Posts by Jose Martin63

Not sure what the protocol is in Washington, D.C., but at the medical center here, they won't even think about discharging you until they run a full battery of baseline tests. I don't have the exact checklist in front of me, but it usually covers the essentials.
-thyroid hormones
-chest X-ray
-imaging for the abdomen and neck soft tissue
-HBV, HCV, HIV, EBV, CMV, Adeno, Influenza A and B
-liver enzymes
-globulin levels (if globulin is high or spiking over a month, they'll dig deeper into things like autoimmune issues, tumor markers, etc.)
-and finally, they run Coxsackie

And if none of that hits, they just slap you with a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome or some vague "unspecified subfebrile state."

Try to push your doctors in this direction.🙂

ruggedpilot16 said:Jose Martin63, have you been feeling stressed, depressed, or anxious lately?

My bad, just saw the reply.

Yeah, I was, but mostly after they started bouncing me from doctor to doctor and throwing diagnoses at each other. It made me realize they didn't have a clue what they were doing, which sent me into a panic. That probably messed with my TSH levels—which can cause those low-grade fevers—so it might not be a reliable indicator. I've calmed down since then, but the fever hasn't budged.

Anyway, I'm heading back to the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday for the final results, so we'll see if anything has changed.

Thanks anyway 🙂