Since June 23rd, 2014

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

CEA

Another reason that I'm not excited about a delay is because of the trend of my CEA results. (I was just able to access today's result.)

From the U.S. National Library of Medicine:
The CEA test measures the level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the blood. CEA is a protein normally found in the tissue of a developing baby in the womb. The blood level of this protein disappears or becomes very low after birth. In adults, an abnormal level of CEA may be a sign of cancer.

Here are my results, notice the slightest upward trend over the last few months in gray.


It's hard to consider the South County results because my results there have always been "<1", but there is no further clarification of how much less than one. So if I was only looking at the South County results, I wouldn't be seeing any change. But I do have the West County results, since I have labs at both places, and I can see the upward trend.

It should be noted that even at it's highest, 2.8, my CEA level has never been outside what is considered normal. But it is the trend that is disheartening.

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