The steroid junkies' perfectly unscientific medical trial

[beachlover1]

well i finally got that smiley face god it breaks my heart to ignore it!!!!!! anyway, am now waiting on confirmation of my Natural killer Cell test next week!! we had provisionally booked Tues, but it needs to be 7-10 days after ovulation for her normal ranges so ive had to change it!!!!

I cant believe my husband is gagging for it on a smiley face day (normally i have to persuade him by now) and I have to deny him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

 

[petitpas]

Bag him and take him

 

[beachlover1]

such a waste ;-)

 

[Mon_n_john]

Really, you have to wait for that test? I had the same one and was told any day was fine.

 

[beachlover1]

I'm having the uterine biopsy, did you have that or the bloods? Xx

 

[filipenko32]

Hi, I am 32 and I have had 3 losses over 9 months. I am going to visit Dr Shehata at the miscarriage clinic next week and I am thinking about trying the steroids along with clexane aspirin and progesterone next time. Can anyone on here interpret my NK cell results for me? I had them done independent of a specialist after my 2nd miscarriage out of interest but now I don't understand what they mean. If someone can help me I will type them up for comparison with someone elses ir if you know if they're high or low (too impatient to wait for next week obviously!!) Great idea starting this thread! x

 

[DMH1988]

Type them up and I can take a look at them for you.

 

[filipenko32]

Type them up and I can take a look at them for you.

Ok,thanks so much!

 

[filipenko32]

NATURAL KILLER CELLS COUNT
Lymphocyte count (10^9/L) : 2.431
Total NK Cell Absolute Count (10^6/L) : 302
(Lymphocytes) Total NK (%) 12.4
Normal range (%) : Less than 10%

NK (dim) Absolute count (10^6/L : 271.5
(Total NK) NK (dim) (%) : 89.9
NK (bright) Absolute Count (10^6/L) : 30.57
(Total NK) NK (bright) (%) : 10.1%

Activation Marker of Natural Killer Cells

Total NK CD69 Absolute Count (10^6/L) : 2.11
Total NK CD69 (%) : 0.70
Normal range (%) : Less than 1%


NK (dim) CD69 Absolute count (10^6/L : 2.00
(Total NK) NK (dim) CD69(%) : 0.66
NK (bright) CD69 Absolute Count (10^6/L) : 0.11
(Total NK) NK (bright) CD69 (%) : 0.03

Phew! Had to really concentrate to do that!! Thanks so much!

 

[DMH1988]

Phew! Had to really concentrate to do that!! Thanks so much!

I'll take a look and let you know

 

[petitpas]

Ok, this is what I have scribbled on my notes:

Total NK cell absolute count (10^6/L) (second line) normally range is less than 200. Yours is 302.

Activation marker (first line in this section)
Total NK CD69 Absolute count (10^6/L):
0.8-0.99 borderline
1-1.8 high
more than 1.8 very high
Yours is 2.11

I don't know what the rest is about and I can't guarantee I got it all right

 

[Lawa]

Can I join to give you all support? I had 7 losses the steroids a now have a 12 week old baby girl x

 

[petitpas]

Lawa, you are very welcome this is such a fresh thread we can do with your ready cooked steroid baby story
Which doctor were you under? And if you don't mind me asking, did you stop the steroids after first tri?

 

[DMH1988]

filipenko32, your % on all of them seem to be within normal range. The one that is 12.4 % I found different ranges though some say less than 10% and some say less than 20%. I will continue to look up the rest of the stuff but hope this is helpful for now. Although it doesn't really give you any answers.

 

[Lawa]

I am on I pad so excuse spelling!

I was under professor quenby at heartlands birmingham. I had the unterine test and I had 10.5% nk cells normal is 5.

I was on 25 mg a ay then 20 for a week at 10 weeks 15 mg a day at 11 weeks ect ect until nothing!

 

[petitpas]

Was it quite hard to let go of your safety net after first tri? I think I would be petrified...

 

[Lawa]

Totally chick! I hated my pregnancy from start to finish every second of it I felt so guilty of feeling that way bu I did! I think I was protecting myself from heart ache again! The firs thing I asked when she was delivered is what is wrong with her!

 

[petitpas]

Oh sweetie, I laughed when I read that (bad me!)! It is totally to be expected, though. I think I would need a second healthy pregnancy to be able to finally relax a little...

 

[DMH1988]

Petitpas, do you know much about LH and ovulation?

 

[petitpas]

Not too much, but what's your question?