instances, though roughly 90 percent of the time they are just transient...

Did they check your TSH levels? And your thyroid hormones?

If they did, and everything looked normal, then your issues likely weren't related to your thyroid at all.

Now, if you don't know what your TSH was back then, it's hard to say—it could have been the thyroid, or maybe not...

If it *was* the thyroid, you fall into that group (which is thankfully the majority) where the issues eventually resolve without any medication. But you really can't know for sure unless you at least get a TSH test. As mentioned in the opening post, it's possible to experience hyperthyroidism right after childbirth, which then transitions into hypothyroidism after a while. The hyper symptoms disappear, and hypo is much milder—usually easier to tolerate. A woman might feel relieved to finally be done with the hair loss and heart palpitations associated with hyperthyroidism, thinking she's in the clear, when in reality, the hypothyroidism is still present... I believe that hypothyroidism can also resolve on its own sometimes, but for a certain subset of women, lifelong therapy—taking thyroxine—becomes necessary.

Bottom line: for most people, these changes are truly temporary, but you absolutely need to confirm that with some lab work.🙂