more sinus and legs hurting

[gwenllian111]

I hope you feel better soon. Trust your instincts, you know your body better than anyone else.
Gwen X

[manalolana]

Sorry you are not doing so well vdub!

[manalolana]

Mahalo DrZ!

Yes, it is usually done with one of regular blood draws for routine lab work. It does need to be sent to special lab though as not many labs are equipped to run this test. Thus it takes a little longer to get the results. Places like the Mayo Clinic or other vasculitis specialty centers can run this test in house.

[manalolana]

Mahalo Rose!

Yes Manalolana It is a blood test which looks for specific antibodies found in most people (not all) with active Wegener's . It is not diagnostic but does support a diagnosis and also is helpful to confirm a flare. You must google it as there is a lot of articles which can explain it better than I.

[JanW]

I'm not on any pred, Elephant, and never have been. The plan is 2 mg of mtx at surgery, and then evaluate after that. Will try to get all of the way off if possible. There has recently been a big drop in my PR3 to the lowest level since dx, and we don't know what to make of that, because like ANCA he doesn't consider it a strong indicator of disease activity for me.

[vdub]

Had all the typical blood tests today; ESR, CMP, Bio free, etc, etc. The normal half dozen tests are either high out of range or low out of range. Nothing to get excited about. Also had a PSA, but the results of that aren't back yet..... Nice to be in a small town where you get most of the your test results back in less than an hour.....